# SEND Commissioning and Placement Officer

**Company**: Achieving for Children
**Location**: Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: GBP 44,184 - 47,262 per year
**Category**: Social Care
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Achieving for Children is seeking a SEND Commissioning and Placement Officer to contribute to the delivery of operational and strategic commissioning intentions identified as part of the SEND Commissioning Service.

The successful candidate will operate at the officer post level, focusing on operational case management, supporting delivery of delegated commissioning activities, and assisting senior leads. Key responsibilities include:

- Supporting the decision-making process at SEND and Post-16 panels

- Delivering on allocated individual SEND referrals across Pre-14 and Preparation for Adulthood (PfA)

- Conducting joint placement casework involving cost analysis, multi-agency negotiations, and joint meetings

- Managing fee increase requests to relevant panels

- Assisting in delivering jointly commissioned services across education, health, and social care to ensure value for money and efficient use of resources

The ideal candidate will have:

- A degree-level education or substantial professional experience

- Minimum Level 3 qualification with English and maths to Level 2 (GCSE grades 9-4 or equivalent)

- Experience of building strong partnerships, maintaining relationships, and co-producing solutions to challenges across a diverse set of stakeholders

- Experience in market shaping and management, fee negotiations, fee uplifts, SEND placement commissioning, and relationship building with stakeholders

- Proven ability to effectively use qualitative and quantitative data, intelligence, and evidence to create meaningful insight and inform decision-making

In return, Achieving for Children offers a competitive salary of GBP 44,184 - 47,262 per year, along with a range of benefits, including:

- 29 days annual leave, increasing to 33 days after 2 years and 35 days after 4 years, with an additional day off in your birthday month

- Tailored induction sessions

- Local Government salary and pension scheme (LGPS or Teachers Pension)

- Flexible working options

- Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme

- Range of staff benefits and discounts

- Excellent learning and development offer to support your career pathway

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## Skills

### Required
- SEND Code of Practice
- Children & Families Act 2014
- statutory legislation
- market shaping
- fee negotiations
- contract management
- quality assurance

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