Associate Designated Clinical Officer for SEND

Job responsibilities

• Support the Designated Clinical Officer (DCO) for SEND to assure the ICB and NHS services are able to meet their statutory duties for children and young people with SEND aged 0-25 years.
• Manage highly complex arrangements and relationships between the Nottingham & Nottinghamshire ICB, health service providers, both Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire Local Authority partners and local area Parent Carer Forums (PCF), and stakeholders for education and social care to work in partnership with the ICB commissioning, quality, and contract teams, to inform on gaps in provision and support service development.
• Lead on or participate in, improvement activities to ensure system are able to improve experiences and outcomes for children with disabilities and SEND (0-25).
• To provide clinical expert advice to support local partners in their decision making.
• Work collaboratively with SEND system partnerships to develop good relationships and integrated approaches for embedding delivery of the Preparation for Adulthood (PfA) agenda.
• Lead on quality assurance improvements to ensure compliance of the ICB statutory duties for the Education, Health and Care (EHC) assessment and EHC Plan annual review process.
• Undertake analysis of data intelligence and quality reporting from health service providers, providing judgement for assurance and escalation of risks to DCO and ICB commissioning, contracts, and quality leads via agreed governance structures.
• The post holder will be required to support a system approach to the development of a SEND training competence framework across the system workforce and deliver training sessions via face-to-face events or online sessions, to the ICB, health service providers and wider partners workforce, as required.
• To assist the SEND local area partnerships in the preparation and readiness for joint local area SEND inspections, to demonstrate compliance with Joint Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission SEND inspection framework requirements.
• Deputise for the DCO in National and Local SEND forums, and undertaken any other duties deemed necessary by line manager to respond to local area partnership requirements, within your scope of practice.
• To act as an exemplar for Nottingham & Nottinghamshire ICBs vision and values

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

• Clinical qualification and current professional registration e.g. RN Child, RN Learning Disability, SCPHN or Therapist (OT, Physio, Speech and Language
• First degree or equivalent demonstrable equivalent experience
• Evidence of continual professional development
• Knowledge and understanding of the main issues affecting outcomes for children, young people and families, particularly children and young people with SEND.
• Knowledge and understanding of the Children and Families Act 2014, Care Act 2015, SEND Code of Practice 0-25 (2014), NICE: (NG213) Disabled children and young people up to 25 with severe complex needs: integrated service delivery and organisation across health, social care, and education.
• Knowledge of the principles and practice of effective people management; excellent customer service; appropriate risk management.
• Significant experience of working in a clinical setting with children and young people with SEND, including management experience
• Significant experience of working in a partnership way across organisational boundaries
• Experience of being able to identify and use measures that support continuous improvement and performance management e.g. audit
• Experience of developing and delivering training to multi-agency/ professional groups
• Strong leadership skills the ability to negotiate and influence others.
• Ability to encourage and achieve change using effective influencing and facilitation skills.
• Ability to understand, evaluate and communicate complex policies and information to a variety of audiences.
• Ability to undertake data analysis and the presentation of information.
• Ability to undertake and interpret highly complex assessments using a person-centred planning approach, ensuring clear outcomes are identified for children and young people.
• Ability to write and present clear presentations and present information in a clear and concise manner.
• Ability to produce clear action plans and ensure delivery.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence and ability to effectively communicate with people at all levels across departments and organisations.
• Ability to manage workload with the flexibility to adapt to changing demands and meet deadlines.
• Able to travel between locations.
• A full driving licence

Desirable

• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of planning and organising children's services at both a local and national level.
• Knowledge and understanding of key issues affecting the NHS and Local Government.
• Knowledge and understanding of commissioning and joint commissioning cycle in highly complex multi-agency environments and experience of formulating adjustment of commissioning strategies.
• Current and broad knowledge of patient and public involvement, including co-production.
• Experience of commissioning services
• Experience of complex change management and able to lead people through change. Experience
• Management of information systems
• Excellent programme and project management skills
• Highly organised with an ability to prioritise and have a logical approach to problem solving.
• Ability to undertake ...