Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Designated Social Care Officer within the SEND Service to work full time based in Redbridge. The salary for this permanent Designated Social Care Officer job is up to £61,461per annum. Main duties: Develop strategies, actions plans and processes which support and enable the SEND reforms agenda to become embedded within social are operations and practice. Contribute to and influence SEND organisational design in Social Care and assist in the development of the Children with Disabilities Service as well as work with the whole of Children''s Service in respect of children with an EHCP. Establish and lead a network of social care SEND champions across Children''s Social Care. Facilitate and oversee the implementation of the SEND agenda within social care through this network and gathering insight and intelligence from them and other groups such as the parent carer forum to inform future planning. Contribute to social care workforce development by formulating a programme of blended learning/training relating to the SEND reforms across varied audience profile and functions. Quality-Assure the input of social care information to EHCPs. Train and oversee social workers input to EHCPs. Complete audits (and quality assurance against the performance indicators) to ensure Redbridge is a learning organisation that continues to deliver evidence-based practice delivering the r