SEND Provision Evaluation Officer

Role Responsibility

Kent’s Education and Young People’s Services requires a part-time SEND Provision Evaluation Officer to provide specialist expertise to enable the monitoring, evaluation and development of special educational needs provision in mainstream schools.

This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of a team with special educational needs staff in a range of educational establishments and from other KCC services as well as colleagues from health and social care. You will work across one or more districts within the North, East, South or West Kent areas, this role will mainly be based within the East area.

You will monitor and evaluate the special educational needs provision for individual children or young people with an Education Health and Care Plan or receiving SEN Support in mainstream schools, working collaboratively with parents and carers, children and young people, schools and other stakeholders.

You will also monitor, evaluate and provide guidance to support schools to further develop their special educational needs provision at a whole school level

Qualified Teacher Status, the successful completion of the National Award for SEN Coordination (or other relevant Post Graduate qualification in SEN) and experience of supporting other schools in developing their capacity to meet the needs of SEN pupils are required.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holder has a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

The interview date is 31st August 2021 and this will be conducted virtually on an on-line platform TEAMS.  The start date for this role is as soon as possible. 

Contact Details

For further information on this role, please contact:

Jo Wright, Interim Senior Provision Evaluation Officer

joanna.wright@kent.gov.uk              03000 416554

Russell Martin, Interim Senior Provision Evaluation Officer 

russell.martin@kent.gov.uk               03000 422337

About the Company

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.