SEND Reform Plan Lead

Reporting to the Corporate Director for Education. The successful candidate will have significant experience of leading and managing change programmes specifically including SEND change programmes. Postholder must be committed to and able to evidence strong skills in co-production and adherence to the four cornerstones of co-production. Successful track record of developing and delivering integrated services which are effective at meeting customer needs and are cost efficient, and which feature conflicting stakeholder demands and vested interests., The London Borough of Waltham Forest only advertises vacancies via our official website and approved recruitment platforms (e.g. Jobsgopublic). We will never ask for payment or request sensitive personal or financial information as part of our recruitment process. If you are contacted by a third party claiming to represent the Council, please verify the vacancy via our official careers website before sharing any information. If you have concerns about a job advert or communication, please report it to

Experience of financial management, including a track record of achieving sustainable budget reductions and maintaining service quality. · Strong understanding of the legislative and statutory frameworks affecting service delivery within this area, including knowledge of commissioning processes and how schools, colleges and settings are funded for SEN, Children and Families Act 2014, the Care Act 2015 and the Mental Health Capacity Act. · Ability to build effective partnerships to deliver change management. · Experience of working with schools and settings to support children and young people and a sound understand of school-based delivery. Experience of working in partnership with social care and health partners to ensure integrated planning of SEND provision and services · Experience of successful service re-design and improvement. · Successful and proficient problem-solving skills, with the ability to think and flourish in uncertainty and ambiguity · Extensive experience of managing people and performance and leading and managing complex change programmes. Well developed and effective communication and presentation skills, adaptable to different situations. An ability to foster and sustain confidence in staff and a wide range of stakeholders including statutory and non-statutory organisations in periods of organisational change. · Strong project management skills and experience. · Experience in effective development and management of partnerships. · Experience of managing commissioning activity and relationships., Educated to degree level or equivalent by experience with a relevant professional qualification (e.g. education psychology; teaching; social work; youth work). Post graduate qualification/Relevant professional qualification,

• Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks;
• Satisfactory declaration of interest;
• This role is subject to safer recruitment practices as it involves work with children and/ or vulnerable adults;
• Satisfactory DBS check;
• As a public authority, we must ensure that members of staff in public-facing roles are able to speak fluent English. This means that they must have a command of spoken English, with confidence and accuracy, sufficient for the effective performance of their role. This requirement does not refer to any particular English language qualifications, regional or international accents, dialects, speech impediments or the tone of conversations. It does not require staff to speak only in English.
  
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