This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is committed to promoting a child-centred and inclusive approach to achieve the best outcomes for children and young people with special education needs including communication and interaction needs (autism).
The SEND Outreach Service team currently includes specialist teachers, specialist Nursery Nurses, and specialist Learning Support Assistants who work on a peripatetic basis to provide a range of advice, support, and training for schools and settings across mainstream schools in Newcastle. There are currently a team of two SEN Support Workers who work under the supervision of the Communication and Interaction specialist teachers to promote and model inclusive practices and develop capacity within mainstream schools.
The job will require working in an agile manner; most of the day to be spent in schools supporting pupils as well as time for planning and preparation on a working from home basis or from the Civic Centre.
Successful applicants will benefit from a full programme of induction and training opportunities provided by the SEND OS team and, more widely, from the Local Authority.
Main Duties of the SEN Support Workers:
1. Model the use of evidence-based strategies, approaches, and intervention programmes in schools and settings.
2. Work directly with identified pupils in settings either individually or in small groups.
3. Assist pupils in developing an insight into their diagnosis through the identification of their strengths and differences.
4. Work closely with staff in mainstream schools, offering advice and strategies to enable the successful inclusion of children and young people with SEN.
5. Contribute to the development of SEN Support Plans for individual pupils through the identification of appropriate outcomes and provide strategies and resources to help deliver the plan.
6. Be responsible on a day-to-day basis for the planning and delivery of programmes of intervention and support to develop social communication skills, language skills, and social/emotional skills.
7. Maintain records as directed by the specialist teachers.
8. Liaise closely with parents/carers.
We are committed to protecting and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is working in regulated activity. If you are successful, we will undertake additional recruitment checks which will include a check to see if you have had any criminal convictions, a check of police information, and we will check the barred list(s). It is a criminal offence for a barred individual to apply for a job in regulated activity.
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