SEND Quality Assurance Lead

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
 

Job Title: SEND Quality Assurance Lead

Job Location: Shire Hall 

Salary: £50,990 - £54,683 per annum 

Hours per Week: 37.00 

Contract Type: Permanent 

Closing Date: 25/07/2024 

Job Requisition Number: 9386 

This post is not open to job share

Gloucestershire County Council’s Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND) Education Services is looking to recruit a SEND Quality Assurance Lead to take forward our quality assurance in collaboration with our SEND and Inclusion Local Area Partnership (SILAP). 

Gloucestershire’s mission is “to work together to support families and communities to give every child the best chance of a happy and rewarding life, especially those who need more help”. We aim to work co-productively with children, families, education, health, and care services to have a shared responsibility so that locally we provide:

About the role:

The Quality Assurance Lead plays a crucial role in ensuring the quality and reliability of the quality of our local offer, balancing technical and operational activities to achieve the best results.

The role will include:

Developing and implementing our quality assurance strategies and plans and aligning these to the core objectives of our SEND & Inclusion Local Area Improvement programme.

Identifying opportunities for process improvement and implementing changes to enhance quality assurance efficiency and effectiveness.

Undertake quality assurance analysis and maintain detailed documentation of activity and impact.

Selecting and managing quality assurance tools and technologies to support the process of assuring good practice and outcomes for children, young people, and their families.

Ensuring that the impact of the SEND partnership meets customer requirements and provides a high-quality experience.

Work with colleagues to drive and deliver effective quality assurance across children’s services, focussing on SEND and working with the local area partnership SEND leaders, so that outcomes align to the SEND Improvement programme, evaluating performance and reporting to relevant boards.

As well sound experience in measuring and monitoring quality outcomes, you will need excellent communication and leadership skills. The role requires experience of partnership working and ability to build relationships with multi-agency partners and influence service delivery. Knowledge and skills of the education system and in particular SEND would be advantageous in leading improvements in service quality across services.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for the County Council, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

The role involves agile working with elements of working from home and in the office base as well as occasional travel to meetings. Office base is Shire Hall, Gloucester.

In return, we will offer you:

25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service (pro-rata for part-time staff)

An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro-rata for part-time staff) Family-friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family

Career development and qualification opportunities

Supportive and positive working environment with daily team huddles, monthly supervision meetings and an annual appraisal

Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)

Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone. An in-house Occupational Health service

Employee discount scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) and the Young Employees Network.

Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&C's apply)

For more information about the role please review the attached job description.

Interviews to be held week commencing 5th August 2024

Additional Information

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This Position is subject to a DBS check.

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.