Skills:

Excellent written and oral communication skills (Essential)

Excellent organisational and administrative skills (Essential)

Good interpersonal skills (Essential)

In-depth knowledge and understanding of inclusion and specialist provision (Essential)

Strong interpersonal, written and oral communication skills (Essential)

Excellent organisational skills and ability to confidently delegate, negotiate and influence. (Essential)

Resilience and motivation to lead the academies SEND provision through day-to-day challenges while maintaining a clear strategic vision and direction. (Essential)

Current knowledge and understanding of the statutory, legislative requirements and good practice to include but not exhaustive of: Health and Safety; Data Protection; the Equality Act / residual aspects of the Disability Discrimination Act and Keeping Children Safe in Education and the ability to apply this knowledge to our SEND practice. (Essential)

Ability to understand, analyse and make effective use of a wide range of data (Essential)

An ability to build positive relationships with staff, students and wider stakeholders in order to drive forward SEND provision. (Essential)

A creative and evidence-based approach to problem solving (Essential)

Experience:

Previous experience of working within a SEND education setting (Desirable)

Previous experience of supporting students with one or more of the following: - Autism, ADHD, children with Speech, Language and Communication difficulties, SEMH, cognition & learning needs or sensory or physical needs (Essential)

Confident in advising others on approaches children with a broad range of SEND to aid teaching and learning, behaviour and emotional regulation (Essential)

Willingness to identify and develop own IT skills (Essential)

Working knowledge of DfE, Local Authority and other regulatory body's legislation and policy relating to education. (Desirable)