Inclusion Lead

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Title:
  
  Inclusion Lead
• Job Location:
  
  Shire Hall
• Salary: £53,937-£57,844 per annum (pro rata)
• Hours per Week: 22.20
• Contract Type:
  Permanent
• Closing Date: 25/02/2026
• Job Requisition Number: 13608
• This post is not open to job share

About the team and role:

An opportunity has arisen for a part time (3 days – Weds, Thurs, Fri) permanent Inclusion Lead within the Education Inclusion Service.

The primary focus for this role is to ensure children and young people achieve positive outcomes by accessing an education which is appropriate to meet their needs: the right support in the right place at the right time. Inclusion Leads achieve this by supporting families and education settings to develop inclusive practice and environments; by influencing strategic and operational developments at both system and whole school level;

and confidently supporting children and young people with additional needs – taking early action to address emerging issues, and meeting statutory duties for attendance, exclusion, home education and child entertainment / employment.

The role of Inclusion Lead includes:

• Supporting Head Teachers, staff and Governors of schools and academies to deliver inclusive practice and meet statutory duties in relation to attendance and exclusions through sharing of good practice, network meetings, and focused strategic & operational development opportunities

• Supporting and challenging education settings to make effective use of resources and funding, especially to ensure the needs of more vulnerable children and young people are understood and met

• Having strong strategic and operational responsibility for key areas of statutory oversight, areas of system development, and core partnership working across the service and beyond. This includes leading and influencing managers, senior leaders, teams across GCC, and with wider partners.

• Undertaking lead and key roles in the development, implementation and delivery of key transformation and change programmes in the education service, ensuring that we deliver against statutory responsibilities and council objectives. This includes strategic and operational influence with and across multi-agency partners.

• Ensuring effective, appropriate and suitable provision is in place for children and young people who are home educated and those excluded from school

• Effectively leading and managing a locality team to ensure that children and young people, their families and other professionals receive the support they need to achieve the best outcomes – and matrix manage across the whole service, ensuring matrix management arrangements are consistent and effective

Please refer to the job profile for more detail.

Please note:

• This post is subject to enhanced DBS clearance and safeguarding references, as well as usual references.
• There will be some evening and weekend working.
• You will need to be a car owner/driver, with access to a vehicle within working hours, and hold a current full driving licence valid for driving in the UK due to the significant travel across the county, including in evenings and weekends, that this role requires.

About you:

To be successful, you will need to demonstrate the experience, knowledge, skills and understanding; and behavioural attributes outlined in the job profile. You will also need to meet the essential education & qualifications criteria.

About us:

For all your hard work, you will recieve the following:

• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• 30 days Annual Leave (pro-rata for part time staff)
• An option to purchase 10 days of additonal leave per year (pro-rata for part time staff)
• Family friendly employer offering benefits to support you and your family
• Career development and qualification opportunities
• Supportive and positive working environment with regualr, robust supervision
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential counselling and advice for employess, available 24 hours a day online or by telephone
• an in-house Occupational Health service
• Employee discount scheme
• Cycle to Work scheme
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