SEN Inclusion Advisor

We are recruiting to our team of SEN Inclusion Advisers (SEN IA) who work as a countywide team. We have full time permanent roles with the possibility of some part time opportunities. The role is all year and not term time.

We are a dynamic team who are required to be responsive to the changing SEND landscape within a large and busy Local Authority SEND and Education Team.

As a countywide team we provide support throughout Kent and on occasions in other Local Authority schools that border Kent (Surrey, Sussex, Bexley, Bromley, and Medway) where we have Kent children with SEND.

The SEN IA are part of the SEN Support and Inclusion Team for schools and post 16. Our purpose is to ensure that children and young people with SEND will be able to attend their local mainstream school/college wherever possible and for the majority of children, without the need for an Education Health and Care (EHC) Plan.

We work collaboratively with local teams within KCC and others including Early Years teams, Specialist Teaching and Learning Service (STLS) Kent PRU Inclusion and attendance Service (KPAS) Kent Educational Psychology Service (KEPS) as well as our SEND Assessment, Placement, Tribunal and EHCP Casework teams.

We provide support to schools to identify children and young people with SEND early and ensure that they have the right support at the right time and that they successfully transition between phases in their education.

Our role also includes support to develop whole school inclusion, embedding mainstream core standards and provision planning for children and young people with SEND.

The SEN Support and Inclusion team sit within the Professional Resource Group as part of the Locality Based working arrangements and the newly established Communities of Schools in Kent. You will have an opportunity to contribute in an advisory and supportive role to the development of Inclusion in a Community of Schools.

You will need to have Qualified Teacher Status, the successful completion of the National Award for SEN Coordination or equivalent or another relevant Post Graduate qualification in SEN.

You will be able to demonstrate considerable experience of working within a number of schools strategically and successfully developing their whole school SEND provision.

Successful candidates with be based at their nearest KCC office (Worrall House, Kroner House, or Brook House), with an expectation to be working in schools and remotely as required.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. 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/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note - if you are interested, please apply soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.