SEND Specialist Outreach Worker

Job Description

4Recruitment Services are seeking  a  SEND Specialist Outreach Worker to work for our client based in  Halifax.

The purpose of the SEND Specialist Outreach Worker role is to enable a Local Authority

(LA) to:

• Promote and sustain the inclusion of children and young people (CYP) with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in their local, mainstream schools and educational settings
• Build capacity within educational settings to ensure that CYP with SEND have their needs identified and assessed as early as possible
• Enable schools and settings to implement a high-quality graduated cycle of assessment, planning, doing, and reviewing their support.
• Ensure a continuum of provision for CYP with and SEND across the borough so that they have access to the right support, at the right time and in the right way.
• Uphold the legal obligations and principles enshrined in equalities law so that all CYP with SEND are free from discrimination and can live their best lives

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• Provide ongoing, flexible casework to monitor the extent and quality to which schools and educational settings have implemented and embedded recommendations for CYP with vision or multisensory impairments (VI/MSI) and SEND.
• Establish and sustain positive working relationships with schools and educational settings across the borough to continue to build capacity for them to meet the needs of CYP with VI/MSI/SEND.
• Engage with individual CYP with VI/MSI/SEND and their families to support the development of effective strategies to meet their needs.
  • Take responsibility for a specific allocated specialism and use skills, knowledge, and experience to make relevant assessments of CYP with VI/MSI/SEND and provide recommendations and training to colleagues, schools and educational settings in relation to areas of your specialism
  • Undertake specific interventions with individuals and groups of CYP with VI/MSI/SEND, where appropriate, teaching  and modelling effective practice to colleagues in schools and educational settings.
  • Work closely with individuals and groups of CYP with SEND/MSI/VI and their families to listen to their views and support them in understanding and implementing relevant recommendations for support.
  • Work with schools and educational settings to trouble-shoot and work toward the resolution of any problems arising from the implementation of recommendations from SEND professionals.
  • Provide information and, where required, reports on progress for individuals and groups of CYP with SEND/Sensory impairments.
  • Undertake relevant training, supervision, and development to be able to work effectively with schools and educational settings to meet the needs of CYP with a variety of SEND and sensory impairments.
  • Contribute as required by the SEND Regulations 2014 to Education, Health and Care assessments, planning and reviews.
  • Collaborate effectively with colleagues within and outside of the SIT, including parents/carers and CYP themselves, to ensure a joined-up approach to meeting CYP’s needs both on an individual and strategic level.
  • Work collaboratively with the SEND Specialist Officers, Teachers, and Coordinators to reflect on, review and implement specialist recommendations.
  • Signpost appropriately to other relevant support and assessment services that can be accessed by CYP with VI/MSI/SEND, their families, and their schools and educational settings.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE:

• A relevant qualification in SEND or a related field
• Level 3 or above (e.g. A level, L3 NVQ, Advanced Apprenticeship) or equivalent[CY1] [AR2] 
• Hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work purpose
• Using/implementing and creating  specific VI/MSI/SEND resources, interventions, and support systems
• Arranging and running interventions with individuals and/or groups of CYP with VI/MSI/SEND
• Knowledge and understanding of best practice models of SEND in your area of specialism
• Skills and confidence to work directly with CYP with VI/MSI/SEND and complex presentations
• Knowledge and understanding of SEND and appreciation of the barriers that CYP with VI/MSI/SEND face in the classroom
• Experience, skills and confidence in providing support to CYP with VI/MSI/SEND
• Enhanced DBS

Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices. 4Recruitment Services is an equal opportunities employer.

To discuss this vacancy in further detail or any other vacancies, please contact our Team on 0800 988 6307 or email  gpadmin@4recruitmentservices.com.