What skills and experience we're looking for
Essential Experience:
• Working with children/young people with SEN, particularly those with Autism
• Working with children /young people with receptive and/ or expressive language difficulties
• Differential diagnosis; formulation of therapy plans; providing appropriate intervention(s); evaluating outcomes
• Carrying out formal and informal assessments, observations
• Report Writing
• Using Autism specific strategies/ approaches
• Working with children with sensory difficulties and motor coordination difficulties.
Essential Skills:
• Effectively manage and prioritise personal caseload
• Relate theory to practice
• Initiative, problem solving skills
• Approach therapy with creativity and flexibility
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Clear written and spoken English
• Good organizational skills
• Skills in co working, liaison and consultation with other professionals, especially with regard to complex cases
What the school offers its staff
Access to private healthcare scheme (Benenden)
Free school lunchAccess to school gym and sauna
CPD
Half termly well being afternoons
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.