Post No. POSN005292 - ALN & Inclusion Officer
The Education Department are seeking to appoint a skilled and experienced ALN & Inclusion Officer to join the existing ALN Team on a fixed term basis initially from 01.09.2026 to 31.03.2027.
The ALN Team manage a caseload of over 1100 pupils with Additional Learning Needs (ALN). This is a Statutory, public-facing team who cater for the educational needs of the City’s most vulnerable pupils as well as resolving a range of complex issues on a daily basis, alongside Local Authority (LA), School-based staff and wider stakeholders. This includes pupil specific queries, exclusions, existing and new school placements, delivery of training, provision mapping and development and financial reconciliation.
The ALN Team is an extremely busy and pressurised one with a statutory responsibility to individual pupils, their families and Schools.
The work undertaken presents a high level of risk to the Council. The successful candidate will have experience of working within a pressurised Additional Learning Needs (ALN) / Special Educational Needs (SEN) environment with working knowledge of Education Law and regulations. The post-holder will be required to manage a large individual caseload as well as share responsibility for the line management of the Assistant ALN Inclusion Officers, who individually manage clusters of schools, and the Inclusion Support Officer.
The applicant will be required to undertake monitoring of ALN budgets and ensure value for money in relation to individual educational placements, assessing their impact and outcomes for pupils placed. The post-holder will ensure robust monitoring of the team’s Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and contribute to the on-going provision development and capacity building of ALN provision across the City. In addition, the post-holder will undertake Quality Assurance visits to settings, focussing on contractual terms and conditions as well as reviewing all aspects of educational provision provided to students as per their Individual Development Plans (IDPs) as well as attending and chairing a range of Panel meetings on a regular basis . The successful applicant will receive direct line management from the ALN Manager.
Shortlisting :12th August
Interviews :14th or 24th August
If you would like to discuss the post or require further information, please contact Abby Vowles, Senior Inclusion Advisor at
[email protected]
We welcome applications for all our jobs in either Welsh or English. An application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Newport City Council is committed to working towards its workforce being more representative of the population that we serve and particularly welcomes applications from people from minority ethnic communities represented (or living) in the city. Selection will be made on ability and skills to undertake the role.
Newport City Council is not currently supporting applicants with sponsorship for right to work. In applying for a vacancy, applicants should already have the right to work in the UK.
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