SEND Team Manager

We are looking for a SEND Team Manager to join our Access & Achievement Management Team.  It is an exciting time to join Walsall Children’s Services as we are on a ‘Walsall Right for Children’ transformation journey, transforming services to ensure children and families are at the centre of everything we do.  This is an excellent opportunity for someone to make a real difference to children and families and to help develop our team.

The successful postholder will be responsible for support to the Head of Inclusion by providing up-to-date specialist advice on all matters related to the council’s statutory responsibilities for education, SEND (0-25) and commissioning, including ensuring compliance at all times with relevant government legislation, statutory requirements, national and local performance indicators, and output measures related to SEND.

The successful candidate will have/be: 

• Successful teaching and management experience in school(s).
• Experience of being an effective manager, who promotes innovation and has a collaborative approach.
• Experience of dealing with and analysing information, and of effectively communicating this information to others in oral or written form.
• Experience of writing and presenting strategy and recommending appropriate future action.
• Experience of managing organisational change.
• Experience of implementing appropriate quality assurance systems

Please get in touch if you would like to find out more: Sharon Kelly, Assistant Director – Access & Achievement – 01922 652895 or email Sharon.Kelly@walsall.gov.uk

This post is covered by the Government’s Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers.

Legislation imposes restrictions on political activity for certain local government employees. This position is designated as a politically restricted (sensitive) post as set out in Part 1 the Local Government & Housing Act 1989 and the Local Government (Political Restrictions) Regulations 1990 (LGO(PR)R 1990) [SI 851] and S.30 of the Local Democracy Economic Development and Construction Act 2009.

Walsall Council takes seriously the responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all the children and young people entrusted to our care and it is our expectation that all staff will share this commitment. We will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust recruitment processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce. Completion of an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is a requirement for working with children and young people.

Closing date for applications: 28 October 2019
Interviews: w/c 25 November 2019