Hours per week: 19.5 hours
Interview date: week commencing Monday 10 February 2025
Education and Skills - Building Bright Futures
Are you an experienced and dedicated teacher with a passion for making a difference? Our SEND team is looking for a qualified Advisory Teacher of Deaf Children and Young People to join their team!
Our innovative Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Service exists to improve outcomes and make a positive difference to the lives of children and young people with SEND, and their families, who require support to be included in their community.
Main duties of the job
As part of this role, you will provide support to families and advice to enable pre-schools, mainstream and special schools and colleges to enhance the effective education of children/young people with hearing impairment. You will be responsible for providing direct teaching to children and young people and planning visits according to their needs, within designated areas of the county. You will need to work closely with settings and health staff, children and young people, and parents to ensure that the best possible outcomes are achieved.
We are seeking a qualified Teacher of Deaf Children and Young People. Proven experience and knowledge of current Special Educational Needs processes and legislation alongside up-to-date knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance in relation to working with, and the protection of, children and young people will be essential. With excellent interpersonal skills, you will have the ability to engage and motivate children and young people with a creative and flexible approach.
About us
Wiltshire Council is a friendly, welcoming place to work, with a 'One Council' ethos. That's why we focus on getting the things that matter to our people right.
Job responsibilities
Main Duties
* Provide support and advice to enable pre-schools, mainstream and special schools and colleges to enhance the effective education of children/young people with hearing impairment.
* Assess individual needs and identify and find solutions to challenges in partnership with the staff of educational settings and other agencies to maximise learning.
* Provide direct teaching to children and young people as appropriate.
* Plan visits to children and young people with hearing impairment according to their needs, within designated areas of the county, in accordance with the guidance and requirements agreed within the Service.
* Manage curriculum access for children/young people with a hearing impairment and through monitoring, intervention, and evaluation ensure that they are suitably challenged to maximise learning.
* Develop the teaching and support practices of staff in educational settings.
* Lead and develop training for education personnel and carers, in relation to the needs of children/young people with hearing impairment.
* Work in close co-operation with setting and health staff, children and young people, and parents to ensure that the best possible outcomes are achieved by working together.
* Work in close co-operation with our SEND Lead Workers and Education Officers by providing timely advice for EHC needs assessments and contributing to reviewing Education and Health Care Plans.
* Keep up-to-date with national, regional, and local developments, and with advances in methods of supporting children/young people with hearing impairment.
* Liaise with statutory and voluntary bodies as appropriate.
* Contribute to the development and implementation of policies within schools, pre-schools, and post-16 settings.
* Support Education Officers at Tribunal or in court when it is professionally appropriate to do so.
* Give advice to senior managers in formulating and reviewing education policies within the County.
* Attend team meetings and seek and offer peer support, advice, and challenge.
* Provide suitable programmes of work for specialist sensory TAs.
* Contribute to the development and implementation of policies within the service and individual team.
* Contribute to the formulation, implementation, and review of the service improvement plan and the specialism team improvement plan.
* Manage resources and provide information for the service database of equipment.
* Provide advice and training in the use of specialist equipment for children with a hearing impairment and keep up with technological changes in the field of HI.
* Maintain appropriate records of all work undertaken and enter these on the service database.
* Make use of data research and evidence-based practice to raise pupil achievement.
* Contribute to own performance review as set out in the Performance Management policy and guidelines.
* Undertake development opportunities to extend knowledge and skills.
Person Specification
Qualifications
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£31,650 to £49,084 a year (plus SEN2 pro rata)
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