Job Description
Inclusion Service - Lancashire, County Hall, Preston
Lancashire County Council is seeking to appoint a Specialist Teacher to join the Early Years Team of the Specialist Teaching Service, Inclusion. The successful candidate would be expected to work across Lancashire supporting young children with SEND, their settings and their families.
The Specialist Teaching Service is a specialist peripatetic service that supports the local authority and Lancashire early years settings, schools and colleges in meeting the needs of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. The service consists of highly qualified and experienced Specialist Teachers, Specialist Higher Level Teaching Assistants, Deaf Role Model and Sensory Technicians. We work closely with parents and other agencies to support children and young people in a range of settings including at home, early years settings, schools and colleges. From birth we support the youngest children with SEND through Portage and Early Years Sensory Support.
The role consists of:
Supporting Early Years practitioners and SENCOs within PVI, maintained and childminder settings in their roles and responsibilities around SEND, and in the processes of early identification and intervention.
Providing advice to parents, carers and families to enable them to understand the nature of their childs special educational needs and/or disability and understand how to support all aspects of their childs development and learning, at home and in the community.
Providing advice, guidance and support to Early Years practitioners and Early Years SENCOs to enable them to identify and make provision for the needs of young children with emerging or known SEND. Including support transition in to school.
Supporting assessment of childrens development and learning in relation to the Early Years Foundation Stage and, as appropriate, assessment to identify needs, outcomes and provision for children and young people as part of the statutory Education, Health and Care Needs Assessment process (EHCNA)
Liaising with parents/carers, practitioners and other professionals
Managing a caseload effectively.
Using IT effectively to support both teaching and administration.
Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.
Rehabilitation The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Information provided by you or the Disclosure and Barring Service will be dealt with in a confidential manner in accordance with the DBS's Code of Practice. You may view the Code of Practice on the DBS website at www.gov.uk/dbs or alternatively a copy is available on request. Lancashire County Council has a Handling of DBS Certificate Information Policy this is available from the recruiting manager to applicants who are asked to complete a DBS application.
Lancashire County Council has a Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-offenders this is available to all applicants upon request.
Please note CVs are not accepted, to apply for this vacancy you need to complete the application form on the website.
We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.
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