Quality Assurance Officer

Job Title: Quality Assurance Officer

Rate of Pay: TBC

Hours: 37 hours pw

Location: Sandwell Council House, Freeth Street, Oldbury, B69 3DE.

Start Date: TBC

Contract type: Agency

Brief description:

The role focuses on enhancing the quality, effectiveness, and family-centred approach to Education, Health, and Care Plans (EHCPs) for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). The primary goal is to improve the personalisation and quality of EHCPs, ensuring they better serve children with SEND and their families, while complying with legal and statutory requirements. The role involves driving improvements in EHCP processes, fostering collaboration across multiple agencies, and ensuring continuous development and compliance within the SEND framework.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Improving EHCP Quality and Consistency:
2. Training and Development:
3. Quality Assurance and Auditing:
4. Multi-Agency Collaboration:
5. Communication and Feedback:
6. Compliance with Legislation and Guidelines
7. Performance Monitoring and Reporting:
8. Leadership and Best Practices:
9. Management Communication:
10. Council Appraisal Scheme Participation:
11. Promoting Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI):
12. Health and Safety Compliance:
13. Other Duties:

Key Focus Areas:

• oImproving the personalisation and quality of EHCPs to ensure better outcomes for children with SEND and their families.
• oEnhancing the skills and capabilities of team members through targeted training and support.
• oDriving effective quality assurance processes through regular audits and feedback loops.
• oFostering strong collaboration across education, health, and social care partners.
• oEnsuring compliance with SEND legislation and guidelines while embedding best practices in all aspects of EHCP development and review.

Core Values and Principles:

• oFamily-Centered Approach: Ensuring that the needs of children with SEND and their families are at the center of all EHCP processes.
• oContinuous Improvement: Promoting a culture of quality improvement through audits, training, and feedback mechanisms.
• oCollaboration: Strengthening multi-agency partnerships to ensure holistic and coordinated service delivery.
• oCompliance: Adhering to statutory requirements and best practices in the creation and management of EHCPs.
• oInclusivity: Embedding Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) principles in all aspects of work, creating an inclusive and supportive environment.

This role requires a deep commitment to enhancing the lives of children and young people with SEND by driving excellence in EHCP processes, fostering collaboration, and ensuring compliance with statutory obligations.

Qualification Requirement:

Educated to degree level or relevant experience in the field of SEND Statutory Services/EHCPs.

A Basic DBS is required for...

Additional information:

The Quotation Document(s) will be made available to suppliers who Express Interest on the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Tendering Portal. To access the portal please click the following link https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc

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Closing date for submission of quotations is 10/09/2024

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No