For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact beverley.clarke@cambridgeshire.gov.uk We are looking for a dedicated SEND Specialist Practitioner to join our Children’s Services team. In this role, you’ll provide targeted support to children, families, schools, and settings, helping to promote inclusion and positive outcomes. You’ll deliver evidence-based interventions, model best practice, and support transitions across key stages. Working collaboratively with parents, carers, and multi-agency professionals, you’ll play a vital part in building capacity and understanding of SEND needs. We’re seeking someone with: Practical experience supporting children and families across a range of settings Strong knowledge of child development and complex SEND Excellent communication and organisational skills Ability to deliver training and work independently If you’re committed to improving outcomes for children and young people and have the skills to make a real impact, we’d love to hear from you! Our benefits We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage… A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more. What will you be doing? To liaise regularly with parent/carers and other relevant professionals to fulfil the SEND Code of practice (2015) requirements in working with parents/carers effectively, adopting a think family approach to partnership working. To monitor, track and evaluate a child or young person’s progress. To work in partnership with parents/carers and other professionals, to plan, prepare and deliver SEND specialist groups for children and young people. To be part of the delivery team around the Family Support Plan where appropriate, sharing information with other professionals, in order to ensure positive outcomes for children, young people and families and promote parental understanding of their child’s needs. To liaise regularly with parent/carers and other relevant professionals to fulfil the SEND Code of practice (2015) requirements in working with parents/carers effectively, adopting a think family approach to partnership working. To monitor, track and evaluate a child or young person’s progress. To work in partnership with parents/carers and other professionals, to plan, prepare and deliver SEND specialist groups for children and young people. To be part of the delivery team around the Family Support Plan where appropriate, sharing information with other professionals, in order to ensure positive outcomes for children, young people and families and promote parental understanding of their child’s needs. To use your knowledge and understanding of the child or young person’s needs to make an informed contribution to the wider assessment of their progress and development. To contribute to the development of the Family Support Plans, therapeutic plans, pastoral support plans and any other appropriate individual documentation for children and young people with SEND. To update and maintain own knowledge and awareness of SEND legislation and best practice though continuous professional development, engaging with recent research and publications on good practice for children and young people with SEND. To be part of a virtual team of multidisciplinary practitioners within SEND Service 0-25, focusing on a key area of service priority, supporting the development of specialist project work, training and service development and sharing latest practice with colleagues. To use individual and peer supervision to reflect on personal learning from casework and CPD. To record involvements and write/contribute to reports on specific children as required by the service. To champion the use of the Early Help Assessment (EHA) and Family Support Plans for information sharing, multiagency assessment and joint working. To maintain casework information as per service specifications. To ensure an electronic calendar is maintained up to date at all times. To follow relevant County Council policies and procedures to in relation to safeguarding, lone working, HR and travel as directed by line manager. About you English and Maths at GCSE A-C or equivalent NNEB/BTEC/CACHE/level 3 certificate or equivalent skills and experience in EYFS and/or Teaching Assistant practice Desirable: Portage basic training certificate HLTA certificate Level 4 Advanced Skills for TA (SEND Focus) certificate Foundation degree in subject relevant to EYFS, Child Development, Education or a SEND field Bachelors degree in a subject relevant to EYFS, Child Development, Education or a SEND field Training in the use of Augmentative and alternative communication strategies Makaton/BSL training Knowledge and Experience Essentials: Knowledge of child development and complex SEND About us Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes. Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do. We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions. Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Through a Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we will offer an interview to all applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy. On your application form you can indicate you are disabled. Some examples of reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch. Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion. https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers