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Fixed term/secondment opportunity for 11 months

The City’s Home to School Transport service is expanding and this has created a number of exciting opportunities to join a new enhanced team based a Hove Town Hall/remotely. 

The service arranges transport for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities to and from school and other settings, as well as free bus passes for eligible children. The work involves partnership working with families, transport operators and schools to ensure a high quality service, that ensures children are safe, well and happy on their journeys. The service also works to ensure that contracts with transport operators are effectively managed, that routes are tendered fairly and that best value principles are adhered to at all times.

The team has been through challenging times over the past year and is working hard to rebuild trust and confidence in the community it serves. A wide ranging action plan is securing improvements following an independent LGA review of the service, published in March 2020 (https://new.brighton-hove.gov.uk/news/2020/panel-consider-home-school-transport-report).

Interview date: 21st March 2022

For more information, please contact Mia Bryden mia.bryden@brighton-hove.gov.uk

 

About the role

SEND Officers have responsibility for the assessment of Home-to-School Transport applications, make decisions on eligibility for assistance and ensure that the special needs of young people are accurately recorded and that the required actions are in place to support children's safety and wellbeing.

This role would suit those with very good interpersonal skills and empathy and understanding in relation to families of children with special needs and disabilities.

Please read our Apply for a job at the council (brighton-hove.gov.uk) pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.

As part of your application, you will need to complete your education and work history and upload a supporting statement. Your supporting statement is the most important part of your application as it will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (Supporting statement guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

Please note that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.

Work Permits: This role does not meet the requirement for UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) Points-based Immigration System. Successful candidates will need to evidence that they have the Right to Work in the UK.

 

Company information

Encouraging a diverse workforce

Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).

Files

• Job Description and Person Specification
• Applicant Cover Letter