Senior SEND Consultant: Flexible Leadership in Inclusion

Reading Borough Council; Reading; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

LGPS

Life Assurance

On-site day nursery

Season Ticket Loan

Lease car scheme

Job summary

Reading Borough Council is seeking an experienced and strategic Senior SEND Consultant to join our Reading Inclusion Support in Education (RISE) service. This leadership role will shape inclusive practice across Reading's schools while guiding a team of SEND professionals and collaborating with educational psychologists and partners.

You will lead development of Reading's Ordinarily Available Provision and Graduated Response, champion high-quality SEND practice and contribute to the continued

Responsibilities

• Providing day-to-day leadership, supervision and support to SEND Consultants and SEND Specialist Practitioners.
• Monitoring workloads and service demands, ensuring resources are deployed effectively across the service.
• Quality assuring SEND advice, reports and school-facing communications, providing professional challenge where required.
• Leading SENCo networks and forums, ensuring schools are informed about local and national SEND developments.
• Chairing operational panels and meetings, ensuring actions are progressed and outcomes delivered.
• Delivering advice, guidance and training to schools to strengthen inclusive practice and improve outcomes for children and young people with SEND.
• Supporting improvements in the quality of EHCP assessment requests and providing feedback where applications are unsuccessful.
• Working collaboratively with colleagues, schools, families and external partners to shape and develop Reading's SEND offer.

Job description

Reading Borough Council is seeking an experienced and strategic Senior SEND Consultant to join our Reading Inclusion Support in Education (RISE) service. This leadership role will shape inclusive practice across Reading's schools while guiding a team of SEND professionals and collaborating with educational psychologists and partners.

You will lead development of Reading's Ordinarily Available Provision and Graduated Response, champion high-quality SEND practice and contribute to the continued