Role: Specialist Provision Officer REF 1562370
Contract Length: 6 months
Location: Hybrid/Ipswich – 2 days per week in the office
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: £22 per hour
Spinwell is recruiting for a Specialist Provision Officer for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SPECIALIST PROVISION OFFICER
To support the success of projects or the business as a whole with intelligence, infrastructure, planning, resources or information.
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE SPECIALIST PROVISION OFFICER
- Suitable qualification at Level 4 or equivalent experience or evidence of skills in relevant area of work.
- Knowledge of current children and young people’s disability services and structures available locally.
- Experience or knowledge of special educational needs provision including alternative provision.
- Understanding of the SEND reforms (2014) and Local Authority responsibilities in delivering the ‘Local Offer’
- Recording information in minutes and/or reports
- Experience of collaborative approaches through effective partnership working.
- Experience of service improvement and continued quality assurance.
- Ability to assess and manage risk, set clear priorities and manage competing demands.
- Knowledge of safeguarding requirements and legislation.
- Suitable qualification at Level 4 or equivalent experience or evidence of skills in relevant area of work.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Demonstrates personal values and behaviours aligned to our corporate WE ASPIRE values.
- Passionate about making a positive difference for Suffolk.
- Ability to use initiative within boundaries of the role.
- Commitment to understanding what is important to children and families.
- Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft packages for business use.
- Good Excel skills.
- Accurate keyboard skills for producing reports, correspondence, data entry etc.
- Ability to maintain accurate records, databases and systems.
- Ability to identify and flag up problems when working with data and information and escalate appropriately.
- Understanding of need to work appropriately with confidential and sensitive information.
- Ability to learn new IT or web-based packages and systems.
- Ability to handle large and complex data sets and to identify and interpret trends in data and validate.
- Planning skills for projects or for day-to-day business processes.
- Excellent telephone manner and ability to communicate effectively.
- Ability to communicate information effectively with colleagues and across key professionals who work with young people.
- Ability to make constructive contribution to meetings with a range of stakeholders, settings and contexts.
- Sensitivity to disability, sexuality, gender and ethnicity issues.
- Ability to keep accurate and timely records and data and compile reports in a variety of formats, using appropriate IT.
- Ability to demonstrate active listening skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of staff in the delivery of training and support.
- Build effective relationships.
- Good level of literacy.
- Experience of working with large amount of data.
- Research skills.
- Thorough knowledge of the relevant service delivery requirements.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, regulations and guidance as appropriate to role.
- Networking skills.
- Experience of analysing data and themes to draw conclusions.
- Experience of operational work within a relevant service area.
- Experience of working with a range of agencies and communities.
- Establishing good communication links with parents, carers and families.
If you are a Specialist Provision Officer, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!
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