Job Description

Salary range: 52,711 p.a. plus 3,685 London Weighting
Contract: Fixed Term Contract - 12 Months
Hours of work: 36 hours per week
Location: Civic centre, Communities and Other Neighbouring Boroughs

An exciting opportunity to come and join the BOAT Team...

Brent is a tremendously vibrant London borough where the iconic arch of Wembley Stadium dominates the skyline. Spanning both inner and outer London, it is a borough of huge contrasts in terms of its economic, environmental, ethnic and social make up. Brent's diversity is evident to all who visit our borough and our long history of ethnic and cultural diversity has created a place that is truly unique and valued by those who live and work here.


The council is pursuing a far-reaching transformation agenda that better meets the needs of our community so it is an exciting time to join us.

The Post

This exciting role includes providing specialist advice, guidance and support for staff who support young people with a diagnosis of autism and attending primary mainstream schools across the borough. It will also include supporting our exciting and new additional resourced provisions being established in our mainstream settings.


The successful candidate will also design and lead training sessions in person and virtually for schools to support positive outcomes for our autistic students.


During school holidays there are opportunities to develop and support programmes to support autistic students.


They will also be providing information and signposting for those accessing the service and working in partnership with parents, voluntary and statutory agencies.


This post will involve in person and virtual support for individual and groups of staff and involves travelling around the borough of Brent and some neighbouring boroughs.

The Person

Significant recent experience of supporting a range of autistic students in primary mainstream schools and possibly specialist settings. Knowledge and strong practice of a range of strategies and interventions to support autistic students in mainstream primary schools Has high expectations for children and young people to achieve. Experience of planning and leading training sessions with staff. Experience of effective working with other agencies. Competent computer and written skills. Enthusiasm, open to learning, creativity, a positive disposition and a sense of humour. Ability to manage your own time, proactive and adaptable in your practice. Good interpersonal skills and ability to be part of a team.
If you have any questions, please contact Clare Henshaw on 0208 937 4634 or email clare.henshaw@brent.gov.uk

Closing date: 13 July 2025 (23:00)

If you are interested in applying for this job, please start by clicking the "Apply Now" button below. You must provide a supporting statement as part of your application that clearly shows how you meet the criteria on the Person Specification. We will accept a CV in support of your application, however, you should still provide a supporting statement.

Brent Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this and therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community. We positively encourage all applicants to self-identify their characteristics in the diversity survey section in the application.


We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that posts working with children, young people and vulnerable adults are subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances.
The information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas and your data protection rights, can be found here .


Brent has a positive approach to flexible working.


As a disability confident employer Brent welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including "non-visible" disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on recruitment@brent.gov.uk