Our Values

In line with our One Coventry Values we strive to have a workforce that reflects our local communities and welcome applicants from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic backgrounds, applicants who have a disability and applicants who are from the LGBTQ+ community to apply for our senior leadership roles. 

Our Values are:

• Open and fair: We are fair, open, and transparent.
• Nurture and develop: We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best.
• Engage and empower: We talk and listen to others, working together as one.
• Create and innovate: We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve.
• Own and be accountable: We work together to deliver the best services for our residents.
• Value and respect: We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.

About the team we are recruiting to

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the well respected SEMHL team in Coventry in a newly developed role as a Key Specialist Practitioner (KSP)

You will be part of a team who are based at the Key Intervention and work within the Key settings and in primary schools across the city.

We can offer you:

• A supportive and friendly team of colleagues
• Excellent professional development opportunities.
• An opportunity to make a difference to children and families.
• The chance to have a role in creatively shaping provision within an established and well-respected service.

We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias.

What is the job role?

The main function of the role is to support primary pupils who are placed through the Fair Access Protocol (FAP) panel or have been permanently excluded to be successfully included into their next setting.

You will be expected to work with children who may have a range of SEND needs, including cognitive, physical, SEMH and communication difficulties. You will need to be able to work on your own initiative with families, schools, management, staff, relevant professionals, and other agencies.

You will also be expected to vary the support offered to pupils, to meet their individual needs and the needs of the provider. This could include setting up and attending meetings, writing plans, delivering intervention, mentoring, and modelling strategies.

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Who are we looking for?

To be successful in this role we are looking for someone:

• Who Is personally resilient
• Can build relationships quickly and not take behaviour personally
• To be empathetic and patient
• To be positive and affirming
• To be solution-focused
• To be a good team player
• To be a good communicator
• To have experience in a primary school or service setting
• To have experience in supporting primary aged children in all four areas of SEND.

Discussions are warmly welcomed. Please contact Mikaela Carrasco, Intervention Manager (mikaela.carrasco@coventry.gov.uk) to arrange.

This post is 37 hours per week - term time only.

For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'

Interview date: Classroom observation and Panel Interview on 7th May

Following recommendations from Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) for an additional pre-employment check with effect 1 Sept 22, please note, an online search may form part of this recruitment process.

About Coventry

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.

At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 5100 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies

Coventry City Council