Description:
You will work closely within a team of coordinators and across the service to ensure a positive, responsive, efficient and timely SEND service that inspires and learns from partners across the area and wider afield. You will directly support and affect the improvement of outcomes for children and young people with special educational needs and disability.
Responsibilities will include:
- Leading and managing the statutory assessment and plan processes for children and young people with special educational needs as part of a team of coordinators.
- Working directly in partnership with parents, children and young people, providers and practitioners to make sure Swindon has an efficient and effective statutory process that continually improves outcomes for the children and young people.
- Promoting and facilitating strengths based, person centred approaches and support effective quality assurance processes and evidence-based decision making for consistency and accountability.
- Championing the potential of all children and young people to succeed.
About you
- You will have a relevant experience in special educational needs and disability from a health, care and/or education background. A qualification in special educational needs will be an advantage.
- You will be experienced and confident to work in partnership with a range of different agencies and particularly with those with lived experience of SEND services.
- Possessing excellent communication skills and organisational skills you will enjoy being part of a high achieving team and will be able to work effectively and efficiently under pressure.
- You will be competent in working with an electronic case management system and have a good level of computer skills.
- You will be committed to being a learning practitioner and to building and supporting the professional development and understanding of special educational needs in others. You will have a focused work ethic and set high standards for the service you provide.