ROYAL BOROUGH OF KINGSTON
JOB DESCRIPTION
Directorate/Department
Learning & Children’s
Services
Job Title
Joint SEN Team Manager
Section
Statutory Assessment
Post Number
Grade
L
Relationships
Responsible to:
Strategic Head of SEN and Disability
Important Functional Relationships:
 Joint Director of Children’s Services
 Lead Member for Children
 Deputy Director for Specialist Children’s Services
 Director of Finance
 Education Kingston
 School Improvement Services
 Assistant Director for Protection and Early Help;
 Strategic Head of SEN and Disability;
 Educational Psychology Service;
 Children’s social care;
 Legal Services;
 Headteachers, SENCOs and other school staff;
 Staff of the Health Authority and NHS Trusts;
 Parents, carers and pupils.
Important External Relationships:
 Staff in other Local Authorities (LAs)
 Staff from Independent and non maintained Schools
 Parent Partnership Officer Service
Main Purpose of Job
Overall reasonability of the delivery of statutory services related to special educational
needs for Richmond and Kingston.
To lead the organisation to deliver a new and improved service improving outcomes for
children and young people with special educational needs.
This will be replaced by all associated tasks regarding the forthcoming Children and
Families Bill in 2014.
Main responsibilities of the post
Professional Function:
 Management responsibility for the budgets in both Local Authorities.

Contract management with NHS providers for therapies.

Line management of the Principal Case Officers in Richmond and Kingston

Parent Partnership commissioner

Designated officer at Joint Funding Panels

Named officer for Special Educational Needs

Chairing SEN panel meetings

To be part of a team to develop high quality inclusive practice across all specialist
provisions and maintained schools

To contribute to further developments regarding special schools and provisions

To support schools to deliver good value provision

To facilitate increased confidence and competence of school and community
professionals to deliver high quality support for children with special educational needs

To contribute to the development of policies, practices and procedures which the
support outstanding service delivery

To meet with parents and their representatives with regard to the statutory assessment
procedures and the decisions made in respective SEN panels

Management of performance data across both Richmond and Kingston

To be accountable for the responses to 1st tier tribunals and the associated liaison with
legal services. This may include attendance at some tribunals.

Leading the communication strategy with schools and parents connected with the
forthcoming legislative changes
Other Duties
To be aware of and adhere to RBK’s equal opportunities policy and implement it through
the postholder’s work.
To be fully conversant with and adhere to relevant statutory provisions, codes of
professional practice and conduct and Customer Care procedures.
To undertake such additional or altered duties consistent with the purposes of the post as
may reasonably be required from time to time by the Statutory Assessment Team
Manager.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Experience
Recruitment and Selection
Management of staff
E
Experience in drafting
high quality documents
ion relation to statutory
requirements
E
Minimum of 3 years
experience in working
within the discipline of
children’s special
educational needs in
either a local authority or
school setting
E
Experience of managing
integrated multidisciplinary teams
E
Experiencing of managing
and leading change
E
Qualification/Training
A relevant undergraduate
degree
Recruitment and Selection
E
Assessed by;
Application (A),
Interview (I),
D
Test (T) or Other (O)
Evidence of Post 16
education or training
An excellent knowledge of E
Care should be taken to
carefully choose at which
stage of the selection
process each criteria is to
be assessed.
SEN legislation as set out
on the 1996 Education
Act and the Code of
Practice (2001) for
children with SEN
Excellent knowledge of
the forthcoming legislative
changes and the ability to
implement changes at a
local level
E
E
Other requirements
Recruitment and Selection
A high level of ability to
E
communicate orally and in
writing
Highly developed
interpersonal
effectiveness and
excellent customer
service skills
E