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Application Window Closed
Due to the high number of enquires, the application window to join the SEND Associate Framework is now closed.
The next opportunity to join our list will be between 8 – 12 January 2024.
SEND Associate Framework
nasen want to attract and work with sector-leading specialists in SEND, to assist us in providing expertise to governments, the wider sector and organisations as well as individuals. We want to maximise the potential of the sector, both across the UK and internationally, by growing our team to ensure excellence in innovation for SEND. We also want to increase our capacity to provide the best in project delivery and undertake more specialised and bespoke activities related to SEND.
nasen offers access to a wide network of trusted individuals with relevant skills and experience and provides specific work and activities including leading SEND reviews in schools, providing strategic advice, designing and delivering tailored CPD and consultancy.
About our Framework
nasen offers a bespoke consultancy service to education settings, on an individual, targeted, and whole setting or organisation level. We also provide consultancy to local authorities with a cost effective, high quality and specialist service.
SEND associates are specialists who, alongside the nasen Education Team, can offer advice, guidance and CPD based on their professional expertise in education health or social care contexts.
Professions which make up our SEND associates team include:
- SEND leaders with proven experience
- School Improvement Leads
- Experienced SENCOs
- Specialist teachers
- Academics/Researchers
- Local authority SEND advisers
- Multi-agency health/ social care professionals
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Further enquiries
Further enquires
Please contact Martin Bull at martinb@nasen.org.uk if you would like to learn more about nasen's SEND Associate Framework or how to access the services on offer.
For international enquiries, please contact Kamal Bodhanker, Head of International Development at international@nasen.org.uk
Interested in becoming a SEND Associate?
Our SEND Associates Framework (SAF) is a single supplier framework which uses boilerplate conditions that nasen has the right to modify as part of individual call off contracts; these will contain additional information specific to that contract. Our approach enables faster access to SEND expertise.
The opportunities for SEND Associates will be fair and overseen by nasen’s senior leadership team. A direct award to a supplier will only be reserved for special occasions when the work required is very urgent. Here nasen will directly select a supplier from the framework who is willing and able to deliver the specification.
To become a SEND associate on nasen’s SEND Associates Framework, please:
- Review our terms and conditions (see documents below)
- Submit your CV with two references
- Provide a covering letter
- Sign and return Schedule 4 Associate agreement on ways of working with nasen
Your cover letter should highlight your interests in nasen’s work and expand on your skills and experiences.
Commitment to equal opportunities
As a practice, nasen is committed to fostering and developing a diverse and inclusive list of SEND associates that celebrates human diversity. We strive to honor race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, abilities status, religious affiliation, and physical appearance. Please refer to Appendix ii: nasen’s Equality and Diversity policy for further information.