SEN Support Officer

1 day ago

Richmond, Greater London, United Kingdom Achieving for Children Full time

About the Job

Achieving for Children is a Community Interest Company that has a public sector ethos, combined with the freedom to innovate enabling us to do things differently. As a not-for-profit social enterprise owned by three local authorities (Windsor & Maidenhead, Kingston and Richmond), we offer the freedoms of a social enterprise with the employment benefits of local government.

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced SEN Support Officer - Early Years Specialist to join our team. The successful candidate will offer practical guidance to practitioners supporting children with more complex needs across Kingston and Richmond.

Key Responsibilities

  • Help settings implement professionals' recommendations, teaching practitioners how to break these into small steps or SMART targets.
  • Demonstrate practical interaction and intervention strategies and monitor their effectiveness in helping children learn and develop.
  • Demonstrate small group activities, showing how to use resources effectively and support SENCOs at networks and with training.
  • Support settings with statutory assessment paperwork, attend multi-agency meetings, or attend various panels or support SEND planning meetings as directed by the Senior Adviser Early Years SEND.
  • Provide significant scrutiny and 0-5 input into EHC Needs Assessment panels (fortnightly) and attending panels/scrutiny for EY and KS1 (bi-monthly).
  • Contribute significantly to pathway planning by completing specialist assessment paperwork for specialist panels.
  • Contribute to the development of SEN training and networks and delivering this programme as required.

About You

You will have a capacity for working respectfully and collaboratively with a range of professionals across schools, PVIs, health, social care and education and in partnership with parents/carers. This will include:

  • Communication and interpersonal skills that are open, honest, persuasive and pragmatic, including excellent negotiation and influencing skills.
  • Strong organisational abilities: time management, creative-thinking, problem-solving and multitasking, working independently with minimal management supervision.
  • Personal determination, drive, energy and ambition to achieve challenging objectives, celebrate success and deliver excellent outcomes for children using a strength based approach.
  • A willingness self-evaluate and develop your own professional practice, through engaging with a range of reflective practice, evidencing the impact of your own work.
  • Substantial experience of working in an early years or similar setting.
  • Direct experience of supporting children with a range of additional needs and disabilities.
  • Sound knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice 2015 and of the Local Offer.
  • Substantial experience of planning for children with a range of complex needs and adapting practice to meet identified needs and modelling intervention strategies to others.
  • Broad knowledge of interaction and intervention strategies to support learning and progress.

About Our Benefits

We are focused on creating a positive supportive environment, where you will have access to a really wide range of resources, as well as a competitive salary and all the perks to enable hybrid working. In AfC you will also have access to:

  • 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 commencing on the date you start working for AfC.
  • Local Government salary and pension scheme (LGPS or Teachers Pension).
  • Flexible working options - helping to keep a good work life balance.
  • A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme.
  • A range of staff benefits and discounts.
  • An excellent learning and development offer to support your career pathway.

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