* Category: Care - Children and Young People
* Contract type: Permanent
* Working hours: 36 hours per week
* Posted on: 2 October 2025
* Location: Victoria Gate, Woking, Surrey, GU21 6JD
Description
The starting salary for this full-time, permanent position is £53,713 per annum based on a 36-hour working week.
Were excited to be recruiting a new Staffing and Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Coordinator to join our fantastic SEND service, based at Victoria Gate in Woking.
This role is open to hybrid working. As a team we split our time between collaborating together in the office and working from home. This post will also require some travel around the county to coordinate recruitment and training programmes for the service.
Our Offer to You
* 26 days holiday, rising to 28 days after 2 years service and 31 days after 5 years service (prorated for part time staff)
* Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
* A generous local government salary related pension
* Up to 5 days of carers leave and 2 paid volunteering days per year
* Paternity, adoption and dependents leave
* An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
* Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
* Wellbeing and lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, and shopping
* A chance to make a real difference to the lives of our residents.
About the Role
At Surrey County Council, we are committed to ensuring that all children and young people with SEND receive an outstanding service, and we are well on our journey towards offering this. Our Staffing and CPD Coordinator will lead on staffing, recruitment, and professional development across our SEND service.
Our young people want adults who listen, explain things honestly, and keep them at the centre of every decision. Parents and carers value empathy, strong organisational skills, and a deep understanding of SEND legislation and diverse needs. Schools need consistent, accessible professionals who are experts in SEND and can guide them through the system with clarity and confidence. Our training, development, and performance systems must empower staff to consistently demonstrate these qualities—positively shaping the lived experience of our children and young people.
As our Staffing and CPD Coordinator, you will be involved in the following key areas of responsibility:
* Leading on recruitment processes and coordinating staffing allocations across SEND teams to ensure equitable coverage across the service, ensuring compliance and best practice
* Monitoring and evaluation of new and current staff performance, including oversight of completion and impact of performance conversations and regular supervision
* Making sure SEND staff receive relevant and ongoing training and development and tracking the impact to demonstrate that staff development leads to positive experiences and outcomes for children and young people with additional needs and their families
* Collaborating with the Childrens Workforce Academy and the Additional Needs and Disabilities (AND) Partnership to develop a strategic training offer for professionals working with children and young people with additional needs
* Monitoring and managing budgets for training and development across the department
* Using performance data to report progress and forecast demand, driving forward practice improvements and embed restorative approaches.
If youre committed to collaboration, advocacy, and making things happen, and you have a strong background in workforce development, service improvement, and strategic coordination, wed love to hear from you.
Your Application
In order to be considered for shortlisting, your application will clearly evidence the following skills and align with our behaviours:
* Degree/equivalent relevant qualification or experience of working in a similar role/capacity, with knowledge of SEND and related legislation
* An ability to apply critical analysis and exercise evaluative judgement appropriately
* Strong written and verbal communication skills with demonstrable strengths in negotiation, influencing, and relationship-building
* High-level problem-solving skills with the capacity to devise and implement innovative solutions
* Demonstrable experience in successful recruitment, management, and development of staff
* A proactive, solution-focused mindset with a commitment to equity and inclusion.
Before submitting your application, we recommend you read the job description and our Life at Surrey handbook to get an insight into working at Surrey.
The role involves working in and visiting venues across the locality to build professional working relationships, therefore you will need to be willing and able to travel across the county as required.
Contact Us
Please contact us for any questions relating to the role. This could be to discuss flexible working requests, transferable skills or any barriers to employment. For an informal discussion please contact Debbie Degnan via email at deborah.degnan@surreycc.gov.uk .
The job advert closes at 23:59 on 26th October 2025 with interviews and assessment tasks to follow.
An enhanced DBS Disclosure and Barring Service check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Childrens and Adults Barred List checks will be required for this role.
Local Government Reorganisation (LGR)
Surrey County Council is undergoing Local Government Reorganisation, moving from a two-tier system to new unitary councils in April 2027. Your role will transfer with current terms and conditions to one of these new councils, supporting local devolution and greater powers for our communities.
We are a disability confident employer which means if you have shared a disability on your application form and have evidenced you meet the minimum criteria, we guarantee you an interview.
Your skills and experience truly matter to us. From application to your first day, were committed to supporting you with any adjustments you need, we value inclusion and warmly welcome you to join and help build a workplace where everyone belongs.
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