Early Years Inclusion Practitioner

About Us

Join us - make a difference in our communities

The Education and Skills Directorate sits within the broader Department of Children, Young People and Learning, and plays a crucial part in delivering the West Sussex Plan to provide our young people with the Best Start in Life. This means it is vital that every school and setting in the county offers each and every child the education that they are entitled to and we will do everything in our power to make that happen. Key outcomes for us as a County are that all children and young people are ready for school and work. This requires strong collaboration with the wider local authority agenda, particularly with Children's Services.

About The Job

Grade: NJC Grade 8

Salary: £28,371 to £31,099
Contract Length: Fixed Term Contract - end date 31/07/24 (37 hours pw) (full time and part-time available)

Directorate Group: Education & Skills
Location: Chichester and Horsham

• Enhanced DBS check is a requirement of this post

Please note Internal candidates wishing to apply for this role will be considered for a secondment position. Please can you therefore discuss and agree this with your manager before applying for this position.

You'll need to be able to travel independently to various locations around the county.

(for more information on the role please see attached Job description)

Experience and Skills

Key Skills:

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to build effective relationships with children, parents and professionals.
• Excellent time management and personal organisational skills to organise own workload and meet deadlines. Ability to work flexibly and creatively.
• Good analytical and judgemental skills to interpret complex information and situations, make assessments and develop creative solutions and plans.
• Ability to understand, keep up to date with and follow service policy, procedures and professional codes of conduct. Ability to reflect and evaluate performance.
• A good level of IT skills that will enable you to use a range of tools effectively and efficiently to complete work tasks using Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams) and bespoke databases in order to comply with General Data Protection Regulations.

Qualifications and/or experience:

• Degree or equivalent qualification or experience.
• Advanced experience of working in Early Years in either maintained or non-maintained early years provision, or within a Local Authority.
• Proven relevant experience supporting pupils with special educational needs and disabilities including those with Autism, social communication or other complex needs.
• Demonstrable experience of working as a Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator in an early years setting/school supporting colleagues in the identification of, and intervention for, children with SEND, including keeping a register, setting targets and planning strategies and working in collaboration with Parents/Carers and professional colleagues.

• Rewards and Benefits

For a full list of the benefits offered to you as a West Sussex County Council employee you can find them on our Rewards and Benefits page.

Further Information

The reference number for this role is CAFHE04376 .

For an informal conversation or further information regarding the role, please contact Clare Myall, Assistant Principal Educational Psychologist at or for general queries please reach out to our resourcing team at .