Inclusion and SEND Lead - Maternity Cover

Must hold the National SENCO award Specifically, the Inclusion Leader will:

Play a key role within our school, to ensure
that all pupils with additional needs make good/accelerated progress in their
learning and achieve to the very best of their ability.
Work closely with the School’s Senior Leadership
Team, taking a key role in the promoting of the school’s overall aims and
ethos.
Under the direction of the Deputy Head, manage
the SEND support staff team as line manager, recommending CPD opportunities and
co-ordinating and delegating tasks and support.
Carry out pastoral, SEMH well-being activities
with children when appropriate

Teaching and Learning

To
undertake the duties of a class teacher as required 1 day a week (or more if
unexpected circumstances required it e.g. long-term sickness) in line with the
most recent Teachers Pay and Conditions
Evaluate teaching and learning activities to
ensure they meet the needs of pupils with SEND, EAL and those who are pupil
premium
Where necessary, team teach or actively teach,
learning intervention and support groups in order to accelerate children’s progress.
Promote the resources/programmes/skill sets that
will develop pupils and allow them to work independently.
Have regard to the individual needs of pupils
with SEND, EAL, Pupil Premium and support their learning by using a wide range
of teaching strategies, planning and providing support for their full
participation in all activities.
Liaise with pre-school settings to ensure the
identification/continuity of support and learning of pupils with SEND on entry
to school.
Liaise with other schools to ensure continuity
of support and learning when transferring pupils with SEND.
Recording
and Assessment
Keep the school’s Special Educational Needs
Register up to date.
Undertake the provision mapping of SEND funding
and staffing annually, to ensure all children’s support needs are met.
Set targets for raising achievements among
pupils with additional learning needs and SEND, EAL, Pupil Premium
Interpret assessment data, feeding specifically
into termly Pupil Progress meetings.
Meet with class teachers and TAs and formulate
plans to address any issues and needs as appropriate.
Maintain and further develop existing systems
for identifying, assessing and reviewing.
Update the Senior Leadership Team and Governing
Body on the effectiveness of provision of SEND pupils and those with additional
learning needs

Leadership

Ensure all members of staff recognise and fulfil
their statutory responsibilities to pupils with SEND.
Provide training opportunities for TAs and other
teachers to learn about SEND/additional needs.
Disseminate outstanding practice in SEND, EAL,
Pupil Premium across the school.
Identify resources needed to meet the needs of
pupils with SEND, EAL, Pupil Premium and advise SLT of priorities for
expenditure.
Assist in the effective organisation and
deployment of TAs and other resources linked to SEND, EAL, Pupil Premium.
To prepare an annual action plan and manage a
resources budget for this area of learning

Other Duties and Responsibilities

Listening to and supporting colleagues with
concerns about pupils.
Advising colleagues about their concerns and
ensuring that these are documented at Stage 1 of the Code of Practice or taken
up and acted upon at other stages.
Monitoring and screening/baseline assessments in
order to identify and address children who are falling behind.
Carry out nurture, SEMH well-being activities in
groups or in 1:1 sessions to support children
Attend meetings to support class teachers where
necessary, in order to keep parents informed about their child’s progress.
Assist class teachers in writing Individual
Educational Plans and liaise with class teachers regarding their dissemination
to parents
Coordinate provision by calling meetings as
necessary.
Meet parents who have concerns about their
child/ren.
Advise TAs in techniques and materials which
enable them to implement Individual Educational Plans and manage the targets
set in them.
Monitor the resources devoted to SEND, and make
cases for funding where necessary. These resources include books, other
teaching materials and practical teaching aids including technological aids
such as laptops and ipads.
Liaise
and cooperate with the Local Authority, Educational Psychology Services, Health
and Social Services and voluntary bodies – submitting necessary documents to
enable the authority to discharge its function.
Ensure that, when a pupil leaves the school all
their records are passed on to the next school.
Take the lead in assessments of children with
SEND including identifying their strengths and weaknesses.
Carry out essential referrals and documentation
required for Educational Health Care Plan Applications.
Prepare and lead annual EHCP review meetings.

Professional Development

Take part in appraisals and annual professional
review meetings.
Keep up to date with current thinking,
regulations and practice and further develop skills by attending courses,
workshops and meetings.
To undertake qualifications relevant to the
field of SEND Leadership.