SEND Improvement Lead

SEND Improvement Lead – West Sussex

£650 day rate

Contract – Full Time:

Hybrid working – 3 days in office required

Duties/Responsibilities:

• You will work closely with the SEND & Inclusion senior leadership team and all services within the Children and Young people Directorate, senior health leaders from the Sussex Integrated Care Board and members of the SEND & AP Partnership Board as a subject matter expert.
• You will also be at the forefront of delivering a service to overcome inequalities in provision and achievement by establishing and sustaining effective relationships with all partners to bring about continuity of pathways for all our children and young people with SEND to prepare them for adulthood.
• The key function of this role is to lead the change programme required in response to the government’s ‘SEND and Alternative Provision (AP) Implementation Plan’ and improve the provision and support available for children and young people locally. West Sussex local authority is part of the
• Regional Expert Partnerships that are testing out and piloting aspects of the Implementation Plan, this role requires the postholder to work with the Department for Education and other local authority areas to inform the development of our Local Inclusion Plan.
• The postholder will be need to co-design and produce plans and services with parent carers and children and young people. You will be responsible for working with staff, schools, internal and external partners to deliver this element of our education services. They will be a highly effective leaders and manager who is committed to securing the best outcomes for children and young people. The role will require the management of resources, high quality programme delivery
• and an ability to work skilfully across teams and partner organisations. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who has the skills and ambition to deliver high quality and sustainable service improvement and provide accountability, support and challenge.
• The post holder needs to be highly organised and creative. Ideally, you will have experience of successful development and implementation of improvement plans as well as the ability to influence stakeholders and create innovative and creative strategies to make sustainable service improvements.

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