Location: Essex

Salary Package: £66,572 - £69,181 (depending on experience).

Benefits for the SEND Senior Specialist :

Flexible working - Hybrid working - 2 days from home
Family friendly leave
Generous leave entitlement - from 25 days up to 32 days based on length of service
Paid time off to undertake volunteering activities
Local government pension scheme
Wellbeing support and a range of salary sacrifice schemes
Discounts on products and services including retail, food shopping, travel, dining out and leisure activities

NonStop Care is working with one of the most reputable local councils in the Essex area in order to help them find a SEND Senior Specialist (Lead), this person has one of the most senior specialist SEND roles within the council with delegated responsibilities of the Head of SEND Assessment, Access and Inclusion for the SEND Statutory duties.

This role is predominately working from office (minimum 3 days a week). There is a possibility of hybrid working 2 days per week.

Responsibilities of the SEND Senior Specialist:

Providing strategic leadership and operational management of Statutory SEND Assessment and Review service
Acting as strategic lead for external inspections
Acting as strategic lead for any safeguarding case reviews, and leading on embedding best practice
Managing the end-to-end SEND tribunal process - lead and oversee the representation of the Council at SEND Tribunal Requirements:

Must have in-depth knowledge of SEND legislation, statutory frameworks,

Must have SEND Casework and SEND legal processes.

Must have leadership experience

Please send your CV over to (url removed) or you can also apply via this web-site.

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