Are you looking for a role where you can make a real difference?

Our aim at Staffordshire is to create an environment where families are supported to stay together safely and live well in their communities by building on their strengths. This is the right thing to do.

We’re looking for passionate and motivated individuals to join our newly transformed district teams. We have a hybrid approach to work to assist your work-life balance, with a mixture of office and remote working. The vacancies are based in East Staffordshire.

Main Responsibilities

• Oversee and provide professional guidance and support for the SEND Keyworker team on core areas of SEND statutory responsibility within a district (e.g., assessment or review, Children in Care, Tribunals, Phase Transfers).
• Implement the district SEND Team Quality Assurance plan for Education, Health, and Care (EHC) Plans for both new assessments and/or Annual Reviews.
• Act as a keyworker for adults and children with special educational needs & disability, coordinate and call on the support of qualified Social workers, Educational Psychologists, Health professionals.
• Ensure collaborative relationships with individuals with special educational needs and a disability of all ages, and their families. Identify and explore, with the individual and their family, innovative and appropriate actions to support their individual, agreed outcomes, facilitating informed choices.
• Maintain appropriate professional records of all key discussions, investigations, findings, assessments, opinions (including factual basis), and decisions.
• Undertake performance and quality assurance processes, including peer and reflective supervision, analysis of performance data, learning from complaints and compliments, personal development, and continuing professional development.
• Provide regular reports on performance, key trends, and solutions in this area of responsibility.
• Deputise for the Family Practitioner Lead in their absence at weekly panels.

The Ideal Candidate

• You will be a SEND professional, with experience of leading or ready to take a lead in an area of SEND professional practice for a team.
• Child and family-focused.
• Ready to focus on performance and quality in both your own work whilst driving performance and quality in a specific area of practice for your team.

Interviews are likely to be held w/c 25 August 2025.

For more information, please contact Elizabeth Tudge, Family Practitioner Lead: Elizabeth.Tudge@staffordshire.gov.uk

We’re happy to talk flexible working.

Our Recruitment Process

We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.

About Staffordshire County Council

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively. Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future. We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and maintain a healthy work-life balance. In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire.

Our recruitment process

As an Authority, we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and a Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and communities. As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer, and our support for care leavers, we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us. This position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable, disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, warnings, cautions, and convictions in your application form.