SEND Inclusion Consultant

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council; Sefton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council is seeking an Inclusion Consultant to join the Inclusion Service. The role reports to the Inclusion Co-ordinator and focuses on promoting high inclusive practice in schools and settings, ensuring effective SEND intervention and ongoing support for children, families and settings.

The postholder will work with the Inclusion Co-ordinator, other Inclusion Consultants and wider teams to raise standards, deliver targeted training, and support schools in meeting the

Qualifications

• The postholder must hold the appropriate qualification as set out in the attached Person Specification,
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of SEND and Inclusion
• Established and evidenced practice as an outstanding practitioner/SENCO in a school, MAT or LA setting.

Responsibilities

• Support the Inclusion Co-Ordinator to raise standards of achievement and improve the quality of teaching for children with SEND through monitoring, intervention, support, training and challenge to schools and settings.
• Support schools to meet the individual needs of all children with SEND, focusing on those at risk of poor outcomes through the graduated approach implementation.
• Promote and develop inclusive practice in schools, including multi-agency approaches working with children with SEND.
• Help and support settings to work in partnership with parents and children.

Job description

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About the Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual to join our dynamic team as an Inclusion Consultant.

The postholder will operate under the direction of the Inclusion Co-Ordinator to ensure the Council’s statutory responsibilities for promoting high inclusive practice in schools and settings; ensuring effective SEND intervention and on-going support is available to children, families, and settings.

Working closely with the Inclusion Co-ordinator, the other Inclusion Consultants, and colleagues in the wider Inclusion Service the successful candidate will:

• Support the Inclusion Co-Ordinator to raise standards of achievement and improve the quality of teaching for children with SEND, through systematic monitoring and intervention, support, training and challenge to schools and settings providing education for school-aged children.

• Support schools to meet the individual needs of all children with SEND, but particularly those at risk of poor outcomes through the delivery and whole school development of the graduated approach.

• Promote and develop good inclusive practice in schools including supporting multi-agency approaches in working with children with SEND.

• Help and support settings to work in partnership with parents and children.

• The postholder must hold the appropriate qualification as set out in the attached Person Specification, have in-depth knowledge and understanding of SEND and Inclusion and have established and evidenced practice as an outstanding practitioner/SENCO in a school, MAT or LA setting.
• The post comes with flexible working arrangements, including agile working facilities.

Please see Appendix A (page 10) for a full copy of the Job Description and Person Specification.

The closing date for this vacancy is Friday, 18th September 2026 (or earlier in the event of high volume of applications being received).

Provisional interview dates will be the week beginning the 28th September 2026.