Role: SEND Project Lead
Contract Length: Until 31/03/2026
Location: Hybrid/Ipswich - 3 days per week work from home, 2 days per week work from office
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: £450 per day
Spinwell is recruiting for a SEND Project Lead for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SEND PROJECT LEAD
As a project manager in Children and Young People’s Services you will be at the forefront of managing change, leading high quality and effective ways of working and managing staff, resources or projects to achieve the best possible outcomes for children, young people and their families in Suffolk.
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE SEND PROJECT LEAD
- Suitable professional qualification at post graduate level or equivalent experience at seasoned professional level in a relevant area of work.
- Evidence of continuing professional development in a management role or similar role.
- Values and personal qualities
- Demonstrates a passion for making a positive difference for Suffolk.
- Shares our WE ASPIRE Values and strives to lead by example in relation to these.
- A strong commitment to fairness and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).
- Strives to continuously improve in everything they do, taking the initiative to learn and develop.
- Brings creativity into their work through innovation and openness to change.
- Collaborates well with others and offers assistance and support to colleagues.
- Committed to listening to children and families and to working collaboratively with them to address concerns.
- Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
- Comprehensive understanding of legislation, guidance and national policy framework relevant to role for provision of services.
- Comprehensive understanding of standards required in relation to the assessment and case management in respect of risk and need in children’s services.
- Understanding of performance and quality standards required in children’s services.
- Awareness and understanding of the wide range of professional roles and disciplines that contribute to the protection and wellbeing of children and young people, families and communities.
- Understanding of the significance of diversity in ensuring equality in service provision to children and families.
- High level planning skills to ensure milestones and deadlines are met.
- Evidenced knowledge of safeguarding practice and procedures
- Practical application and knowledge of data protection and information sharing in the workplace.
- Proven leadership qualities and interpersonal skills.
- To represent the area of service at meetings where required.
- Ability to influence, persuade and encourage staff and colleagues within different contexts.
- Motivate staff and others.
- Proven ability to work collaboratively with colleagues from a wide range of professional disciplines.
- Ability to motivate colleagues and develop their professional capability.
- Ability to provide written material through reports and correspondence clearly and coherently.
- Ability to present written material to a range of audiences.
- Ability to elicit, evaluate and take account of a wide range of views including those of children and young people.
- Negotiation, innovation and creativity.
- Effectively chair meetings.
- Excellent IT skills.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Standards of numeracy that enable an understanding and effective management of financial resources and to work with statistical information.
- Standards of literacy enabling the ability to understand and critically analyse complex written material.
- Ability to solve complex problems, working cooperatively with colleagues and partners.
- Experience in successfully managing relevant services as appropriate.
- Experience of service improvement and effective performance management.
- Experience of effective resource management.
- Managing budgets
- Ability to adopt a collaborative approach through effective partnership working.
- Ability to assess and manage risk, set clear priorities and manage competing demands.
- A DBS check will be undertaken for the successful candidate.
If you are a SEND Project Lead, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!
We welcome all applications regardless of background, in line with our commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion.
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