SEND Engagement Facilitator

2 months ago


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

Job Title: SEND Engagement Facilitator

Job Reference: [Removed]

Location: [Removed]

Job Type: Full-time

Contract Type: Fixed-term

Hours: 37 hours per week

Salary: Up to £29,377 per annum

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced SEND Engagement Facilitator to join our team at Essex County Council. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting sustainable inclusion for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).

The SEND Engagement Facilitator will work closely with educational settings, families, and partners to facilitate effective collaborative practice and ensure a joined-up approach to the Assess, Plan, Do, Review Cycle. This will involve providing targeted intervention, utilising collaborative and person-centred ways of working, and identifying and facilitating effective ways of gathering, recording, and sharing information about children and young people.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide targeted intervention to families and professionals at points of change, challenge, and transition to support longer-term resilience and dialogue.
  • Utilise collaborative and person-centred ways of working to ensure pupil and family voices are captured, valued, and held at the heart of planning.
  • Identify and facilitate effective ways of gathering, recording, and sharing information about children and young people to inform planning.
  • Support the partnership between educational setting staff, families, and other stakeholders to promote shared understanding of aspirations, needs, outcomes, and required provision.
  • Work directly with children and young people and their families to develop their understanding and participation in assessment, planning, and decision-making processes.
  • Deliver targeted intervention to families and professionals at points of change, challenge, and transition to support longer-term resilience and dialogue.
  • Act as a model of good practice and conduit of information for targeted work with families and educational settings.
  • Plan, deliver, and evaluate a range of partnership and person-centred practice and its application, development opportunities for staff in educational settings.
  • Build and maintain effective links across Education, including SENDIASS and the SEND Innovation and Strategy team, to identify, implement, and evaluate good practice.
Requirements
  • 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 its impact on assessment, planning, provision, and review.
  • 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 the role, including a willingness to chair/facilitate meetings and plan/deliver training to small groups of adults.
What We Offer

We offer a competitive salary, excellent benefits package, and opportunities for professional development and growth. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.

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

We are also committed to interviewing all veterans and care leavers who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.



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