SEND Inclusion Partner
- Colchester, Essex
- £45,276-50,307 per year
- Contract
- Full-time
- Responsible for providing high quality professional education advice and support to individual/clusters of schools, settings and colleges, to deliver an inclusive education for children and young people with SEND and emerging needs. i.e. Autism, Language and Communication, Social Emotional and Mental Health and Cognition and Learning difficulties.
- Responsible for supporting the delivery of school/setting led SEND, including peer to peer development, within clusters of schools and settings and dissemination of up-to-date specialist knowledge in an area/s of SEND. Evaluating the impact of initiatives to learn from both success and understand setbacks.
- Work strategically with schools, settings and colleges, influencing 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.
- Responsible for identifying and deploying 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. Ensure maximum impact of interventions and the efficient and impactful use of resources through effective monitoring and evaluation.
- Accountable as the link SEND Inclusion Partner for specific schools, settings, colleges or partnerships, to review, assess and improve practice and consult on the development of One-Planning, Education, Health and Care Needs Assessments (EHCNA) and Annual Review processes, with the intention to improve outcomes for CYP with SEND.
- Working in collaboration with internal and external partners, manage complex casework to maintain sustainability of placement, resolve breakdown and prevent exclusion, including responding to and resolving complaints.
- Responsible for undertaking monitoring visits for children and young people placed in independent non-maintained special schools, to ensure placements are fit for purpose for Essex children, with a view to achieving positive outcomes and, wherever possible, supporting transition back to Essex settings.
- Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.
- Educated to RQF level 6 (Bachelor's degree), with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or equivalent.
- Evidence of continuing professional development and expert knowledge in relevant area of SEND; a Masters 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, with demonstrable ability to build strong collaborative, working relationships, which engender delivery and influence leadership.
- 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.