Inclusion Lead (Grade 9)
| Posting date: | 15 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £36.38 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 January 2026 |
| Location: | Somerset, South West England |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 4 days per week |
| Company: | Nations Recruitment |
| Job type: | Contract |
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Summary
Job Category: Interims
Job location: The Crescent, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 4DY,
Somerset Council
Hours per week: 37
Start date: Immediate start
Salary: £36.38 per hour
1 day per week in the office
Key Responsibilities
Monitoring and Tracking: Regularly review academic progress, attendance, and personal development using data systems. Identify underachievement early and coordinate interventions.
Multi-Agency Working: Collaborate with social workers, designated teachers, carers, and other professionals to ensure a joined-up approach to education and care.
Guidance and Support: Provide support and guidance to school staff on the needs of SEND, including trauma-informed practice, attachment awareness, and inclusive strategies and interventions.
Transition Support: Help manage transitions between schools, key stages, or care placements to minimise disruption and maintain educational continuity.
Key Skills
Qualified teacher or experience working with vulnerable children and young people in education settings
Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
Ability to influence and support schools to improve outcomes
Experience in multi-agency working and safeguarding
Commitment to equity, inclusion, and learner wellbeing
Knowledge
Knowledge of common barriers to learning faced by children in different phases of education, and strategies to address them.
Understanding of standard practices and operations in schools/settings/colleges (as appropriate)
Understanding of child and adolescent development and the impact of common disabilities and trauma
Understanding of multi-agency working and its importance in supporting SEND students.
Understanding of national and local models and frameworks for SEND (legislation, inspection, and guidance)
Familiarity with local Somerset models of practice.
Experience
Experience in identifying and providing support for SEND need.
Experience working in or alongside frontline role in relevant educational phase.
Experience in working in a multi-agency context to secure improvement and action for children
Experience in working with parents, carers, and children in emotive situations.
Experience using systems and processes to track and report on risks, actions, and outcomes over time
Qualifications / Registrations / Certifications
A degree or demonstrate equivalent qualifications through relevant professional experience.
Professional development courses related to SEND or inclusive education.
Teaching qualification.
Certification in child protection and safeguarding.
Membership of a relevant professional body.
Job location: The Crescent, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 4DY,
Somerset Council
Hours per week: 37
Start date: Immediate start
Salary: £36.38 per hour
1 day per week in the office
Key Responsibilities
Monitoring and Tracking: Regularly review academic progress, attendance, and personal development using data systems. Identify underachievement early and coordinate interventions.
Multi-Agency Working: Collaborate with social workers, designated teachers, carers, and other professionals to ensure a joined-up approach to education and care.
Guidance and Support: Provide support and guidance to school staff on the needs of SEND, including trauma-informed practice, attachment awareness, and inclusive strategies and interventions.
Transition Support: Help manage transitions between schools, key stages, or care placements to minimise disruption and maintain educational continuity.
Key Skills
Qualified teacher or experience working with vulnerable children and young people in education settings
Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
Ability to influence and support schools to improve outcomes
Experience in multi-agency working and safeguarding
Commitment to equity, inclusion, and learner wellbeing
Knowledge
Knowledge of common barriers to learning faced by children in different phases of education, and strategies to address them.
Understanding of standard practices and operations in schools/settings/colleges (as appropriate)
Understanding of child and adolescent development and the impact of common disabilities and trauma
Understanding of multi-agency working and its importance in supporting SEND students.
Understanding of national and local models and frameworks for SEND (legislation, inspection, and guidance)
Familiarity with local Somerset models of practice.
Experience
Experience in identifying and providing support for SEND need.
Experience working in or alongside frontline role in relevant educational phase.
Experience in working in a multi-agency context to secure improvement and action for children
Experience in working with parents, carers, and children in emotive situations.
Experience using systems and processes to track and report on risks, actions, and outcomes over time
Qualifications / Registrations / Certifications
A degree or demonstrate equivalent qualifications through relevant professional experience.
Professional development courses related to SEND or inclusive education.
Teaching qualification.
Certification in child protection and safeguarding.
Membership of a relevant professional body.