Advisory Teacher for Early Help and Wellbeing

Salary: Pay Scale Within: £32,433 - £49,944

Early Help and Wellbeing Advisory Teacher

M2 - U3 - £32,433, £49,944

Term Time 32.5 hours per week

1 year contract Secondment opportunity

We are looking for a candidate with experience of working with people with young people with social communication needs to join us, to work term time, with the Sensory and Early Help Team. This team sits within the wider Inclusion Department in the Directorate for Children and Schools. The team seek to deliver measurably improved outcomes for children and young people with Additional Learning Needs (ALN) and their families.

You will advise schools with support strategies and approaches for children who may have social communication needs. This will involve carrying out observations and writing reports for schools and families. You will deliver support in the school setting and contribute to: removing barriers to learning, increased participation in positive activities, and reduced levels of anxiety. You will be responsible, monitoring and supporting young people with social communication needs on pastoral support plans and attending Person centred Planning and review meetings. We value new ideas along with the previous experiences staff may bring in order to provide a modern and progressive service to our children, families and schools.

This post is subject to a DBS disclosure check and this is a full time open-ended position.

Pembrokeshire County Council provides a Relocation Scheme open to new staff moving to the area.

We request that all applicants submit online applications. If you are unable to do this please contact the Recruitment Administrator as early as possible on 01437 776358.

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Please refer to the job description above for more details on this vacancy and the person specification.

Employment Checks

This post is subject to a DBS disclosure check.

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Please note that at this point, Pembrokeshire County Council is not accepting applicants who require a Skilled Worker visa as a prerequisite to a right to work in the UK. Applicants should ensure they have the right to work in the UK before applying for a vacancy.

Safeguarding

Safeguarding and protecting children and adults at risk is a high priority for Pembrokeshire County Council. We aim to support vulnerable children and adults at risk to ensure they are as safe as they can possibly be. We are committed to ensuring their safety and will take action to safeguard their well-being. The Council's Corporate Safeguarding Policy provides a framework for every member of staff and Service within the Council, setting out responsibilities in relation to safeguarding and protecting children and adults at risk as well as the methods by which the Council will be assured that it is fulfilling its duties.

This policy applies to all Council employees and workforce, councillors, volunteers and also service providers that are commissioned by the Council. Safeguarding is everyone's business whether they work for, or on behalf of, the Council.

Support & Additional Info

• Please contact the HR Systems Team as early as possible if you're unable to apply online by emailing hrsystemsteam@pembrokeshire.gov.uk .
• Please contact the Recruitment Team if you have any queries relating to this vacancy by emailing Recruit@pembrokeshire.gov.uk .
• Local Government Employees on National Joint Council (NJC) terms are subject to national pay bargaining; all salaries currently stated in our adverts are as 01/04/2023.
• Please note, we have a legal obligation to consider employees for suitable alternative employment if their posts are at risk; therefore prior consideration will be given to existing employees who meet the person specification and are registered on our redeployment pool.

Welsh language skills are desirable. Applications may be submitted in Welsh and will not be treated less favourably than applications submitted in English.