Early Notification SEND Officer

at  Liverpool City Council

A BIT ABOUT US:

Liverpool is home to vibrant, energetic and engaged communities, people who take real ownership of their local area and are passionate about making our city a better place. We’ve got ambitious targets to meet by 2025 and we need people who are driven, dynamic and ready to deliver the very best for our communities. Public service is more important than ever, and this role represents a real opportunity to make a difference to our communities by transforming the way we work and placing our residents at the heart of everything we do.

• Liverpool City Council are looking to appoint an Early Notification SEND Officer to join our thriving Early Years SEND Team
• The Early Notification SEND officer role is to ensure our families have information, services, and support at the first opportunity. The role requires significant multi-agency working as no two cases are the same!
• We need significant experience and knowledge of special educational needs in the Early Years
• We need a dynamic, empathetic, driven team player
• Your responsibilities will include triaging information from health colleagues to inform decision making, co-producing with families to plan next steps, referring and signposting to relevant services and reviewing outcomes to ensure our families get the best possible start
• You will be expected to collaborate within our team with Early Years SEND Coordinators to inform and drive our ethos and strategy
• This hybrid role provides flexibility with frequent requirement to attend settings, children centres and meetings across the city