Inclusion Mentor

We are looking to recruit an experienced and skilled practitioner to join Warwickshire’s Specialist Teaching Service as an Inclusion Mentor. The Specialist Teaching Service has considerable experience of working with schools and settings to strengthen inclusive practice to support learners with cognition and learning, social, emotional and mental health, and communication and interaction needs.

The Role
Working hours: Full time – 37 hours per week, term time only.

Posts available in:

• East area — Rugby base
• Nuneaton and Bedworth / North Warwickshire area — Bedworth base
• South area — Warwick base

This post requires a skilled, organised and flexible practitioner who is able to work effectively in a high-pressure environment. Inclusion Mentors will play an important role in the Experts at Hand offer, working alongside schools to build confidence, capacity and inclusive practice. The role will include capacity-building work with schools, mentoring and coaching staff, providing practical advice on strategies, resources and ordinarily available provision.

The successful candidate will have experience of working with schools and staff to strengthen early intervention, develop inclusive approaches, and support learners’ needs through ordinarily available provision and effective SEND Support.

Key skills and requirements

You will hold a recognised qualification relevant to the role, equivalent to NVQ Level 3 or above, or be working towards one. You will also have recent successful experience of working as a teaching assistant, or in a similar role, with pupils who experience barriers to learning, ideally in a mainstream school or similar setting.

You will also have:

• significant and successful post-qualification mainstream experience, with up-to-date knowledge and understanding of effective SEND practice and current issues;
• the ability to influence, coach and support staff and leaders in schools and settings, promoting evidence-based SEND support practice to meet an increasingly diverse range of need and influence practice at an earlier stage;
• the experience and expertise to work positively with school staff and a range of other professionals;
• the ability to work under pressure, meet unpredictable deadlines and manage competing demands effectively;
• the ability to work as part of the team around the child, developing and sharing creative approaches and positively influencing the practice of others through training and coaching.

For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification.

Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!

At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund'

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

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Additional Information

Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Please be advised successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

We recommend submitting your application as soon as possible. We don't want to keep you waiting so we will be starting the initial shortlist and assessment process while the job advert is running. Please check your emails or applicant account via our jobs portal for any updates on your application

For further information about the role, please contact:

Paul Fellows [email removed] [phone removed]

Closing date: Midnight on 12th October
Interview date: 20th October

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact [email removed] and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. See more