What skills and experience we're looking for
What we are looking for in our new SENCo:
• Commitment to the vision and values of the schools
• Commitment to nurturing and inspiring every child to their potential
• Commitment to growing in their practice; willing to try new things and learn with us as we explore how we better enable every child to flourish
• Commitment to working with the staff team to realise this vision in our community
• Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all pupils
• A sound knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice
• A keen interest in SEND matters and ongoing professional development?
• Key Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
• Qualified Teacher Status - essential
• Teaching experience in a relevant setting with evidence of delivering high quality inclusive teaching and learning
• Strong commitment to raising educational attainment for pupils with SEND
• Up-to-date knowledge on identifying and support pupils with SEND
• Understanding of evidence based, best practice strategies and interventions to improve access to all lessons for pupils with SEND
• National Award for Special Educational Needs Coordination (NASENCO) or ability and willingness to achieve the qualification within 3 years of undertaking the role; a willingness and ability to develop specialist knowledge and keep up to date with local and national policy and developments – essential
• Excellent, effective communication skills; oral and written
• Ability to build and maintain good productive working relationships with colleagues
• Good coaching, influencing and negotiating skills that demonstrate empathy and emotional intelligence;
• Ability to assess, analyse and problem solve and actively contribute to raising performance of pupils with SEND
• Good organisation and time management skills
• Ability to quality assure provision including carrying out effective lesson observations
• Understanding of budgets including budget monitoring, costed provision mapping and deployment of the SEN notional budgets
• Ability to effectively allocate resources including additional adults to support pupils with SEND to achieve best outcomes
• Ability to motivate and inspire confidence in pupils, staff, parents and the wider community in order to further develop and promote the school.
• ICT and its effective use as a management tool as well as across the curriculum to enhance teaching and learning
What the school offers its staff
What we are looking for in our new SENCo:
• Commitment to the vision and values of the schools
• Commitment to nurturing and inspiring every child to their potential
• Commitment to growing in their practice; willing to try new things and learn with us as we explore how we better enable every child to flourish
• Commitment to working with the staff team to realise this vision in our community
• Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all pupils
• A sound knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice
• A keen interest in SEND matters and ongoing professional development?
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.