AI Consultant

1. Strategic Leadership of AI in Regional Services

Lead a regional AI roadmap aligned to key priorities (EHCPs, annual reviews, dashboards, decision‑making standards, consistency of practice).
Provide strategic advice on AI readiness, opportunity, risk and governance.
Ensure all AI activity aligns with statutory duties and existing regional improvement plans.
2. Responsible AI Governance

Establish and run a responsible AI approval and oversight process, including:
Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs)
UK GDPR compliance
Human‑in‑the‑loop safeguards
A regional AI risk and assurance log
Work with ICT, IG, legal and data protection colleagues to ensure compliant implementation.
3. Improving EHCP Quality and Timeliness via AI

Lead pilots and scaling of AI‑supported:
first‑draft EHCP section summaries
improved outcome and provision wording
quality assurance prompts
identification of missing or contradictory information
Reduce drafting time while improving consistency and statutory defensibility.
4. Enhancing Annual Reviews Through AI and Data

Introduce AI‑enabled tools to:
summarise annual review documents
highlight unmet need or repeated themes
support timely review‑to‑amendment processes
Improve the overall completion rates and impact of annual review activity.
5. Strengthening Decision‑Making and Panel Consistency

Support regional use of standards and thresholds as decision support tools.
Implement AI‑assisted case summaries that map evidence to statutory criteria.
Ensure AI never replaces professional decision making or panel accountability.
6. Improving Dashboard Use and Data Maturity

Review the quality, relevance and use of dashboards (Power BI, datasets).
Reduce data duplication and increase consistency across regional metrics.
Support teams to interpret dashboards effectively for operational and strategic planning.
7. Workforce Training and Culture Building

Deliver training and guidance for teams on:
safe use of AI in Microsoft 365 (Word, Teams, SharePoint)
interpreting AI‑supported dashboards
understanding AI limitations and risks
Promote a culture of confidence, curiosity and responsible experimentation.
8. Partnership Working and System Leadership

Build strong relationships across:
Integrated Care Boards and health providers
Schools, FE and post‑16 providers
Parent carer forums and young people
National delivery partner teams
Share regional prompts, templates, QA tools and best practice.
9. Programme and Change Management

Produce briefing papers, reports and updates for senior stakeholders
Manage regional pilots, monitor progress, and evaluate impact.
Support multi‑agency working groups and task‑and‑finish groups related to AI and digital improvement.

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