Our client is looking for an experienced Placements and Commissioning Team Manager
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This is specifically for a SEND Commissioning Officer so someone with SEND experience necessary.
The postholder is operationally responsible for determining the right numbers of places and commissioning contractual arrangements for SEND school places provided to North Somerset Council by maintained and independent schools and providers of alternative provision. The role is to secure the highest quality provision within robust contractual arrangements and terms which represent excellent value for public money. This includes the provision of services provided by private and third sector providers as well as school placements for children whose needs cannot be met within the mainstream or local provision. The postholder will use rigorous contract monitoring regimes to manage the performance of contracts, and in particular outcomes for children and young people; promoting good commercial relationships where consistency in quality and value for money are established. The postholder may need to work in partnership with key agencies and stakeholders to co-produce and jointly commission some services.
To work with the Head of SEND, Business Intelligence and Procurement colleagues to forecast SEND demand and deliver sufficient and appropriate numbers of local SEND places to meet demand.
To design and deliver creative solutions to ensure that as many children as possible are the supported with placements within North Somerset.
To work in partnership with the Head of SEND and delivery managers to deliver the organisational vision and outcomes through integrated planning and the flexible use of resources.
To secure best value from all SEND placements in independent and out of district provision, through contract management and monitoring performance of placements and through creating strategic relationships with the highest quality/value providers.
To ensure the highest standards of safeguarding and governance arrangements are in place in all independent school placements and alternative provision.
To develop and deliver to strategies to ensure that pupil placement needs are met within the district, working in partnership with colleagues in Education, Health and Social Care. This will include strategies to reduce the number and costs of pupils placed out of the area and placed in independent settings.
To develop strong relationships with parent cares and other partners in achieving best use of resources.
Ensure the Council’s aims and objectives, vision and core values are actively promoted and made a reality.
A thorough understanding of the legislative framework and statutory guidance which underpins the provision of education, early years and children’s services and a good understanding of emerging strategy and policy developments
A sound and broad knowledge and understanding of local needs and priorities of children, young people and families and how North Somerset needs to respond to these
A sound understanding of education and early years landscape in all phases, including school improvement performance frameworks, regulatory and monitoring regimes
A thorough understanding of the SEND Code of Practice 0-25 years and its reforms, in both intention and practical application
A knowledge of the financial responsibilities and accountability of the Council to deliver value for money through its management of public funds and in particular, the parameters of the High Needs Funding Block and how to administrate this funding fairly, equitably and transparently to meet children’s needs
A sound understanding of the legislative frameworks which underpin a local authority commissioning and contract’s function
A sound understanding of all strategic and operational aspects of commissioning in a local authority context from initial scoping through to the performance management of contracts
Experience of working in a contracts and commissioning function within a local government setting or an ability to adapt approaches used in other sectors to a local government setting and being responsible for leading the commissioning process from end to end through initial scoping to evaluation of contract performance
Experience of engaging a wide range of stakeholders to agree priorities, advise and agree the scope of commissioning in conjunction with the Head of SEND and Head of Strategic Place Planning, Capital Programmes and School Organisation/Admissions Service
Experience of working proactively with the market within a commercially sensitive environment to understanding its capacity, appetite and capability in order to attract the highest quality suppliers
Experience of developing strategic partnerships to create higher quality and better value commissioned services
Experience of developing comprehensive data and performance measures to accurately reflect commissioning performance
Experience of providing verbal and written reports for both lay and expert audiences to communicate progress and increase participation and ownership of commissioning activity
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