Autism and SEND Practitioner

What will you be doing?

To act as case officer to provide a holistic, educational early intervention service to children and young people with Autism and SEND by providing direct support, advice, and guidance to educational settings and families with children that meet the criteria according to the SEND descriptors. To liaise with other professionals in Health, Social Care and Education to promote a balanced assessment of the child or young person’s needs. 

To observe, plan and review the progress of children and young people with complex needs in various settings. To instruct, advise, and guide other professionals on intervention strategies to challenge and support them to fulfil their statutory obligations in respect to inclusive practice.

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

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

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.

Please refer to the attached job description for the main role accountabilities.

About you

You must be qualified to GCSE or equivalent and have qualifications relevant to the post e.g. NNEB, NVQ Level 3 or equivalent alongside evidence of ongoing CPD.

You must have knowledge of  Children and Families Act 2014, Children’s Act 1989, Care Act and the SEND Code of Practice and the ability to demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of safeguarding procedures to keep children and young people safe.

You must have Knowledge of Autism and child development and Knowledge of current education/early help/social care provision in North Northamptonshire.

Please refer to the attached person specification for details about the essential and desirable qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience required for this role.

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.

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