Prevention Work Officer

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall Glenfield Leicester LE3 8RA

Salary: £35,451 - £39,165 Per Annum (Pro rata for part time) (pay Award Pending)

Working Hours: 37

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 14th June 2026

Interview Date(s): Friday 26th June 2026

About the Role

The Prevention Work Officer role is to ensure that all relevant and appropriate interventions have been put in place to enable Children and Young People (CYP) who require SEN support to achieve their expected learning outcomes. To liaise effectively with parents and young people, schools, and other services to ensure appropriate interventions are in place, and to quality assure the effectiveness of the graduated response within schools and to raise awareness of, and signpost to, relevant local authority guidance.

The role involves:

• Meeting with families and schools to discuss the effectiveness of the SEN Support Plan and opportunities for any additional support, working alongside the Inclusion service, developing innovative and creative solutions to enable the child or young person to achieve their potential.
• Proactively working with families, schools and agencies to ensure that children and young people are appropriately supported with SEN support.
• Working directly with families, schools and other agencies to determine whether an EHCP needs assessment request is appropriate and to assist with the collation of evidence towards the request.
• Considering cases at Request to Assess meetings and to complete any follow-up required to fully inform a decision.
• Under the guidance of the SEND Officer to consider, interpret and analyse requests for Education Health and Care needs assessment in line with legislation and local policy to ensure robust and consistent decisions are made.
• Providing advice to parents, schools and other agencies about SEN Assessment, EHCP processes, Annual Review and LA SEN Policy.
• Promoting Inclusion in all education settings and work in partnership with all agencies to ensure that children and young people with special educational needs are effectively safeguarded, and to take action to refer to appropriate services when necessary.
• Having a thorough understanding of and commitment to personalisation and person-centred approaches and a focus to preparing for adulthood.

An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.

About You

To apply for this post, you must:

• NVQ Level 4 qualification in relevant subject OR demonstrable experience within a special needs context or Local Authority.
• Evidence of ability to extract relevant information from a range of data/ variety of sources, and to present in different formats as appropriate.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the concepts and implications of special education needs.
• The ability to work in partnership with parents and staff from other agencies and enter dialogue and negotiation to ensure positive outcomes for children and young people with SEND.
• Be highly motivated, flexible, and able to use initiative, dependable and able to meet deadlines when under pressure.
• The ability to inspire confidence in the public and colleagues and be committed to providing high quality public service.
• Be able to work on own initiative and as part of a team and have a strong working knowledge of the SEN Code of Practice.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and to delivering accessible and inclusive services which meet the needs of all of our residents. You will be asked to demonstrate your understanding of these commitments as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability. We are a Disability Confident Employer.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are open to discussions about flexible working, which may include part time working, job sharing, term-time working, flexible start and finish times, and hybrid working, depending on the requirements of the role and the service. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact: Frances Shelbourne- Service Manager- Inclusion Service

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How to Apply

At Leicestershire County Council we’re looking for top talent from all walks of life. Whoever you are, wherever you’re from, and whatever your background - we care about what you bring to our organisation, not just what’s on your CV. That’s why we’ve designed a recruitment process that’s fair, accessible, and focused on potential. And with benefits that support people at every age and stage of life, we make sure you can thrive - both personally and professionally.

If you share our passion to make a difference for the people of Leicestershire, we’d love to hear from you. Click the apply button to submit your application, ensuring that you upload a supporting statement that explains how you meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above. Without this information, we won’t be able to assess your suitability for the role, and your application will be rejected.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal.