SEND Specialist

Up to 550 per day (dependant on experience)

Monday - Friday - Full Time

Temporary - until end of September 2025

Hybrid - at least 2 days per week in central Bristol

Tate are working with a local authority in their search for a SEND Specialist to be responsible for reviewing and improving the specialist funding provision to ensure the needs of children and young people are met.

• Analysis and development of the approach to funding specialist provision to ensure it is streamlined, accurately forecast, and well communicated to schools and the service.
• Identification of financial efficiency opportunities to target funding in areas of need.
• Lead the development of joint commissioning opportunities working with commissioners and the SEND finance team.
• Ensure payment systems are fit for purpose.
• Ensure financial information is relevant and balanced and is received by decision makers at the appropriate level and in the appropriate form.
• Proactively identify areas of weak financial management, risks and pressures and to work with the relevant service to improve them.
• Lead, manage and motivate staff through excellent communication, professional guidance, support and development in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Ensure student placements in new provision are high quality, effective and efficient.
• Project Management - lead education client-side projects, ensuring timely delivery of non-capital aspects of school place delivery, and ensure adherence to quality standards.
• Feedback - gather client, including parent/carer feedback to ensure satisfaction.
• Data analysis - oversee the development and delivery of a robust SEND sufficiency plan to ensure identified spaces meet current and future demand.
• Compliance - ensure the delivery of new places meet the relevant regulations and standards for inclusion education.

Experience required:

• Proven work experience in leading changes to SEND financial systems.
• Good knowledge of SEND and related statutory responsibilities of Local Authorities including a strong understanding of SEND school place allocation and sufficiency planning for SEND placements.
• Experience of working with schools to negotiate and deliver school places.
• Knowledge and understanding of the financial pressures faced by education settings and local authorities.

Please be aware this advert will remain open until the vacancy has been filled. Interviews will take place throughout this period, therefore we encourage you to apply early to avoid disappointment.

Tate is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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