Bournemouth Borough Council

Bournemouth Borough Council seeks a Statutory SEND Team Manager to lead a high-performing team dedicated to fulfilling statutory duties for children and young people with SEND. You will manage EHCP Coordinators, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation while overseeing Education, Health, and Care Needs Assessments. The ideal candidate brings substantial SEND services experience, a track record in team leadership, and a solid understanding of SEND legislation. The role allows for competitive salary and hybrid working arrangements.

About the role As a Statutory SEND Team Manager, you will lead a high performing team responsible for delivering the council's statutory duties for children and young people with SEND. Responsibilities Lead and manage a team of EHCP Coordinators, ensuring statutory compliance with the Children and Families Act (2014), SEND Regulations (2014) and SEND Code of Practice (2015). Oversee the coordination of Education, Health and Care Needs Assessments, EHCP drafting and Annual Reviews. Take a hands on approach to complex and sensitive casework, including complaints and mediation. Drive performance and improvement, ensuring high quality, timely delivery of services. Build strong partnerships across Education, Health, Social Care and parent/carer networks. Chair multi agency panels and contribute to key decision making processes. Play a key role in shaping and delivering service transformation and improvement projects. About you Substantial experience in SEND services, ideally within a local authority context. Strong track record of team leadership or readiness to step up into a management role. Deep knowledge of SEND legislation, statutory processes and best practice. Experience managing complex casework and working within legal frameworks. Ability to lead, motivate and develop staff, driving performance and continuous improvement. Excellent partnership working skills, with the ability to influence, negotiate and navigate sensitive situations. Resilience, empathy and a commitment to delivering a person centred service for families. Benefits Competitive starting salary of £48,226 (pro rata for part time colleagues). Clear progression within a well defined pay band. Access to training and development opportunities. Supportive supervision and collaborative leadership environment. Flexible and hybrid working, with a minimum of 2 days per week in the office. Regular travel across the BCP area (travel expectations: essential). Working arrangements Flexible and hybrid; minimum 2 days per week in office, additional on site presence as required by service needs. Role involves travel across the BCP area. Legal and sponsorship This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship and requires applicant to have an existing right to work in the UK. Applicants must be able to complete a Disclosure & Barring Service check.

Bournemouth Borough Council is seeking a highly motivated Junior IT Engineer to provide support across multiple school sites within Hamwic Education Trust (HET). The ideal candidate will possess strong organisational skills and a flexible attitude, aiming to enhance the IT vision for HET. This role offers opportunities for growth in a supportive environment, with responsibilities including technical support, network maintenance, and training for IT technicians. The position offers various benefits, including excellent training programs and generous holiday entitlement.

Bournemouth Borough Council is seeking an Advanced Dynamic Resource Scheduler (DRS) IT Specialist to support its scheduling system, essential for managing an internal workforce. The role involves configuration work and application support to enhance operational efficiency. This position provides an opportunity to work on exciting projects within IT, particularly with Power BI and Microsoft 365, setting candidates up for a successful career. The successful candidate will learn from the current post holder before their departure.

Role Summary We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated Junior IT Engineer to provide IT support across multiple school sites within Hamwic Education Trust (HET). The role requires strong organisational and interpersonal skills, a flexible approach to travel, and a self motivated attitude to support the IT vision and continuous improvement plans for HET. If you are looking for an opportunity to grow and develop within a supportive and forward thinking environment and can demonstrate a strong track record in effectively managing resources and ICT networks, we would be delighted to hear from you. Key Responsibilities Provide technical support across multiple school sites. Assist the Director of IT to maintain a highly efficient and effective network. Train IT technicians within other schools and assist schools with IT projects. Provide exceptional IT support and advice to schools. Maintain and extend ICT networks, ensuring high standards of service. Qualifications & Skills Highly motivated to learn new IT skills and grow into an IT professional. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to work independently and manage time efficiently. Can complete work to a high standard. Flexible approach to working across schools. Benefits Opportunity to be part of a collaborative managed services team. Flexible working approach where possible. Wellbeing day (trial for 2025/26). Excellent training and development programmes. Eligibility to join the Local Government Pension Scheme. Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with length of service. Access to our benefits portal offering a full range of discounts. Access to Wellbeing Support through the Employee Assistance Programme. Access to financial wellbeing support for mortgage advice. Eligible for a Blue Light card. Commitment to Safeguarding Hamwic Education Trust (HET) are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of our pupils and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to a safer recruitment process which includes enhanced criminal record and barring checks, scrutiny of work and training history, robust referencing, and other vetting checks.