About the role
The role of Autism and Special Educational Needs/Disabilities (SEND) Practitioner is part of the SEND Support Service. The service supports children and young people from 0-19 at home and in education, empowering parents and school staff through a variety of support methods including: working with parents and school staff, running targeted workshops for parents/carers, offering advice through telephone consultations and direct work with children and young people.
What will you be doing?
The ideal candidate will have experience working with children and young people with SEND either in settings or in the home.
The candidate must work across school age due to the range of children and young people supported and service demand.
The post holder will be working within North Northants.
There is 1 full time post available until January 2026:
- 1 x 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year
The pattern of work hours can be agreed with the successful applicant.
A strong commitment to the full inclusion of children and young people with SEND and/or Autism is required alongside a positive attitude and a range of specific skills outlined in the person specification.
About you
1.To deliver direct, hands-on, time limited and monitored interventions with parents and/or educators of children 0-19 with Autism and/or SEND and with the children themselves, modelling appropriate techniques and strategies and using specific techniques, programmes and activities to promote the educational and social inclusion of these children. To challenge and support other professionals and settings with regard to inclusive practice
2.To maintain effective records of interventions, details of support provided and analyse and present evidence related to targets, including case summaries after interventions are ended, so that all documentation is accurate and up to date.
To complete risk assessments, reports, letters and reviews as required and write Educational targets and strategies of intervention. Prepare extensive written evidence to support requests for Statutory Assessment of Special Educational Needs
3.To plan transition in educational settings by liaising with the setting SENCo, parents/carers and other multi agency professionals to promote the inclusion and equality of opportunity for all children, offering training, information and advice where appropriate.
Our benefits
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Why choose us?
We offer a vibrant working environment with:
- a competitive salary
- a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
- lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.
About us
Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:
Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy
Our Key Commitments
Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.
We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.
North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.
We aim to be a carbon neutral Council by 2030.
Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)
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