SEND Inclusion Specialist

2 months ago


Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom Essex County Council Full time
Job Description

Job Title: SEND Inclusion Partner

Job Summary:

The SEND Inclusion Partner will work in partnership with schools, settings, and colleges to drive practice and support them to be inclusive and deliver improved outcomes for children and young people with SEND. The role will involve building capacity for educational settings to assess, plan, deliver, and review provision for children with SEND in line with the SEND Code of Practice 2015.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Accountable for reviewing, assessing, and improving practice in specific schools, settings, colleges, or partnerships to improve outcomes for children and young people with SEND.
  • Provide high-quality professional education advice and support to individual or clusters of schools, settings, and colleges to deliver an inclusive education for children and young people with specific areas of SEND.
  • Support the delivery of school/setting-led SEND, including peer-to-peer development, within clusters of schools and settings, and disseminate up-to-date specialist knowledge in areas of SEND.
  • Work strategically with schools, settings, and colleges to influence leaders to evaluate the existing offer and build capacity through coaching, training, and development to assess, plan, deliver, and review suitable provision for children with SEND.
  • Identify and deploy targeted support within schools, settings, colleges, and with families to improve the inclusion and/or successful transition for children and young people with severe and complex SEND.
  • Manage complex casework to maintain sustainability of placement, resolve breakdown, and prevent exclusion, including responding to and resolving complaints.
  • Undertake Annual Reviews of children and young people placed in out-of-authority independent special schools to ensure placements are fit for purpose for Essex children.
Requirements:
  • Education to RQF level 6 (Bachelor's degree) with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or equivalent.
  • Evidence of continuing professional development and expert knowledge in relevant areas of SEND; a Master's degree in a specialist area is highly desirable along with a commitment to further training and development.
  • Substantial, relevant teaching or Early Years' experience with strong evidence of working with children with SEND.
  • In-depth working knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice and other relevant national legislation.
  • Experience of working in partnership with other services such as schools and settings, Health and Social Care, enhanced provisions, and the voluntary sector.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to deliver training and development to a range of professionals.
  • Ability to drive cultural, strategic, and operational change in a collaborative way.
Additional Information:

Please note that the job role requires mobility throughout an operational area. The post holder will need to have a driving license and access to a vehicle or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means.

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader and committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job.



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