SEND Service Manager - Specialist Services

Nottingham City Council; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottingham City Council is transforming its Children and Education Services to deliver stronger outcomes for children and families. The SEND Service Manager (Specialist Services) will provide strategic and operational leadership for specialist SEND services, shaping provision for 0-25s and driving improvement across partners.

You will lead service development, implement change, and ensure services are delivered in line with statutory requirements and council priorities while fostering high

Qualifications

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or equivalent in England.
• Significant leadership and management experience within SEND services.
• Strong understanding of the SEND legislative framework (Children and Families Act 2014, SEND Regulations and the SEND Code of Practice 0-25).
• Experience of leading service improvement, quality assurance and performance management activity.
• Proven track record of leading teams through change and transformation.
• Excellent partnership working, influencing and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience delivering high-quality SEND services that improve outcomes for children, young people and families.
• Evidence of continuing professional development and leadership learning.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for Specialist SEND services.
• Lead service development and continuous improvement.
• Drive performance and ensure high-quality, inclusive support for 0-25s with SEND.
• Collaborate across education, health, social care and partner organisations to coordinate services.
• Lead managers and staff and manage resources in line with statutory requirements and council priorities.

Skills

QTS

SEND leadership

Stakeholder management

Quality assurance

Performance management

Strategic leadership

Change management

Partnership working

Delivering SEND outcomes

Job description

SEND Service Manager - Specialist Services
Hybrid Working
Full Time - 37 hours per week
Permanent

Are you an experienced SEND leader ready to shape services that make a lasting difference to children, young people and families?

Nottingham City Council is transforming Children and Education Services to deliver stronger outcomes, improved partnership working and more responsive services. As our SEND Service Manager (Specialist Services), you will play a key role in leading this transformation and shaping the future of SEND provision across the city.

This is an exciting opportunity to provide strategic and operational leadership for specialist SEND services supporting children and young people aged 0-25. You will lead service development, drive continuous improvement, and ensure children, young people and their families receive high-quality, inclusive and effective support that helps them achieve their full potential.

Working across education, health, social care and wider partner organisations, you will build and maintain strong relationships that improve outcomes and ensure services are coordinated around the needs of children and families. You will lead a culture of high performance and accountability, using quality assurance, performance data and stakeholder feedback to inform service improvement and drive excellence.

As part of our wider SEND leadership team, you will have a significant role in developing innovative approaches, implementing change, responding to local and national priorities and ensuring services deliver the best possible outcomes for Nottingham's children and young people. You will be responsible for leading and supporting managers and staff, managing resources effectively and ensuring services are delivered in line with statutory requirements, best practice and council priorities.

About You

We're looking for a confident and collaborative leader with significant experience of working within SEND services and leading teams in a complex environment.

You will bring:

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or an equivalent teaching qualification recognised in England.

• Significant leadership and management experience within SEND services.

• A strong understanding of the SEND legislative framework, including the Children and Families Act 2014, SEND Regulations and the SEND Code of Practice (0-25).

• Experience of leading service improvement, quality assurance and performance management activity.

• A proven track record of leading teams through change and transformation.

• Excellent partnership working, influencing and stakeholder management skills.

• Experience of delivering high-quality services that improve outcomes for children, young people and families.

• Evidence of continuing professional development and leadership learning.

Most importantly, you will share our commitment to inclusion, innovation and putting children and young people at the heart of everything we do.

If you are passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people with SEND and want to play a key role in shaping the future of specialist services in Nottingham, we'd love to hear from you.

Join us and help create a city where every child and young person can thrive.