Early Years SEND Advisor
| Posting date: | 03 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £32,654 to £37,938 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 July 2025 |
| Location: | Reading, Berkshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Reading Borough Council |
| Job type: | Temporary |
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Summary
Full time - Fixed term for 23 months
Brighter Futures for Children is a not-for-profit company, owned by, but independent of, Reading Borough Council. Although we are independent, we are very much part of the Reading Family. Our people enjoy all of benefits as other Council employees including membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and continuous service.
We work closely with partners in the local community and key organisations including Reading Borough Council, policy, public health and voluntary groups. We are responsible for the delivery of children&©s social care, early help & prevention, education services (including SEND). This also includes fostering and adoption, the Youth Offending Service and traded services with schools.
Our main aim is to protect and enhance the lives of the children of Reading. We help families find long-term solutions to ensure children lead happy, healthy and successful lives.
About Team/Role
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Early Years SEND Team as an Early Years SEND Advisor.
As an Early Years SEND Advisor, you will be supporting Early Years Settings with training, advice & guidance in providing a strong ordinarily available provision for children with SEND; as well ensuring an effective graduated approach is in place for individual children with SEND and that they have their needs met in an effective, timely and sustainable manner.
You will support Early Years SENCOs with understanding the SEND Code of Practice & support practitioners with strategies through modelling during EY SEND advisory visits. You will complete individual children observations & provide recommendations to the setting to complete through a written report.
Our Offer
A competitive salary alongside a range of benefits including:
Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution
Incremental holidays starting with 26 days plus public holidays (rising to 33 after 10 years&© service)
Discounted Child Care (on site nursery)
Cycle to work scheme.
Season train ticket loans
Salary Sacrifice Car Lease Scheme
A range of local shopping discounts
Remote/Agile working
For further information please contact Aimee Trimmer - Early Years SEND Manager on Aimee.trimmer@brighterfuturesforchildren.org
Closing date: 20th July 2025
Interview date: Monday 28th & Tuesday 29th July 2025
Inclusion and Diversity
We want Brighter Futures for Children to be a great place to work and to ensure that our children, young people and families are represented in leadership roles and positions of power. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our children, young people and families so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.
Asking for Adjustments
Brighter Futures for Children is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions.
If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please let us know.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Brighter Futures for Children is a not-for-profit company, owned by, but independent of, Reading Borough Council. Although we are independent, we are very much part of the Reading Family. Our people enjoy all of benefits as other Council employees including membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and continuous service.
We work closely with partners in the local community and key organisations including Reading Borough Council, policy, public health and voluntary groups. We are responsible for the delivery of children&©s social care, early help & prevention, education services (including SEND). This also includes fostering and adoption, the Youth Offending Service and traded services with schools.
Our main aim is to protect and enhance the lives of the children of Reading. We help families find long-term solutions to ensure children lead happy, healthy and successful lives.
About Team/Role
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Early Years SEND Team as an Early Years SEND Advisor.
As an Early Years SEND Advisor, you will be supporting Early Years Settings with training, advice & guidance in providing a strong ordinarily available provision for children with SEND; as well ensuring an effective graduated approach is in place for individual children with SEND and that they have their needs met in an effective, timely and sustainable manner.
You will support Early Years SENCOs with understanding the SEND Code of Practice & support practitioners with strategies through modelling during EY SEND advisory visits. You will complete individual children observations & provide recommendations to the setting to complete through a written report.
Our Offer
A competitive salary alongside a range of benefits including:
Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution
Incremental holidays starting with 26 days plus public holidays (rising to 33 after 10 years&© service)
Discounted Child Care (on site nursery)
Cycle to work scheme.
Season train ticket loans
Salary Sacrifice Car Lease Scheme
A range of local shopping discounts
Remote/Agile working
For further information please contact Aimee Trimmer - Early Years SEND Manager on Aimee.trimmer@brighterfuturesforchildren.org
Closing date: 20th July 2025
Interview date: Monday 28th & Tuesday 29th July 2025
Inclusion and Diversity
We want Brighter Futures for Children to be a great place to work and to ensure that our children, young people and families are represented in leadership roles and positions of power. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our children, young people and families so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.
Asking for Adjustments
Brighter Futures for Children is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions.
If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please let us know.
We look forward to hearing from you!
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