SEND Coordinator
Founded in 2016, Ambition Aspire Achieve (AAA) is a registered charity focused on supporting some of the most disadvantaged, vulnerable and at-risk young people in Newham and east London, providing them with new opportunities to build self-belief, enabling them to overcome their personal barriers to progression. Delivering projects and activities from our community hubs, the Terence Brown Arc in the Park in Canning Town and the Glyn Hopkin Abbey Hub in Stratford, we provide high quality youth provision enabling each young person to achieve their full potential, personally, socially and educationally. With our programmes engaging and supporting SEND children and young people growing, we are looking to further develop our youth programmes to reach even more vulnerable young people, making the best possible difference and changing lives.
We are seeking to appoint an experienced, motivated and energetic SEND Coordinator. Reporting to our Operations Manager, this exciting role will take responsibility for leading, developing and delivering our projects and programmes supporting young people with Special Educational Needs or Disabilities. Offered on a full-time basis, the role will provide a combination of delivery support and coordination of AAA’s projects supporting young people with Special Educational Needs or Disabilities (SEND), supporting their personal, educational, creative and social development, helping them to reach their full potential. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing charity and make a difference to the lives of vulnerable young people, whilst contributing to the development of our offer for SEND young people and young adults at a key time.
Successful candidates will have demonstrable experience in developing and delivering projects and programmes supporting young people with Special Educational Needs or Disabilities, meeting pre-determined output and outcome targets. You will also bring experience of leading teams of paid and volunteer workers delivering high quality programmes meeting the needs of vulnerable young people. You will be self-motivated with a commitment to the equality of opportunity and AAA’s purpose and bring strong communication skills with the ability to build effective, positive and professional relationships with SEND young people, their parents/carers, project staff and key stakeholders.
Based at our Canning Town youth hub the Terence Brown Arc in the Park and additional delivery locations in Newham, responsibilities include:
- Leading on the development and delivery of specific youth-related projects supporting young people and young adults with SEND across AAA, ensuring project milestones and outputs are met or exceeded
- Leading and line managing a small team of sessional workers and volunteers delivering AAA’s SEND projects
- Working collaboratively with key partners (e.g. schools, community stakeholders, delivery partners) to support the recruitment of young people and the effective delivery of provision
- Providing for the social, personal, educational and leisure needs of young people with SEND by leading in the running, organisation and delivery of AAA projects, enabling service users to increase their skills and confidence and realise their full potential
- Liaising with parents and carers of SEND young people participating in AAA’s projects, building strong relationships to support the development of service users
- Supporting SEND young people to identify positive progression opportunities
The salary for this post will be £25,000 to £28, 000 per annum (depending on prior experience and qualifications). The closing date for applications is Friday 31st March 2023 (5pm) with interviews expected to take place during April 2023. Further details of the post are contained in the Job Description and those interested in applying should download and complete our Application Form and submit via email by the closing date to Jonny Boux, Chief Executive jonny@theaaazone.com
