Oldham Council
Location
Oldham, Greater Manchester | United Kingdom
Job description
Education Skills & Early Years
SEND Travel Assistance Team
Ref: G4/OL-90354
Contract : Permanent
Salary: £26,421 - £28.770 per annum (Grade 4)
Hours: 36.66 per week
Based: Civic Centre and Working Remotely
Closing Date: Monday 18th March 2024
Shortlisting & Interview Dates : TBC.
Role Overview:
Are you passionate and motivated? Are you looking to join the right Local Authority and team with a proven record of integrating people into a career in SEND? If so, come to Oldham and help us to affect positive change for children and young people and their families. We consider enthusiasm as important as experience and seek candidates who can demonstrate our values and behaviours.
The role involves coordinating the Home to School Travel Training Programme to assess suitability and support eligible young people with travel assistance to their education setting and equip them with a crucial life skill and independence. This involves working in a small team and with parents, school support staff, 3rd part organisations, and the SEND team. Excellent communication skills are needed by telephone, email & face to face, along with organisation skills to enable coordination of the team and its resources.
Key Responsibilities:
Key Requirements:
To succeed in this role, you will need as a minimum:
Oldham Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure from the DBS (and a Certificate of Good Conduct where you have lived abroad for 12 months or more in the last 10 years).
If you would like support with this application, an interview or interested in looking at any courses that could help with this position please get in touch with Get Oldham Working - Get Oldham Working registration form - Oldham Council
NB. - Any candidate that meets the criteria of our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme and meets the essential criteria of the role, will be guaranteed the first stage of assessment (whether that is an interview or another assessment, as appropriate).
Our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme supports candidates with disabilities, carers, those who are aged 24 or under and have previously been in or currently in care, and those whose last long term substantive employer was the Armed Forces.
Diversity and Inclusion:
At Oldham Council, we are committed to creating a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We aim to develop a culture of respect, where differences are recognised regardless of background. We aim to be an employer of choice by engaging in fair and open recruitment processes and Applications are encouraged from all communities across the borough to create a workforce that represents the diversity of our population.
About Us:
Oldham is committed to developing a Co-operative future; one where citizens, partners and staff work together to improve the borough. Anyone joining the council is coming into an ambitious organisation with big plans. We are working hard to build a brighter future for our borough and we need people from a wide range of backgrounds to continue delivering the best for our communities.
The Council has a clear set of Values and Behaviours, our Values outline how we do business and we share these borough wide with our residents, partners and businesses. Internally we have translated these values into five cooperative behaviours which outline the priority areas of focus for all staff at all levels. You can view the Values and Behaviours on our Greater. Jobs pages Working for Oldham
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£26.42k per annum
