SEND Improvement Manager

Tower Hamlets Partnership; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Tower Hamlets Partnership is seeking a dedicated SEND Improvement Manager to lead improvement activities within Children & Culture. The role involves preparing for inspections and working with various agencies to enhance services for children with special educational needs and disabilities. Ideal candidates should have experience in local authority performance management and strong communication skills to engage stakeholders effectively.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of issues in children’s social care and education.
• Significant experience in driving improvement activities.
• Experience working with diverse agencies.

Responsibilities

• Drive and coordinate inspection preparation with local partners.
• Establish positive relationships and lead improvement initiatives.
• Produce reports and briefings on progress and activities.

Skills

Performance management

Leadership

Communication

Strategy development

Job description

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The council has come a long way over the past few years. We are already winning awards, but our ambition is much greater than being good. We want to become a recognised leader in excellent public service and help improve more lives at a faster rate than ever before. We will achieve that by bringing together our residents, partners and other stakeholders to solve problems and create more opportunities.

We have established a strategy, policy and improvement function for the council and the teams within that play a central role in delivering change at pace across the entire council, with a focus on digital innovation and partnership working to achieve the best outcomes we can for our residents and businesses.

Our new operating model brings together roles across the council in professional job families. They benefit from professional leadership and development programmes co-ordinated by our Corporate Strategy and Transformation Service within the Chief Executive's Office.

We would like you to join us on this exciting journey. Bring your skills and expertise to Tower Hamlets to drive our transformation and make a real difference to people's lives in one of the most exciting areas of London.

About the role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Improvement Manager in our Strategy, Policy and Improvement team in Children & Culture. This post will play a crucial role in our improvement journey and will drive and coordinate inspection preparation with partners in the local area. In this post you will benefit from working alongside other posts focused on improvement activity enabling you to learn from and share best practice with colleagues. You will work with a range of services including partner agencies.

You will also play a visible and impactful leadership role and will need to quickly establish positive working relationships. The role also requires the ability to communicate well, produce reports and briefings and lead and motivate staff. This post forms a key part of the Strategy, Policy and Improvement Management Team.

About you

You will have:

· Knowledge of the key issues facing children’s social care and education and relevant inspection frameworks

· Significant understanding of performance management and improvement in a local authority

· Significant experience of driving improvement activities

· Experience of working in partnership with diverse agencies to deliver objectives

· Experience of developing strategy, policy, delivery plans, performance management and improvement tools

· Excellent oral, written and visual communication skills and the ability to involve a range of stakeholders

This is a fixed term role for 12 months.

Interviews will take place week commencing 21st August .

For an informal discussion please contact Layla Richards:

Tower Hamlets vision for our borough is that: people are aspirational, independent and have equal access to opportunities; we are a borough that our residents are proud of and love to live in; and we are a dynamic, outcomes-based council using digital innovation and partnership working to respond to the changing needs of our borough. We want people who aspire to our TOWER values: Together; Open; Willing; Excellent; Respect.