SEND Operations Leader: Transform Outcomes for Children

We Do Social Work; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

We Do Social Work is seeking a Service Manager – SEND Operations to provide strategic and operational leadership across the SEND service, ensuring statutory responsibilities are met while driving forward an ambitious SEND Reform Programme.

You will lead on quality assurance, performance and outcomes, SEND tribunals, sufficiency planning, inspection readiness and multi‑agency improvement, shaping a responsive SEND system that places children, young people and families at the heart.

Qualifications

• You will bring substantial experience of SEND leadership, a strong understanding of statutory responsibilities and the ability to build trusted and effective partnerships across education, health and social care.
• You will be confident leading complex improvement activity, using performance information to drive change and translate strategic priorities into meaningful improvements for children, young people and families.

Responsibilities

• Quality assurance and service improvement
• Performance and outcomes
• SEND tribunals
• Sufficiency planning
• Inspection readiness
• Multi-agency improvement and partnership working
• Delivery of SEND transformation and reform priorities

Job description

We Do Social Work is seeking a Service Manager – SEND Operations to provide strategic and operational leadership across the SEND service, ensuring statutory responsibilities are met while driving forward an ambitious SEND Reform Programme.

You will lead on quality assurance, performance and outcomes, SEND tribunals, sufficiency planning, inspection readiness and multi‑agency improvement, shaping a responsive SEND system that places children, young people and families at the heart.