SEND Engagement Facilitator

2 months ago


Braintree, Essex, United Kingdom Essex County Council Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled SEND Engagement Facilitator to join our team at Essex County Council. As a key member of our team, you will play a vital role in supporting sustainable inclusion for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide targeted intervention to families and professionals at points of change, challenge, and transition to support longer-term resilience and dialogue essential to the success of educational placements and outcomes.
  • Facilitate effective collaborative practice through One Planning and ensure a joined-up approach to the Assess, Plan, Do, Review Cycle, particularly at points of transition for children and young people.
  • Identify and facilitate effective ways of gathering, recording, and sharing information about a child, their family, setting, or situation to inform planning for them, through statutory or non-statutory plans.
  • Support the partnership between educational setting staff, families, and other stakeholders to promote shared understanding of the aspirations, needs, outcomes, and required provision for children and young people.
  • Work directly with children and young people and their families to develop their understanding and participation in assessment, planning, and decision-making processes, ensuring that plans and implementation are fully co-produced and understood.
  • Deliver targeted intervention to families and professionals, as part of a multi-disciplinary team, at points of change, challenge, and transition, to support longer-term resilience and the dialogue essential to the success of children's educational placements and outcomes.
  • Act as a model of good One Planning to LA colleagues and a conduit of information for targeted work with families and educational settings, allowing the Inclusion and SEND Operations teams in each quadrant to work cohesively as part of early intervention approaches.
  • Plan, deliver, and evaluate a range of partnership and person-centred practice and its application, development opportunities for staff in educational settings, enabling educators to embed this approach within engagement with families.
  • Build and maintain effective links across Education, including SENDIASS and the SEND Innovation and Strategy team, to identify, implement, and evaluate good One Planning practice, with appropriate input from families and the community.
Requirements
  • Possesses RQF Level 2 of the SEN awards, or equivalent by experience.
  • Evidence of continuing professional development with knowledge in relevant professional area.
  • Knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice and how it impacts on assessment, planning, provision, and review for children and young people on a day-to-day basis.
  • Significant experience of working successfully with children with SEND in a school and/or home setting.
  • Significant experience of working effectively in partnership with families in a helping role and other professionals in a multi-agency environment.
  • Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills with an understanding of how to facilitate and mediate in situations which are perceived as challenging.
  • Evidence of ability to develop skills, knowledge, and experience within role, including a willingness to chair/facilitate meetings and plan/deliver training to small groups of adults.
Why Essex?

Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England's oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest – Basildon and Harlow – are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career.



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