Specialist Commissioning Officer
Location
Gloucester, Gloucestershire | United Kingdom
Job description
Temporary Specialist Commissioning Officer Reference no: Gloucestershire 5243933 Pay rate: £18.06 per hour PAYE Hours per week: 37 Monday – Friday, 09:00-17:20 This opening assignment is for 6 months City: GLOUCESTER Hybrid working. Candidates need to be local to Gloucestershire as role is 50% site/office and 50% home working Enhanced DBS required for this role A Commissioning Officer is required to support to the Specialist Commissioning Manager in securing appropriate placements to meet the particular needs of Children and Young People with additional needs including SEND. To provide the council with access to a range of effective commissioning options with appropriate control mechanisms to ensure they provide the best outcomes for these children and young people. The role will involve working closely and building relationships with schools in Gloucestershire to review and improve accuracy of current tailored provision lists. The successful candidate will be an experienced commissioning officer with strong SEND knowledge including the Code of Practice, school experience etc.
Key responsibilities:
- Support the Specialist Commissioning Manager in creating and developing relationships with a range of institutions and establishments capable of meeting the needs of all children and young people 0 – 25 with additional needs and SEND in Gloucestershire.
- Monitor the Education Funding Agency’s High Needs place allocations.
- Create bespoke packages of support for individuals to ensure that all children and young people are supported in their most appropriate setting, including identifying opportunities for employment links (e.g. supported internships).
- Management of procurement processes for educational placements where needed.
- Support the Specialist Commissioning Manager to ensure high quality, appropriate options are available to meet the needs of children and young people with additional needs including SEND.
- Management of relevant data for commissioning provision including High Needs place allocations with the Education Funding Agency.
- Management of reviews of commissioning briefs/agreements for specialist and alternative in county provision, 0 – 25, and commissioning placements accordingly.
- Produce contracts/Individual Placement Agreements as necessary at all settings including Independent Specialist Placements and Non Maintained Special Schools.
- Contribute to a joint working protocol for the commissioning requirements across SEND and CYPS commissioning teams.
- Project management of SEND re- organisations including implementation of relevant statutory processes.
NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via [email protected] by quoting the job reference and job title exactly. To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity. #J-18808-Ljbffr
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