Advisor - Physical and Medical Needs

In this role, you will be working to ensure that children and young people with physical and medical needs are properly supported within their school or educational setting. You’ll be addressing any barriers they may face and looking at how to overcome these. Use of a person-centred approach is a must.

What’s In It For You

This is an exciting opportunity to work with schools and educational settings, health and other professionals, and families to ensure that children and young people with physical and medical needs are fully included in education and get the right support.

If you are passionate about accessibility and inclusion and want to make sure that children and young people with physical and medical needs can enjoy the same opportunities as their peers and achieve their potential, this role could be for you.

Additionally, as our source of expertise on the moving and handling of children and young people with physical disabilities in educational settings, you will have the opportunity to shape children handling training and develop associated resources.

You’ll work alongside the Senior Advisor. Together, we will promote high aspirations for children and young people with physical and medical needs.

Opportunities for development will be provided.

What You Can Expect To Be Doing

You will manage a caseload of children and young people with physical and medical needs. This will involve responding to issues as they arise by providing accurate and timely advice. This may be over the phone, via email or in-person. Where necessary, you will attend Team Around the Child (TAC) meetings, educational site visits and school transfer planning meetings to act as a source of expertise and provide guidance to others.

Education

You will also lead on matters relating to the moving and handling of children and young people with physical disabilities in educational settings. This will include:

• delivering training to schools and settings
• providing specialist advice to schools and settings
• working in liaison with other professionals, such as occupational therapists and physiotherapists
  
  

Alongside the Senior Advisor, you will identify children and young people with physical disabilities who are due to start school for the first time, or those who are due to transfer schools, who may require accessibility adaptations. You will work with the relevant schools and our colleagues in Assets and Property, to ensure that needs are understood, and can be planned for.

About You

You will be able to develop and maintain an in-depth knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance on managing physical and medical needs in an educational setting. You will be able to apply this knowledge to individual circumstances.

You will have a professional qualification relevant to the post, such as a Children Handling and Risk Assessment Key Trainer's Certificate, or significant experience in a role supporting children and young people with physical difficulties.

Skills

Good written and verbal communication skills are a requirement of this post as you will be designing training and helping schools and other educational settings to:

• understand relevant legislation and guidance
• write risk assessments
• develop moving and handling care plans
  
  

You will have the ability to work both independently and as part of a small team.

If you are passionate about making a difference and possess the qualities we are looking for, we would love to hear from you.