Assistant Director - Statutory SEND (8086)

Adult Learning; England; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job description

Job Description

Assistant Director Statutory SEND Operations | Permanent contract | £75,322 to £84,031 per annum (Scale O) | 37 hours per week | County Hall, Norwich

We are looking for a dynamic and experienced leader to join us as Assistant Director High Needs SEND Operations to enhance outcomes for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in Norfolk and to contribute to our area ambition for every child to Flourish. The Council has made a considerable investment in our Children’s Services programme of transformation and in developing our Local First Inclusion Programme. Our practice approach is relationship-based, strengths-oriented, and outcome-focused, ensuring children are prepared to learn, build positive relationships, and receive family-based care.

In this pivotal role you’ll provide operational and strategic leadership for statutory SEND operations and will be responsible for:

1. Leading the co-ordination of the delivery of statutory duties for EHCPs across Norfolk, ensuring that children and their families receive the right support and provision at the right time.
2. Embedding relationship-based practice across SEND services, ensuring that children and families’ voices are central to the delivery of services.
3. Acting as the strategic lead for EHCP Operations within Local First Inclusion programme workstreams.

We have a great team here in Norfolk, so you’ll work with fantastic colleagues in Children’s Services and be a member of the Children’s Services Extended Leadership Team.

As our ideal candidate, you will have significant senior operational and strategic leadership experience – understanding local and national SEND policies with an EHCP context, proven ability to build effective relationships across organisational boundaries and experience in developing solutions for outstanding service delivery. Critically you will hear, understand and respond to the needs of children, young people and their families, championing equality, diversity and inclusion as you go.

If you share our ambition and believe you have the experience and skills to deliver our vision, come join us on our transformation journey.

For an informal discussion please contact [e-mail].

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria we are looking for.

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

1. Competitive salary
2. Generous holiday entitlement with the ability to buy and sell leave
3. Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
4. Flexible working opportunities including flexitime, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependent on your job role and business need.
5. Financial benefits such as:
1. ‘Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discount programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
2. A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
3. Relocation expenses (where applicable)
4. An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
5. Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions.
6. A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job.
7. Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension, new bikes and electric cars.

You can find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

Already a Norfolk County Council employee? please apply using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email.

Redeployment closing date: 21 April 2025

Closing date: 28 April 2025

Interviews will be held at County Hall on Thursday 8 May 2025

About Us

We have miles of beautiful coastline and our unique Broads, thriving market towns and a city with a proud cultural heritage. Our economy is growing and driven by innovation in a number of sectors, including energy and food. We also have ambitious plans for new housing and a building programme for schools across Norfolk. Our county is a great place to live, work and visit, and is an excellent environment for businesses to start, grow and innovate.

We are the main local authority for Norfolk providing services countywide to more than 850,000 Norfolk residents. We take the lead in critical policy areas, working with 84 elected Members responsible for the strategic local government services in the county.

We provide a high quality service through involving people who use our services to shape and comment on them and by promoting efficiency and innovation.

We work in partnership with local businesses, voluntary organisations and other local authorities such as District and Parish Councils to provide the people of Norfolk with excellent services.