Inclusion Officer
Nightingale Community Academy, London, SW17 7DFThis job expired on 14 July 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
to be confirmed
Closing date
14 July 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
8 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Full-time (Term time)- 36 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,736.49 to £35,697.60 (FTE £34,620 - £38,941). Inner London, Professional pay scale Band 5 spine point 19 to 22.
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking a compassionate and skilled Inclusion Officer to join our team, working closely with students, staff, and families to create tailored interventions that promote independence, engagement, and success in both academic and personal goals. The successful candidate will work within our multidisciplinary team to support students with a range of SEMH and additional needs, contributing significantly to their overall development and wellbeing.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide tailored inclusion and emotional support to learners with social, emotional, behavioural, or learning needs through 1:1 and small group interventions.
- Coordinate and/or deliver therapeutic support, including wellbeing sessions and access to internal or external therapy services.
- Work closely with staff, families, and external agencies to create and implement effective support plans that promote learner engagement and wellbeing.
- Support a whole-school inclusive approach, contributing to staff training, policy development, and promoting trauma-informed, inclusive practice.
- Maintain accurate records and monitor the impact of inclusion and therapy interventions, reporting progress to senior leaders and contributing to multi-agency reviews.
Qualifications and Skills
- Diploma in Therapy (or equivalent qualification in counselling, child therapy, or related discipline)
- Experience working with children and young people with SEMH, learning disabilities, autism, or other special educational needs
- Strong knowledge of therapeutic strategies related to sensory processing, fine and gross motor development, and social engagement
What the school offers its staff
Rewards & Benefits:
- Enhanced parental leave schemes
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loans
- Employee referral scheme
- Discounted gym membership subscription including digital fitness
- Comprehensive training and development
- Access to counselling advice and support via Health Assured
- Commitment to wellbeing supported by our occupational health service and mental-health first aiders
- Scope for career progression across eight college centres, 14 academy schools and shared services team
- Pension scheme - the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or Teachers Pension Scheme (TPS) both of which have life cover and financial protection for your family
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and encouraged
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Nightingale Community Academy and Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Appointments made will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
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About Nightingale Community Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 19
- School size
- 137 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Nightingale Community Academy website
- Email address
- info@nightingaleca.org
Nightingale Community Academy is a school for boys aged between 5 and 19 who have an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) or Statement of SEN for social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs.
Some learners also have Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), or other learning difficulties. At Nightingale Community Academy we are committed to raising the expectations of our learner group, removing barriers to learning and delivering attainment at the highest level.
“Since the start of the school in September 2016, the principal and his leadership team have shown a tireless determination to improve the education it offers. Their ‘no excuses’ approach means that nothing other than the highest quality of education is good enough”. (Ofsted February 2019) – (The full Ofsted Report, is now available on our website).
Nightingale Community Academy is committed to a multi-disciplinary approach to meeting learners’ needs, and promotes high quality professional development for all staff.
Arranging a visit to Nightingale Community Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email info@nightingaleca.org.
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