Job Description

Job description
The Travel Assessment & Training Team provides a vital service supporting children and young people with Special Educational Needs/Disabilities (SEND), ensuring they are supported as needed to access their education.





The team is expanding as part of the council's Freedom to Travel - Skills for Life programme.





We are looking for 12 Assessment and Training Officers to join the team on a full-time fixed-term basis until 31/08/2027. There are also 2 permanent vacancies available, 1 full time and 1 part time (22.2 hours).





The role includes training young people with additional needs to safely travel from home to school/college independently, considering the eligibility of applications for travel support, developing work and toolkits for parent/carers, schools and other stakeholders, and dealing with queries from parents and schools.





We are looking for people who are highly motivated, committed and who will be a valuable team member. A successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to support and challenge, experience of working under pressure and achieving deadlines. They will be competent on all Microsoft Word applications and generally IT literate.





Accredited external training will be provided around the independent travel training, and on-the-job training will support the work around applications for travel support.





Responsibilities include:


To prepare and develop individual travel plans for children and young people appropriate to their individual needs and levels of vulnerability and contributing to their overall education, health and care plans To programme training and instructional sessions for children and young people and to deliver them, creating a positive learning environment in a range of occasionally challenging circumstances and behaviours To initiate and conduct detailed and specific risk assessments relating to safe travel arrangements comprising all environmental factors and potential behaviours Assessment of travel support applications in preparation for Travel Panel, and participation in panels




Note: the active training aspects of the role are primarily outdoors, involving walking and the use of public transport. Bus passes and waterproof coats are provided.





The Travel Assessment & Training Team is based at Howden House (Union Street, S1 2SH), but flexibility is available to also work from home.





We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.





Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.





We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.





Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.





It is a great time to join us, and we welcome your application. If you have any queries, please contact Jill Siddall - Assessment & Training Team Manager - in the first instance: jill.siddall@sheffield.gov.uk





If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.





Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page.





We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.

Job details

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Job reference
REQ003489
Date posted
30/06/2025
Application closing date
28/07/2025
Location
Sheffield
Salary
Grade 5 29,093 to 31,586 Pro Rata
Package
Temporary and Permanent available
Contractual hours
37
Basis
Blank
Job category/type
Administration