Access and Inclusion Coordinator

Cambridgeshire County Council; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing package

Extra annual leave

Flexible bank holidays

Additional pension contributions

Development opportunities

Paid volunteering hours

IDEAL network

Employee Recognition Awards

Cambs Rewards discounts

Car Lease

Cycle to Work

Job summary

Cambridgeshire County Council is seeking an enthusiastic Teacher to lead and coordinate support for children with complex needs and challenging behaviours. You will manage a team of inclusion practitioners, deploy resources, and work with schools and partner services to improve attendance and outcomes.

The role requires experience with SEND/SEMH, strong leadership, and the ability to train settings. County-wide travel is expected, as part of a strategic county team.

Qualifications

• Qualified teacher with passion for education inclusion.
• Experience supporting children with SEND, especially SEMH.
• Experience in management or supervision of support staff.
• Ability to deliver training and advice to settings, often in challenging circumstances.
• Willingness to travel county-wide.

Responsibilities

• Line manages inclusion practitioners and deploys resources for a diverse caseload.
• Liaises with senior leaders in schools and develops training/resources.
• Works strategically with other Access and Inclusion Coordinators in the county team.
• Develops links with schools, families, partner teams and services.

Skills

Leadership

SEND experience

SEMH expertise

Staff management

Training delivery

Strategic partnership

Communication skills

Education

Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)

Inclusion/SEND leadership experience

Job description

About the role

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, motivated, and experienced Teacher who has the knowledge and ability to carry out a leading and coordinating role in relation to managing the cases of children with complex needs, who present with behaviours that may challenge.

Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

What will you be doing?

You will be a manager within a team of experienced Specialist Teachers and inclusion practitioners who work closely together and support each other to improve the outcomes for children, families, schools, and settings, in particular children with SEND, who have been, or are at risk of being permanently excluded, and who have medical or other needs which prevent regular attendance at school and who require alternative education provision under Sect. 19 of the Education Act 1996.

The team also promotes the development of close links with schools, families, partner teams and services, with other agencies and with the voluntary sector.

Duties include the line management of inclusion practitioners, deployment of resource to support a diverse and challenging caseload, liaising closely with senior leaders in school and the development of resources and training. You will work strategically alongside other Access and Inclusion Coordinators in the wider county team.

The role will require county-wide travel.

About you

First and foremost, you will be a qualified teacher who is passionate about ensuring education inclusion for all children, and who is able to be a champion for the most vulnerable.

You will have experience of supporting children with SEND, in particular SEMH needs. You will have a broad range of relevant experience and a strong CPD record. You will have extensive knowledge and experience of working with schools. You will have experience of management or supervision and oversight of support staff.

You will be able to work both independently and jointly with other professionals and have the confidence and knowledge to deliver training and advice to settings, often in the most challenging circumstances.

It is essential that you have the ability to work autonomously, to effectively deploy and manage resources, to support team members who may be working in emotionally challenging circumstances, and to prioritise work and meet deadlines.

You will have a thorough understanding of the factors that promote successful inclusion and be passionate about supporting settings to implement appropriate strategies which help to improve children's attendance, engagement, behaviour, emotional wellbeing and learning.

You will have thorough knowledge and understanding of exclusion, and factors impacting attendance, including the legal processes and the SEND Code of Practice.

Our benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage...

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes

Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don't meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don't be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Through a Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we will offer an interview to all applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy. On your application form you can indicate you are disabled. Some examples of reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers