Senior SEND Key Worker (Tamworth)

Staffordshire County Council; Leyfields; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Staffordshire County Council seeks a SEND Key Worker to enhance professional practice in a rewarding role. The position entails implementing quality assurance for SEND plans, collaborating with stakeholders, and providing leadership and guidance to a dedicated team. Ideal candidates will have a passion for improving lives and will focus on performance and quality in SEND practices.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Supportive working environment

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in leading SEND practices.
• Ability to support team colleagues.
• Strong focus on child's needs and outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Conduct duties of SEND Key Worker while implementing quality assurance plans.
• Act as a keyworker coordinating various professional supports.
• Maintain official records and oversee the SEND team.

Skills

Child and family-focused

Performance and quality management

Inter-agency collaboration

Education

SEND qualification

Job description

Are you a Special Educational Need & Disabilities (SEND) Key Worker who wants to develop your professional practice and career in the complex, challenging, and rewarding world of SEND?

If so, come join us! This role has been created after listening to the SEND teams and careful reflection on what works to drive high-quality and timely practice.

You'll be based in our Tamworth team.

Main Responsibilities

You will:

• Carry out duties of a current SEND Key Worker role with the additional responsibilities below
• Implement the district SEND Team Quality Assurance plan for Education, Health, and Care (EHC) Plans for both new assessments and/or Annual Reviews.
• Act as a keyworker for adults and children with special educational needs & disability, coordinate and call on the support of qualified social workers, educational psychologists, and health professionals.
• Ensure collaborative relationships with individuals with special educational needs and disabilities of all ages, and their families.
• Identify and explore, with the individual and their family, innovative and appropriate actions to support their individual outcomes, facilitating informed choices.
• Maintain professional records of all key discussions, investigations, findings, assessments, opinions (including factual basis), and decisions, including electronic client records and necessary performance data, in line with policies and procedures.
• Undertake performance and quality assurance processes, including peer and reflective supervision, analysis of performance data, learning from complaints and compliments, personal development, and continuing professional development.
• Ensure all practice, including referrals, is consistent and compliant with Staffordshire Inter-agency Adult Protection and Child Protection Procedures.
• Deputise for the Family Practitioner Lead in their absence at weekly panels.
• Oversee and provide professional guidance and support for the SEND Keyworker team on core areas of SEND statutory responsibility within a district (e.g., assessment or review, Children in Care, Tribunals, Phase Transfers). Provide regular reports on performance, key trends, and solutions in this area of responsibility.

The Ideal Candidate

You will:

• Be a SEND professional, with experience of leading or ready to take a lead in an area of SEND professional practice for a team.
• Be child and family-focused but also ready to focus on performance and quality in your own work whilst driving performance and quality in a specific area of practice for your team.
• Be expected to support colleagues in these specific areas of practice.

Interviews are likely to be held 28/29th July 2025

For more information, please contact - Mandy Baggott, Family Practitioner Lead: [e-mail]

We're happy to talk flexible working.

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you'll bring to the role.

About Staffordshire County Council

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organizational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practices, and they sit at the heart of our People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious, and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits:

We recognize that our employees are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and maintain a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a staff member, you will have access to our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire.

Our recruitment process:

As an authority, we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organization and a Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and communities.

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer, and our support for care leavers, we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

Because safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us, this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable, disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, warnings, cautions, and convictions in your application form.