Early Years Specialist SEN Support Officer

4 weeks ago

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

About the Role

The Early Years Special Educational Needs (SEN) Support Officer will offer practical guidance to practitioners supporting children with more complex needs across Kingston and Richmond. The post holder will be required to:

  • 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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