Job Introduction
The SEND Team is home to a range of professionals working toward improving outcomes for children, young people and their families. We have a specific focus on special educational needs, but our primary focus is on inclusion.
We are a values driven team and believe that a key part of our work is to ensure that we are always focused on working together with families and schools as partners to explore and develop solutions.
In this role, you'll be a part of our vibrant SEND team, and you'll have excellent professional support. We work in a multi-disciplinary team of Educational Psychologists, Specialist Teachers, Specialist SEND Officers and Social Care Professionals and we're well supported by specialist educational legal professionals.
Main Responsibility
You'll report to the District Lead and Principal Family Practitioner Lead (SEND) and in your role you'll be responsible for: Family Practitioners, Family Time Supervisors, Education and Welfare Officers and SEND Key Workers.
The main focus of your role will be:
- To provide leadership and coordinate services delivered by your team along with reflective supervision to individuals on the team and as a group
- You'll be the voice of the team at management level to ensure their needs are heard and considered
- You'll manage the delivery of a key worker approach dependant on the needs of the child and family. This includes the provision of early help service, delivering direct interventions for children in need, children subject to child protection plans and children in care alongside SEND Needs assessment and EHCP reviews, and Education and Welfare Functions.
- You'll support interventions for children, their families and carers to maintain positive relationships, promote stability and achieve good outcomes for children
- You'll coach and support workers to undertake flexible and imaginative approaches in offering support to children, their families and carers which best suits their needs.
- You'll ensure interventions comply with legal, ethical, and best practice frameworks
- You'll escalate any specific practices matter, areas for improvement and innovation to the appropriate functional lead.
- Undertake all required referrals, collaboration, investigation and action under the Staffordshire Inter-agency Adult Protection and Child Protection Procedures.
- Manage your team budget
And overall you'll adhere to the principles of the SEND Service and be key in contributing to the shaping, continual improvement, and promotion of the service.
The Ideal Candidate
For this role, you'll need:
- A degree in an appropriate discipline or a professional qualification at an equivalent level (such as social work or teaching) or equivalent experience
- Experience of supervising / managing others
- Evidence of taking personal responsibility for continued professional development
- Significant knowledge and experience in SEND and of current legislation and directives concerning SEND and vulnerable learners.
- Knowledge of current legislation and directives concerning social care, early help and safeguarding
- Hold a UK drivers licence and use of a vehicle
Please also see the attached job description for more information about the role duties and skills and experience needed and if you need more information or would like an informal chat please contact Hardeep.sandhu@staffordshire.gov.uk
About Staffordshire County Council
We are no ordinary county council:
Our Values:
The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.
Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:
We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.
We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.
Our benefits:
We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.
In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to a range of benefits.
Our recruitment process:
As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities
As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Silver Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.
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