SEN Strategic Support Partner (Qualified Teacher)

Management Grouping: Education & Children’s Services
Team: Early Intervention Team
Contract: permanent / 21.6 hours per week
Job reference: ECS0000023

As part of our drive to improve services for vulnerable children and young people within the borough, Bexley has established highly successful multidisciplinary Early Intervention Teams (EITS), which work with schools. The teams contain professionals from a variety of disciplines in education and social care. Staff work closely with schools, but also undertake relevant work outside of school settings.

The focus of the teams is on early intervention, seeking to provide support to children, young people and their families, who require additional help to achieve successful educational and social outcomes, but whose needs are not severe enough for them to meet the criteria for higher threshold services. Providing support at an early stage will enable needs to be addressed, and ensure that the numbers needing higher level services will reduce over time.

The post holder will work in collaboration with other team members and schools to provide specialist advice and training to schools regarding SEN and AEN matters, particularly in terms of recent SEND legislation policy and practice. There will be a strong quality assurance element in this role to ensure consistency in identification and intervention for children with SEND across the Local Authority.

The post holder will also have a key part to play in regard to further developments in relation to the recent SEN legislation and the development of EHC plans.

The main purpose of the job is:-

• To provide support and guidance (Within the areas of SEN/AEN), that assists schools in meeting the needs of vulnerable children and young people
• To support consistency across schools in the deployment of SEN resources
• To act in an advisory capacity to the EIT members and management in terms of SEN issues.
• To assist schools in the processes of monitoring and assessing the use of SEN funds delegated to them, and how this can be used to maximum effect to promote the progress and attainment of children with SEN.
• To promote progress for children with identified SEND in Bexley and work with other colleagues and school on ensuing they attain good outcomes where possible.
• To assist colleagues in the EIT,SEN areas and School Improvement in implementing new policy and practice in terms of SEN (Education Health Care Plans for example)

The successful candidate would need to be a qualified teacher with a significant amount of teaching experience, in a role that has required comprehensive understanding of Additional Educational Needs and Special Educational Needs.

Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service.

If you have the relevant skills and experience to join our service and help to develop its future, please submit an application.

For an informal discussion about the post, please telephone either Brenda Tubbs (Principal Educational Psychologist) on 020 3045 4214, or Mike Johnston (EIT Manager) on 020 3045 4469.

What we offer:

• Our Choices Flexible Benefits Package includes lease car, and cash options to the value of £1351 per annum
• Relocation Package up to £8,000
• Career Average Revalued Earnings Pension Scheme
• Performance Related Pay
• Up to 27 days (pro rata) Annual Leave (rising to 30 (pro rata after 5 years’ service) plus Bank Holiday Entitlement
• Annual Leave Purchase Scheme
• An excellent working environment at our fantastic new offices
• Opportunities for flexible working with excellent ICT facilities
• MyChoice Staff Benefit Scheme – Includes Childcare Vouchers, Cycle to Work Scheme, access to high street shopping vouchers and online discount codes.

About us:

Bexley is an outer London Borough with the best of both worlds, located between the hustle and bustle of London and the Garden of England, Kent. Within the borough we have award winning parks, open spaces and listed heritage sites.

Your Application:

• Closing Date for your application: Thursday 23/02/2017
• Please visit https://jobs.bexley.gov.uk/wrlive to find out more and apply. CVs will not be accepted unless they are submitted with a completed application form.
• Anticipated/Interview date: Wednesday 08/03/2017

This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This post is considered by the authority to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. The council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the JD/Person Specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.

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