Assessment & Training Manager

Sheffield City Council HQ; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government council in Sheffield seeks a manager for the Travel Assessment & Training Team. The role involves managing a team to support children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). Candidates should possess strong management skills, excellent interpersonal abilities, and be proficient in Microsoft Word. Flexibility in working hours, including remote work, is available. Join us in promoting equality and inclusion within our workforce.

Benefits

Generous holiday entitlement

Flexibility in working arrangements

Qualifications

• Highly motivated with a commitment to supporting children and young people with SEND.
• Experience in delivering change and achieving deadlines.
• Ability to engage with stakeholders effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of Assessment & Training Officers.
• Oversee allocation of trainees and case management.
• Engage with stakeholders to develop team operations.

Skills

Management and leadership skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Competent in Microsoft Word applications

Ability to work under pressure

Job description

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The Travel Assessment & Training Team provides a vital service supporting children and young people with Special Educational Needs/Disabilities (SEND), ensuring they are supported as needed to access their education. The team is expanding as part of the council's Freedom to Travel - Skills for Life programme and requires an additional manager.

We are looking for someone who is highly motivated, committed, and has strong management and leadership skills. A successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to support and challenge, experience of working under pressure, delivering change, and achieving deadlines. They will be competent on all Microsoft Word applications and generally IT literate.

Responsibilities include the management of a team of Assessment & Training Officer, with duties such as the allocation of trainees, case management (including safeguarding), supervision and PDRs, as well as engaging with a range of stakeholders to develop how the team works with schools and other educational settings, parent/carers, the VCF sector and internal council services. The role also includes oversight of the assessment of applications for travel support, the management and monitoring of personal travel budgets, and managing queries and complaints.

The Travel Assessment & Training Team is based at Howden House (Union Street, S1 2SH), but flexibility is available to also work from home.

If you have any queries, please contact Sarah Cavanagh (Manager: School Services) in the first instance: [e-mail]

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page.