Senior Inclusion Partner West Quadrant

About the role

Senior Inclusion Partner West Quadrant

Permanent, Full Time

£48,001 to £56,472 Per Annum

Location: Harlow

Working Style: Anywhere worker

Closing Date: 6th March 2024

Please note interviews will be held in person at Goodman House Harlow Wednesday 26th March 2025.

The Opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity for you to advance our SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) and Inclusion Strategies in partnership with local schools and settings. Join us to lead and develop a dynamic, motivated, and experienced team of education professionals, and make a meaningful impact on the lives of students and the community. Take the next step in your career and help us create an inclusive and supportive educational environment.

The Role

Essex County Council has embarked upon a programme of change for provision and services with the ambition to profoundly improve the outcomes and life experience of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). Our vision is for a SEND system which identifies and assesses need at an earlier stage and which provides appropriate and impactful support without such high dependence on Essex County Council’s statutory services. We have a responsibility to deliver effective services and support in the most cost effective and impactful way.

The Senior Inclusion Partner is the professional lead for the SEND Inclusion Partner Team within the Quadrant. The role will lead a team supporting individual and clusters of schools, settings and colleges to be inclusive and deliver improved outcomes for children with SEND in line with the requirements of the SEND Code of Practice. Working collaboratively with other Quadrant Senior Leaders and Leaders of educational settings they will build capacity within those settings to identify, assess, plan, deliver and evaluate high quality provision for children with SEND.

The role requires substantial experience working with children with special educational needs, qualified teacher status is highly desirable. The ability to build strong working relationships with key stakeholders, both internally and externally is key to success.

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Accountabilities

Lead a team to provide 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.

Enable effective team management, supervision and support to enable Inclusion Partners to facilitate sustainability of placements and prevent exclusion.

Ensure professional development and programme planning of the SEND Inclusion Partner Team is able to meet current and projected SEND needs across the 0-25 age range within educational settings.

Work collaboratively across the service with Quadrant Leaders to ensure insight and intelligence is captured and acted upon ensuring delivery of good practice and a joined up approach to improve the provision and inclusion of children and young people with severe and complex SEND.

Translate service strategy into operational activity and ensure regular review and monitoring to determine successful outcomes of initiatives.

Deliver effective resourcing for early intervention within a model of support and challenge that aims to increase capacity to meet needs within educational settings.

Represent the quadrant leadership team at panels and forums across spectrum of SEND and age range where directed. This includes being part of the panel that allocates and reviews High Needs funding and provision that supports children with complex needs in Early Years settings.

Responsible for jointly managing systems that ensure that provision for CYP attending independent non-maintained special schools is in place and to a high standard, via participation in the annual review process.

Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.

The Experience You Will Bring

Educated to RQF level 6 (Bachelor’s degree) and Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or equivalent.

Evidence of continuing professional development and expert knowledge in relevant professional area, a Master’s degree in a specialist area is desirable.

Substantial experience of working successfully with children with special educational needs, with a specialism in a specific area.

Excellent leadership skills and behaviours with the ability to motive a diverse team to achieve joint objectives.

Experience of working with other services and partners such as enhanced provisions, social care, voluntary sector to build strong working relationships which engender delivery.

Excellent communication skills, including a high standard of written communication are required, with the ability to deliver training to a range of professionals and to represent a wider team / Service.

Why Essex?

As one of the largest and most dynamic UK local authorities, Essex offers a stimulating public service environment. Covering over 1,420 square miles and serving 1.8 million residents, we’re committed to transformational change and delivering better quality at lower cost. Recognised in the top three of the latest IMPOWER index for productivity, we ensure everyone matters in Everyone's Essex. With flexible working options and a focus on innovation, whether you are looking to develop your career or contribute to the local community, Essex is the ideal place for you.

Please note that the job role requires you to be mobile throughout an operational area. Therefore, the post holder will need to have a driving licence and access to a vehicle, or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means.

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We’re committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process.

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

At Essex County Council, we value integrity and ethical behaviour. As part of our team, we kindly ask that you embrace our code of conduct and the Nolan principles, not only during the recruitment process but also throughout your time with us. Your commitment to these standards helps us maintain a positive and respectful workplace for everyone.

As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update service please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service

Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

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If you have queries on this role or require anything further, please email resourcing.team@essex.gov.uk

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