SEND Service Improvement Assistant

SEND Service Improvement Assistant

Ref:

CES691

Full time

£26,873 - £28,770 per annum

Due to the promotion of our existing SEND Improvement Assistants to other roles we are looking for two talented people to join our team. We are looking for people who:

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<li>Are passionate about supporting services to improve outcomes for children and young people who have special educational needs and/or disabilities.</li>

<li>Are highly organised, can work on their own initiative and be able to manage and prioritise their workload within a fast-paced working environment.</li>

<li>Have excellent IT skills and be confident in gathering and analysing information to support decision making and project management. Skills in website management would be an advantage for one of the roles available.</li>

<li>Have a collaborative approach to working.</li>

<li>Have excellent verbal and written communications skills.</li>

<li>Are committed to learning new skills.</li>

</ul>

You will be joining a small team of Service Improvement Assistants that work across the SEND service. We have two roles available, and both will support the Head of SEND and SEND Managers with a variety of tasks including, involvement in multi-agency task and finish groups to improve SEND business processes, support in arranging large SEND events, producing information for families in a range of formats and providing support to multi-agency meetings. The Service Improvement Assistants will also be responsible for developing our SEND Local Offer website. This will involve working with parent/carers and children and young people to improve the content of the website and promote it to families in Newcastle.

Head of SEND

&ldquo;Service Improvement Assistants started in early 2022 and they have quickly established themselves as invaluable members of the service. They have been very successful in supporting and improving our systems and processes, which in turn has had a positive impact on our collaborative working with partners, families and children and young people. Therefore, I want to embrace this and further expand on the good work that has been done. As part of the SEND service, you will join a positive, supportive and dedicated team where all staff are valued and ideas and suggestions to continuously improve in what we do and how we do it are welcomed.

I am really looking forward to welcoming another two members to our service&rdquo;.

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For more information take a look at our webpages below:

<a href&#61;http://SEND Local Offer | Newcastle Support Directory>SEND Local Offer | Newcastle Support Directory</a>

In return Newcastle City Council offers:

* A competitive salary.

* Access to Local Government pension scheme.

* Generous annual leave in addition to Bank Holidays, with the ability to buy additional leave annually.

* A bespoke induction.

* Various flexible working options.

* Agile working, enabling both home working and office based working

* A generous Flexi Scheme.

* Access to Occupational Health, Mindfulness sessions and other wellbeing initiatives.

* Access to various salary sacrifice schemes - covering cars, white electrical goods and tax efficient saving contributions towards your pension.

*Discounted travel pass.

Apply online at www.northeastjobs.org.uk, select 'Apply Now' and complete our online application form. Any communication sent to you regarding your application will be sent to the email address you have set up on your Northeast Jobs account, so you will need to ensure that you check your inbox.

If you would like to discuss this role, please contact Ann Banks, SEND Service Improvement Lead on ann.banks@newcastle.gov.uk

Interviews to take place 19 April

Permanent

Closing date:

9 April 2024