SEND Team

Roles and responsibilities

The Statutory SEND Team consists of several key roles. The team is overseen by a Head of Service and Group Manager. The Group Manager has overall responsibility for the team and manages several SEND Officers, each of whom oversee a locality or area of responsibility and themselves line manage SEND Caseworkers and SEND Assistant Caseworkers

SEND Assistant Caseworker

  • Answer questions in relation to statutory process (generally, and in relation to specific children and young people open to the Statutory SEND Team)
  • Log and process new EHCNARs
  • Write out for specified advice
  • Support arrangement of meetings
  • Complete consultations with settings
  • Respond to phone calls and emails
  • Process and record submissions of evidence
  • Manage the duty phoneline and team inbox
  • Log key information pertaining to assessments, plans and reviews

Caseworker

  • Write EHCPs for children and young people who have been agreed to issue
  • Liaise closely with young people, parents and carers and professionals across education, health and care
  • Answer questions regarding processes and procedures
  • Oversee incoming annual reviews to determine if the EHCP is to be maintained, amended or ceases
  • Request consultations to education settings and scrutinise responses
  • Support arranging education for learners with an EHC Plan
  • Ensure compliance with statutory legislation, guidance and processes
  • Represent the local authority at mediation and disagreement resolution meetings
  • Attend termly meetings with education settings
  • Respond to Learner of Concern forms submitted by education settings
  • Where necessary, chair annual reviews (for children and young people who are not on-roll at a setting)

SEND Officer

  • Line manage SEND Assistant Caseworkers and Caseworkers
  • Oversee tribunals (appeals) and represent the local authority at hearings
  • Provide advice, guidance and direction to other staff
  • Support the running of the team alongside the Group Manager, and deputise in their absence
  • Facilitate multi-agency meetings
  • Oversee data and compliance for their locality or team
  • Quality assure EHCPs at both the initial stage and following amendments after an annual review

SEND Assessment and Review Team

A member of the Statutory SEND Assessment and Review Team is available via telephone to answer your queries every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 9am-1pm and every Wednesday from 1pm-5pm. Calls placed outside of these hours will continue to be picked up via the answer machine service and a member of the team will aim to call you back within three working days.

Address: Hull City Council
79 Lowgate
Hull
HU1 1HP

Telephone: 01482 616 007

Hull SENDIASS

Hull SENDIASS is available to professionals for information and advice when working with families with SEND as well. You do not need a diagnosis or Education, Health & Care Plan to access any SENDIAS Service.

Telephone: 01482 467 541