Job Description

Job description

Department: Schools & Education

Early Years & Complex Needs Teams

SEND Support Service

Terms & Conditions: Permanent, 37 hours a week Term Time Only

Closing Date: 10th November 2025

Shortlisting Date: 12th November 2025

Interview & Observation Date: 19th November 2025

Are you a highly motivated practitioner with a desire to improve the

lives

of children with complex needs?

Are you skilled at working with children who have motor skill difficulties, physical disabilities and/or complex needs?





This inclusive authority is looking for a Specialist SEND Practitioner (SSP) to work with children with a range of motor skill difficulties, physical disabilities and/or complex needs of in schools and settings across Blackburn with Darwen





You will have experience of working in schools/ settings with children with a range of motor skill difficulties, physical disabilities and/or complex needs. You will be confident in working on your own initiative as you will have a significant amount of responsibility for planning and delivering interventions. While most of your work is likely to be with children in the Early Years, the Complex Needs team works with children through to High School and there will be opportunities to work across the full age range.





The Early Years and Complex Needs teams are creative, caring and hard-working staff. There are 2 Lead Teachers, 8 Advisory Teachers and 30 Specialist Support Assistants.





You will join the SEND Support Service, a team of highly regarded and experienced professionals, dedicated to overcoming the barriers to inclusion for children with a range of SEND.





We are looking for a practitioner who:


will work flexibly carrying out assessments, providing advice, and delivering interventions to improve children's access to education enjoys collaborative working with families, settings and professionals across a range of services and can produce high quality written reports required for panels and meetings

Please submit

A CV, making it clear what your responsibilities were in each of your previous posts A supporting document providing concise evidence of how you meet each of the

Key Requirements

for this role. Maximum 1500 words.

Shortlisting decisions will be based on how you demonstrate you meet each of the

Key Requirements

.





If you would like to find out more about this role, please contact

Nichola Gill-Smith Lead Teacher

01254 222 130

nichola.gill-smith@blackburn.gov.uk

Job details

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Job reference
REQ04382
Date posted
13/10/2025
Application closing date
10/11/2025
Location
Blackburn with Darwen
Salary
Grade F SCP 17 - 23, 31,022 - 34,434
Package
Blank
Contractual hours
37
Basis
Full time - Term time
Job category/type
Council