About The Role
Permanent, Part Time. £26,725 to £31,441 per annum (full time equivalent). Location: North Essex.
Part‑time opportunity, working 22.2 hours per week with a pro‑rate salary of up to £18,864 per annum.
Essex County Council is working to improve outcomes and life experience for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). The SEND Engagement Facilitator supports sustainable inclusion through targeted support to educational settings, families and partners.
Responsibilities
- Provide targeted intervention, as part of a multi‑disciplinary team, to families and professionals at points of change, challenge and transition to support longer‑term resilience and facilitate successful educational placements and outcomes.
- Utilise and model collaborative, person‑centred ways of working to ensure pupil and family voices are captured, valued and held at the heart of the 0‑25 planning for CYP.
- Identify and facilitate effective ways of gathering, recording and sharing information about a CYP, their family, setting or situation, to inform statutory or non‑statutory plans.
- Support partnership between educational setting staff, families and other stakeholders to promote shared understanding of aspirations, needs, outcomes and required provision for CYP.
- Work directly with CYP and their families to develop understanding and participation in assessment, planning and decision‑making processes, ensuring plans and implementation are fully co‑produced and understood.
- Deliver targeted intervention to families and professionals, as part of a multi‑disciplinary team, at points of change, challenge and transition to support longer‑term resilience and successful placements and outcomes.
- Act as a model of good One Planning for LA colleagues and a conduit of information for targeted work with families and educational settings, enabling early intervention approaches.
- Plan, deliver and evaluate partnership and person‑centred practice and its application, development opportunities for staff in educational settings, enabling educators to embed this approach within engagement with families.
- Build and maintain effective links across Education, including SENDIASS and the SEND Innovation and Strategy team, to identify, implement and evaluate good One Planning practice, with appropriate input from families and the community.
- Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.
Skills, Knowledge and Experience
- Possesses RQF Level 2 of the SEN awards, or equivalent by experience.
- Evidence of continuing professional development with knowledge in relevant professional area.
- Knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice and its impact on assessment, planning, provision and review for CYP on a day‑to‑day basis.
- Significant experience of working successfully with children with SEND in a school and/or home setting.
- Significant experience of working effectively in partnership with families in a helping role and other professionals in a multi‑agency environment.
- Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills with an understanding of how to facilitate and mediate in challenging situations.
- Evidence of ability to develop skills, knowledge and experience within the role, including willingness to chair/facilitate meetings and deliver training to small groups of adults.
EEO Statement
We are a Disability Confident Leader and are committed to interviewing all disabled applicants who meet the minimum requirements of the job. We also interview all veterans and care leavers who meet the minimum requirements. Applicants requiring reasonable adjustments in the recruitment process should contact our recruiters.
Mobility Requirement
This role requires mobility throughout an operational area; the post holder must have a driving licence and access to a vehicle, or must meet the mobility requirements through other means.
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