SEND Local Area Partnership Manager

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced senior leader to join us as a SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) Local Area Partnership Manager.

You’ll work across education, health and social care for the benefit of children with SEND.

This is a jointly funded role between Milton Keynes City Council, our Integrated Care Board and BLMK but you will be an employee of the city council.

We offer flexible working arrangements including homeworking.

• Ensure that outcomes for children with SEND is at the heart of every multi agency conversation.
• Take responsibility across the Partnership for our preparation for SEND inspection.
• Ensure that funding arrangements for children's packages are fair and equitable.
• Implement and sustain high quality governance arrangements across the partnership.

• An experienced senior leader, ideally with project and programme management qualifications.
• Skilled at managing partners with potentially competing agendas to get the right outcome for children.
• You’ll thrive in a high-pressure environment such as inspection.
• A highly organised individual who enjoys planning in advance and keeping to milestones in order to deliver on time.
• Highly developed knowledge in relation to SEND and an interest in simplifying complex systems for the benefit of children and their families.

Milton Keynes is a diverse, welcoming, and expanding place, built on smart ideas with even bigger plans for the future. We have world class attractions, beautiful open spaces, and a great standard of living.

Milton Keynes City Council is one of the largest employers in the region, making a difference every day for local people. We’re responsible for all local government services in MK including education, housing, highways, and social services - around 240 services in all.

Our values are to be dedicated, respectful, and collaborative. If this sounds like you, join us for a stimulating and fulfilling career measured on results, and a rewarding work-life balance.

We are really proud of the benefits we are able to offer our staff here at Milton Keynes City Council, including:-

• Local Government Pension Scheme, considered to be one of the best employer contribution rates of 18.8%.
• 28 days annual leave per year in addition to statutory and public holidays, rising to 32 days after 5 years.
• Holiday Purchase Scheme.
• Our Professional Development Centre provides access to courses such as in-house management development programmes endorsed by the Institute of Leadership, coaching and mentoring and access to our Smarter Learning portal
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Health Cashplan.
• MK Advantage benefits package – a range of savings on a wide range of retail, leisure and entertainment products and services such as Pizza Express, M&S, B&Q, John Lewis and Arriva Travel.
• Blue Light Card - Employees working within Social Care can qualify for a range of discounts from national retailers to local businesses in a wide range of categories including holidays, cars, days out, fashion, gifts, insurance, phones and much more!
• SmartGo – Aimed at encouraging low-carbon transport and healthy lifestyle with discounted travel e.g. Halfords, Arriva, Europcar, National Railcards and Stagecoach.
• Homebuy Scheme (for eligible roles).
• Smarter working which provides the opportunity to work from various locations including from home for a proportion of your role (subject to business needs).
• A full range of family friendly policies including enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity entitlements.
• Childcare Subsidy.