Learning Support and SEND Practitioner

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

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.

To provide support and guidance to learners demonstrating a need for intervention as well as any specific special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) to achieve their academic and personal goals.

To work closely with teaching staff and other professionals to provide individualised support and ensure that all students have equal access to education and opportunities for success.

Support the teaching teams with the management of behaviour and the development of social and emotional skills.

Input into formal support strategies and assessments including documenting individual learner plans and working with external partners to demonstrate support needs required/met.

• Provide one-to-one and small group support to students with support requirements and SEND, both in the classroom and in other learning environments.
• Assist students with completing tasks, understanding instructions, and accessing learning materials, adapting support strategies as necessary to meet individual needs.
• Support students in managing their behaviour and developing social and emotional skills, promoting positive relationships and interactions.
• Provide individualised support for students with specific support needs, ensuring dignity, respect, and confidentiality at all times.
• Assist in the use of assistive technology and specialist resources to support students with specific learning difficulties or disabilities.
• Prepare and adapt learning materials and resources to make them accessible to students with different needs and preferences.
• Work collaboratively with teaching staff, SENCO, and other professionals to implement support plans and strategies for students with support requirements and SEND.
• Communicate effectively with students, parents, and external agencies, providing regular updates on progress and any concerns or issues that arise.
• Observe and monitor the progress of students with support requirements or SEND, providing feedback to teaching staff and contributing to the review and evaluation of support plans.
• Maintain accurate records and documentation of interventions, assessments, and progress, ensuring compliance with data protection and confidentiality regulations.

Our Values and Behaviours

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 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.

Disability Confident Employer

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.

Our Employment and Disability Service provides bespoke support to individuals facing barriers to employment, helping them work towards their goals to start, stay and succeed in employment. For further information please click here The Employment and Disability Service (EADS) | North Northamptonshire Council

Armed Forces Community

The council obtained the Gold status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS).

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)