Hybrid – Works part in the office (Gun Wharf) and part from home (Hybrid)
Permanent, Full time
No DBS check required
Range 4 (£29,793 - £35,410) per annum / pro rata
37 hours
Medway’s Education and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Division is committed to support all children and young people to learn and grow and to achieve their potential in education. The Education and SEND Division covers a wide scope of services, including school admissions, place planning, Medway Test, school transport, capital developments, high-needs funding and support for pupils with Education, Health and Care Plans, early years funding and sufficiency, school improvement and effectiveness, inclusion and attendance. The Government’s ambitions for the provision of quality education and improvement plans for the SEND and Alternative Provision system are important strategic drivers for our vision for these services.
The Education and SEND Division is seeking highly driven and experienced professionals to join these teams at an exciting time of change within this sector. Successful candidates will join a supportive network of professionals within the Division and across the wider People Directorate and Council. They will have the opportunity to contribute our journey of improvement and shape our service delivery to children, young people and families and Medway. They will gain knowledge and experience from highly skilled team members but will also be given the opportunity to showcase their own skills and knowledge. They will be expected to work in partnership with providers, other agencies and strategic networks.
MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB
- To co-produce, co-create and deliver a comprehensive communications plan linked to the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) agenda across multiple media platforms. Including:
- To work with all partner agencies, parents, carers and young people to ensure they are fully involved, informed and engaged in SEND improvement and developments.
- Use a range of communication channels to effectively engage in two way communications with our target audiences.
- Provide accurate, high quality web-based content for Medway’s Local Offer.
- Develop and maintain systems for reviewing and responding to feedback and queries from users and/or interested parties and be responsible for reporting publicly on questions and feedback received.
- Ensure balanced representation from stakeholder groups (parents, children, young people, voluntary sector, adults and children statutory services, NHS, schools including the non-maintained and independent sector, early years settings and F.E Colleges, leisure/sports clubs etc.)
- Meet regularly with those contributing to the Local Offer and set up and lead a local offer quality assurance and sustainability group
In return we offer you:
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Generous local government pension scheme package
- Access to wider training and development qualifications
- Flexible working scheme
- Travel plan discounts
- Car Benefit Scheme from Tusker
- Access to CAREFIRST advice & counselling service
- Employee discount scheme for national and local retailers
- The Government has introduced new ways of supporting parents with childcare costs. Further details are available here: - https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/
We're committed to making Medway carbon neutral by 2050. We have developed an action plan to ensure we play our part in addressing the climate emergency. Our declaration fits into our http://www.mindfulemployer.net/ for information on how Medway Council put good practices in place to ensure employees and job applicants who declare mental health issues receive the right level of support.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time prior to the closing date.
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