SEMH & Neurodiversity Advocate — Assistant SEND Manager

Parkside Community School; Birdholme; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Parkside Community School seeks an Assistant SEND Manager to lead SEMH initiatives and champion neurodiversity, ensuring pupils with SEND receive effective, inclusive support. The role includes supporting policy development, monitoring provision, and acting as Deputy SEND Manager to maintain continuity and statutory compliance across the school.

Responsibilities include collaborating with families and external agencies, maintaining SEND records, and ensuring continuous improvement in

Responsibilities

• Champion SEMH across the school, promoting inclusive practice and collaborating with staff, families and external agencies to reduce barriers to learning, participation, attendance, wellbeing and belonging.
• Champion neurodiversity across the school, promoting understanding, acceptance and inclusive practice, ensuring neurodiverse pupils thrive academically, socially and emotionally.
• Support the development and implementation of the school's SEND policy, aligning with the School Improvement Plan, the SEND Code of Practice and statutory requirements; monitor and evaluate SEND provision.
• Act as Deputy to the SEND Manager, providing leadership and operational oversight in their absence, ensuring continuity of support, statutory compliance, day-to-day decision-making, and being a key contact for staff, pupils, families and external agencies.
• Support the SEND Manager in day-to-day SEND provision management, ensuring appropriate support is identified, implemented and reviewed for pupils with SEND to achieve positive educational, social and emotional outcomes; maintain SEND records including the SEND Register, ISPs, provision mapping and SEMH screening information.

Job description

Parkside Community School seeks an Assistant SEND Manager to lead SEMH initiatives and champion neurodiversity, ensuring pupils with SEND receive effective, inclusive support. The role includes supporting policy development, monitoring provision, and acting as Deputy SEND Manager to maintain continuity and statutory compliance across the school.

Responsibilities include collaborating with families and external agencies, maintaining SEND records, and ensuring continuous improvement in