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Job Title: SLD Outreach Worker

Reports to: Outreach Engagement Manager
Base: Witham or Great Baddow (travel across Essex)
Contract: [Full-time / Part-time]
Salary:£27,000 pa gross (£23,157.69 pa pro rata) TERM TIME ONLY

What's the role about?

You'll work with children and young people who have Severe Learning Difficulties (SLD) and currently don't have a school place or whose placements have broken down because of complex needs. Your job is to deliver a personalised outreach curriculum that meets their needs and supports the outcomes in their Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), while preparing them for a successful move into a suitable school or setting.

What you'll do

Visit pupils at home, in the community, or at outreach bases to build trust and engagement.
Plan and deliver an SLD outreach curriculum tailored to each pupil's EHCP outcomes (e.g., communication, independence, sensory regulation, functional skills).
Use creative, practical activities to make learning meaningful and enjoyable.
Help pupils develop routines and regulation strategies so they feel safe and ready to learn.
Support families with advice and simple strategies they can use at home.
Work alongside other professionals (therapists, social workers, schools) to make sure everyone is on the same page.
Keep clear notes of what you've done and share updates with the team and local authority.
Help plan and support smooth transitions into new schools or education packages.

What you need

Experience working with children or young people with SLD or complex SEND.
Confidence using communication tools like PECS, Makaton, or visual supports (or willingness to learn).
Patience, creativity, and the ability to stay calm under pressure.
A full UK driving licence and access to a car (you'll be out and about a lot).

What we're looking for

Someone who is kind, practical, and flexible.
A good communicator who can work with families and professionals.
Someone who enjoys problem-solving and making a real difference.

Safeguarding

We take safeguarding seriously. You'll need an enhanced DBS check and references before starting.

Information about the School

We believe in investing in people. As professionals in the helping profession, we believe and aspire to offer a better future to those children, young people and families we work with. Success for us means unleashing the potential of each individual we engage with, so they can grow and develop each day, to be better versions of themselves. Our values are grounded in our determination to be the change we want to see in the world, through passion, commitment and integrity. We want to plant a seed of kindness and compassion in a generation that will produce resilience & hope and enable them to fulfill their own destinies.

Our success therefore will be measured in the lives we changed through outReach.