Send Inclusion Advisor - Aylesbury, United Kingdom - Buckinghamshire Council

Buckinghamshire Council
Buckinghamshire Council
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Aylesbury, United Kingdom

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Description

Salary
£53,412 - £56,153


Reference number
BUC10927


Contract type
Fixed Term / Secondment


Working hours
Part Time


Level of DBS check required
Enhanced with Barred List


Date posted
26 Feb 2024, 11 p.m.


Application deadline
12 Mar 2024


Overview:


We are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic and experienced individual to join our Integrated Special Educational Needs hubs working across Buckinghamshire to provide expert advice and support to schools and setting to support the early identification and intervention for children with Special Educational Needs.

This is a new role that will be accountable to the Head of Integrated SEND as part of the Early Intervention initiative and will report into the ISEND Area Team Manager based in Aylesbury. They will visit schools across the area covered.

This is a part time role for 18 hours per week and is fixed term/secondment until July 2024.

About us:


Buckinghamshire Council is a relatively new organisation that combines the strengths and expertise of the previous five councils in the county to create positive change for local people, communities, and businesses.

We are firmly focused on the future and have made a clear commitment to serve residents better and to provide stronger representation for Buckinghamshire, both locally and nationally.

Buckinghamshire is an ambitious, rapidly growing county, and our economy is one of the strongest in the country. It is an area of outstanding natural beauty and ranks as one of the top rural areas to live in the UK and yet it is incredibly well connected
- only an hour from London on the train. The county has a rich history and heritage and is the birthplace of the international Paralympic movement.

We are looking for motivated, ambitious and inspiring people to join us on our journey.

You will be entitled to a range of different benefits to make sure you are happy both at work and at home.


About the role:


As one of our three SEND Inclusion Advisors you will be working with schools and settings to focus on the transition point at early years / reception and the transition to secondary education providing schools with support to identify special needs in children as they start school and effectively meet the needs of children in need of SEN Support across Years 5, 6 and 7.


The Inclusion Advisors will be key in promoting SENCO support groups for sharing of good practice and peer support and Foster a 'Whole School SEND' approach in schools, identifying strengths and areas for development addressing issues through robust action planning and impact review.


You will be promoting the 'Every Leader is a Leader of SEND' agenda, working with all leaders, including governors, across schools to effect change.


The Inclusion Advisor will collate data from audits and using it to:

  • identify and encourage sharing of effective practice
- identify common areas where improvement is needed
- running and/or brokering training and support packages for teachers, SENDCos and support staff
- identify and trigger support for schools where there may be concerns


About you:


The successful applicant will need to demonstrate:

  • Management of the delivery of the Whole School SEND Review tools to assess, implement and review whole school approaches to SEND
  • Specific knowledge in relation to transition from one setting to another (e.g. nursery to primary school / primary to secondary school)
  • Sound knowledge of evidencebased approaches to supporting schoolage children with SEND. This includes, but is not exclusive to, specific knowledge relating to autism and social, emotional and mental health needs and how schools can best approach supporting children with these needs
  • Experience of developing procedures and policies and contributing to strategy development
  • Excellent interpersonal, persuasive and negotiating skills
  • Authority and credibility to build relationships influence and engage successfully with colleagues, partners and customers at all levels in complex or politically sensitive situations
  • Initiative, strategic and political awareness demonstrated in problem solving and decision making
  • Excellent planning and organisational skills, to manage a range of complex activities and to achieve given targets and objectives
  • Educated to degree level or equivalent
  • Post graduate qualification, i.e. QTS / PGCE or similar / MA / MSc
The post holder will be required to make regular visits to schools and settings across Buckinghamshire.


Please see the attached job description for full person specification.

Other information:


Closing date:
Midnight on Tuesday 12th March

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

  • All unspent cautions and convictions cautions
  • All adult cautions and spent convictions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the R
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