Education, Health and Care Plan

2 weeks ago


Swindon, Swindon, United Kingdom Swindon Borough Council Full time
At Swindon Borough Council, we want our town to be the best it can be. Our ambitious vision is supported by realistic transformation programmes, with the people of Swindon at their heart. Because that is who we're doing it for - the communities and businesses that make our town great. As part of the Council, you will support a friendly local authority making decisions with real impact. It's all for better public services. Better processes. And a better quality of life, for everyone. Join us, and Swindon will be better with you.

We are recruiting for our newly restructured Special Educational Needs and disability local authority service.

This is an opportunity to join the management of a new, extended team of people and help lead, develop and deliver the service for offer the children, young people and families in Swindon.

There are opportunities to work in a newly formed Annual Review team and the casework team for statutory needs assessments.


The Special Educational Needs and Disability service are part of Swindon's One Children's Service and are responsible for managing all statutory assessment processes for SEND across the Council and take a lead across the action plan for SEND improvement in the area.

We are a friendly, determined and supportive team and actively encourage innovation and great teamwork and partnerships for success.

Your next role
- leading and managing the statutory assessment and plan processes for children and young people with special educational needs as part of a team of coordinators
- working directly in partnership with parents, children and young people, providers and practitioners to make sure Swindon has an efficient and effective statutory process that continually improves outcomes for the children and young people
- promoting and facilitating strengths based, person centred approaches and support effective quality assurance processes and evidence based decision making for consistency and accountability
- championing the potential of all children and young people to succeed


You will work closely within a team of coordinators and across the service to ensure a positive, responsive, efficient and timely SEND service that inspires and learns from partners across the area and wider afield while directly support and affect the improvement of outcomes for children and young people with special educational needs and disability.

- "Being a parent to a child with SEND can be stressful, confusing and frustrating. Getting the help our children need can feel like a minefield... To have someone that is passionate about our children and want to go that extra mile to support us is invaluable. When you have an excellent SEND Officer they go the extra mile to get the best possible service for our children and we really appreciate it." _
Swindon Parent Carer Forum (Swindon SEND Families Voice)

About you


You have relevant experience in special educational needs and disability from a health, care and/or education background; a qualification in special educational needs will be an advantage.


Possessing excellent communication skills and organisational skills, you will enjoy being part of a high achieving team and will be able to work effectively and efficiently under pressure in addition to your brining your focused work ethic and high standards for the service you provide.


You are experienced and confident in working in partnership with a range of different agencies, particularly with those with lived experience of SEND services, whilst demonstrating competency in working with an electronic case management system and have a good level of computer skills.


  • You must be fluent in the English language (as a requirement of Part 7 of the Immigration Act for the effective performance of a customerfacing role)._

Your next package
Please see our Rewards and Benefits offer for more details.


As an employee, you will receive a diverse and exciting environment in which to work, encouraging creativity and innovation whilst recognising the need to support ongoing personal development and a flexible work life balance.

For Swindon to thrive in the future, we need to lay the foundations now. It's why our regeneration and transformation programmes are already underway. So, you'll be joining us at an exciting time on our journey. We'll look to you to share your knowledge, influence decisions and drive real, positive change. With your contributions, we'll achieve our vision of a prosperous, re-vitalised Swindon by 2030 together. And you'll be proud to say it was made better with you.

Your next steps
Potential applicants are sometimes put off if they don't meet 100% of the requirements.

We think individual experience, skills and passion make all the difference, so if you meet the majority of the criteria, we'd love to hear from you.



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