The Opportunity
Salary: £37,336 to £40,221 per annum (£18,668 to £20,110 per annum, pro rata)
Working Pattern: 1x Part-time (18.5 hours) per week, would also consider 22 hours per week, term time only
Location: Based at County Hall, Chichester (Hybrid Working)
You will occasionally need to be able to travel independently to visit various sites and attend meetings across the county.
Interviews week commencing: 15 July 2024
Due to changes within the team, we are looking to replace a support role we provide within our SEN Resource Team.
SENAT manages the decisions and processes concerned with the statutory education, health and care needs assessment process for learners with an education, health and care plan (EHCP), the placement of children in learning settings and the allocation of resources to settings.
The role will have a variety of responsibilities to ensure the Council is safeguarding public money. Based in Strategic Finance, you will be responsible for maintaining and improving processes and providing specialist financial and business support to the SEN Assessment Team and for the analysis and monitoring of financial and statistical data relating to the provision of support and placements for pupils with special educational needs.
You will be responsible for maintaining accurate budgetary information and advising senior managers with regard to the strategic planning of the service and have responsibility for the development and use of financial and management systems including the identification and design of new systems to improve efficiency of the service. Ideally, you will be familiar with all statutory SEN legislation and guidance including the Children's and Families Act 2014, and SEN code of practice but training can be provided.
Specifically, this role will include:
- Directly supporting the work of the Special Educational Needs Assessment Team (SENAT)
- Responsibility for maintaining and developing where required robust processes to monitor and maintain accurate financial records relating to pupils with Education Health and Care Plans (EHCPs)
- To coordinate the data held by the Special Educational Needs Assessment Team (SENAT)
- Operationally update and communicate issues of tracking and recording of all data on pupils with Education Health and Care Plans (EHCPs)
- To be accountable for regularly updating the Special Educational Needs database Resources Module (currently Mosaic)
- The role includes allocation of tasks to others and checking the work of others
What's our ideal candidate?
As the successful candidate you will need to possess excellent communication skills, the ability to work independently and proactively using your own initiative. You will need to be confident in the use of systems and processes as the role will include working with large volumes of sensitive data. Accuracy and attention to detail are paramount.
We are seeking enthusiastic candidates who will have experience of working in a financial environment, ongoing training and support will be provided.
For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.
Working for us
As well as adding real value to our service users and our communities, as an employer we recognise our employees are central in being able to achieve this. To recognise this we want to help support your development and provide an great place to work ensuring you can fulfil your full potential, have access to a range of benefits including:
- an excellent local government pension scheme
- generous holiday entitlement of 27 days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave)
For a full list this can be found at our Rewards and Benefits page.
Further information
The reference number for this role is CRS00842.
For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Paul Little (Strategic Finance Manager) at . For issues or queries regarding your application please contact .
To apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and Cover Letter. In your cover letter please outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to 3 years referencing and a health check.
Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.
We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our application help page.
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