Are you a Special Educational Need & Disabilities (SEND) specialist who wants to develop their professional practice and career in the complex, challenging and rewarding world of SEND?

If so, come join us! These roles have been created after listening to the SEND teams and careful reflection on what works to drive high quality and timely practice. The role is based in our Newcastle team for 18.5 hours

Main Responsibility

You will : 

• Carry out duties of a current SEND Key Worker role with the additional responsibilities below 
• Implement the district SEND Team Quality Assurance plan for Education Health and Care (EHC) Plans for both new assessments and/or Annual Reviews.  
• Act as a keyworker for adults and children with special educational needs & disability, co-ordinate and call on the support of qualified Social work, Educational Psychology, Health professionals
• Ensure collaborative relationships with individuals with special educational needs and a disability of all ages, and their families.  
• Identify and explore, with the individual and their family, innovative and appropriate actions to support their individual agreed, outcomes, facilitating individuals making informed choices. 
• Maintain appropriate professional records of all key discussions, investigations, findings, assessments, opinions (including factual basis) and decisions, including electronic client records and necessary performances data, in line with policies and procedures. 
• Undertake performance, quality assurance processes, including peer and reflective supervision, analysis of performance data, learning from complaints and compliments, personal development and continuing professional development. 
• Ensure all practice including referrals are consistent and compliant with the Staffordshire Inter-agency Adult Protection and Child Protection Procedures. 
• Deputise for the Family Practitioner Lead in their absence at weekly panels.
• Oversee and provide professional guidance and support for the SEND Keyworker team on a core areas of SEND statutory responsibility within a district (e.g. assessment or review, Children in Care, Tribunals, Phase Transfers). Provide regular reports on performance, key trends and solution find in this area of responsibility.

The Ideal Candidate

You will:

• Be a SEND specialist, with experience of leading or are ready to take a lead in an area of SEND professional practice for a team.
• Be child and family focussed but also ready to focus on performance and quality in both your own work  whilst  driving performance and quality in a specific area of practice for your team.
• You will be expected to provide support to your colleagues in these specific areas of practice.

Provisional interview date w/c 04.11.2024

“We’re happy to talk flexible working” 

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.