Local Offer Communications Co-ordinator bei Barnet Council Business Unit

Local authorities must publish a Local Offer. This sets out information in one place about the local provision available across education, health and social care for children and young people in their area who have SEN or are disabled. This is for both those young people with an Education Health & Care Plan (EHCP) and those with SEND needs and no EHCP.  

The Local Offer has two key purposes:
•    To provide clear, comprehensive, accessible and up-to-date information about the available provision and how to access it, and;
•    To influence and inform provision so that we are more responsive to local needs and aspirations. By directly involving disabled children and those with SEN, and their parents, service providers will adapt and deliver better services.
 

This role will ensure that the two key purposes are achieved through the coordination, collection, and dissemination of information via the published online Local Offer, ensuring the availability of information for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) aged 0-25 years, their families, and the professionals who work with them.

You will:
-    Know about of the range of services and organisations that work with and support children and young people, aged 0-25, who have special educational needs or disabilities (SEND). 
-    Be able to apply statutory guidance, such as Children and Families Act 2014, Equality Act 2010 and SEND code of practice to delivery of the Barnet Local Offer 
-    Have demonstrable experience of establishing and maintaining partnerships with a range of internal and external stakeholders 
-    Experience of developing and disseminating information for a range of different audiences, in a variety of formats, in a multicultural borough context.