SENDCO (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Coordinator)
| Posting date: | 07 September 2024 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 September 2024 |
| Location: | Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire, HX6 1DF |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | fe1cfc54-d9d7-4858-a664-ee8bc41fc1e6 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you a passionate, hardworking and focused individual who understands how to maintain a culture and ethos that promotes the support of students with diverse needs? Do you believe that you can secure outstanding support and the best outcomes for all students in a safe, vibrant, and happy school? Are you an outstanding classroom teacher with a thorough understanding of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)? Then we’d love to hear from you.
What will you get in return?
This is a fantastic opportunity to work with the fantastic Ryburn team to promote excellent SEND, safeguarding and inclusion, at this wonderful school and sixth form. This is a challenging time for every school in the country, here, you will find a strong foundation where you can make a real difference to the lives of our SEND children.
The existing role holder will still remain in school and as such will be able to assist with a handover during your induction period.
What the role involves in a nutshell:
• Promote an ethos and culture that supports the school’s SEND policy and promotes good outcomes for students with SEN or a disability.
• Have a strategic overview of provision for students with SEND across the school, monitoring and reviewing the quality of provision.
• Contribute to school self-evaluation, particularly with respect to provision for students with SEND.
• Co-ordinate provision that meets the student’s needs, and monitor its effectiveness.
• Be a key point of contact for external agencies, especially the local authority.
You would ideally hold the National SENDCO qualification or be working towards completing the qualification.
Benefits
• Automatic enrolment to the Teacher Pension Fund
• Staff development through appraisal and CPD
• Collaboration with Trust colleagues in similar roles
• Free Parking
• Free onsite Gym
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Regular well being activities
• Regular social activities and sport
If our school sounds like a place in which you could really make a difference, then we’d love to hear from you.
See job pack below for further details
HOW TO APPLY
Could we be a good fit for each other? If you have any questions or would like a chat about the role, we’d be delighted to hear from you. Please contact Carrie Burbidge our Personal Assistant to the Senior Leadership Team via c.burbidge@ryburn.tlt.school
If you’re ready to apply, please complete our application form and return it to recruitment@tlt.school by the deadline.
SAFER RECRUITMENT
We are committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff and volunteers are expected to behave in a way that supports this commitment and are subject to an enhanced DBS check. Please be aware that it is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. If you are shortlisted for interview, we will undertake an online public search in line with guidance from the Department for Education and Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024.
What the school offers its staff
See above
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Are you a passionate, hardworking and focused individual who understands how to maintain a culture and ethos that promotes the support of students with diverse needs? Do you believe that you can secure outstanding support and the best outcomes for all students in a safe, vibrant, and happy school? Are you an outstanding classroom teacher with a thorough understanding of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)? Then we’d love to hear from you.
What will you get in return?
This is a fantastic opportunity to work with the fantastic Ryburn team to promote excellent SEND, safeguarding and inclusion, at this wonderful school and sixth form. This is a challenging time for every school in the country, here, you will find a strong foundation where you can make a real difference to the lives of our SEND children.
The existing role holder will still remain in school and as such will be able to assist with a handover during your induction period.
What the role involves in a nutshell:
• Promote an ethos and culture that supports the school’s SEND policy and promotes good outcomes for students with SEN or a disability.
• Have a strategic overview of provision for students with SEND across the school, monitoring and reviewing the quality of provision.
• Contribute to school self-evaluation, particularly with respect to provision for students with SEND.
• Co-ordinate provision that meets the student’s needs, and monitor its effectiveness.
• Be a key point of contact for external agencies, especially the local authority.
You would ideally hold the National SENDCO qualification or be working towards completing the qualification.
Benefits
• Automatic enrolment to the Teacher Pension Fund
• Staff development through appraisal and CPD
• Collaboration with Trust colleagues in similar roles
• Free Parking
• Free onsite Gym
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Regular well being activities
• Regular social activities and sport
If our school sounds like a place in which you could really make a difference, then we’d love to hear from you.
See job pack below for further details
HOW TO APPLY
Could we be a good fit for each other? If you have any questions or would like a chat about the role, we’d be delighted to hear from you. Please contact Carrie Burbidge our Personal Assistant to the Senior Leadership Team via c.burbidge@ryburn.tlt.school
If you’re ready to apply, please complete our application form and return it to recruitment@tlt.school by the deadline.
SAFER RECRUITMENT
We are committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff and volunteers are expected to behave in a way that supports this commitment and are subject to an enhanced DBS check. Please be aware that it is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. If you are shortlisted for interview, we will undertake an online public search in line with guidance from the Department for Education and Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024.
What the school offers its staff
See above
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.