SENCO / Teacher
Location: Aurora White House School, Quidenham, Norwich, NR16 2NZ
Salary: £31,650 - £47,338 (M1 – UPS2) + £2,750 per year Lead allowance for English Lead
Hours: 40 hours per week
Start Date: As soon as possible
Aurora White House School
We’re currently looking for a SENCO to join our special school.
Part of the Aurora Group, Aurora White House School in Quidenham, Norwich provides day placements for children aged 5 to 11 years primarily with communication and interaction difficulties or specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia. Some may be on the autistic spectrum or have anxieties and difficulties that create barriers to learning. There is a full clinical team onsite to support at all times and you will have the support of an experienced and stable SLT.
The successful teacher will work in a small class (typically 5 or 6 children) who benefit from a bespoke package in our school. Many of these delightful learners’ come with significant amounts of additional therapeutic intervention. Their needs are such that we staff the class on a 1:1 basis - you will need to be a team player, both within this class, others with the same provision (there are 3 in total) and the wider school.
To take a virtual look around the schools please click here: White House Virtual Tour
Key Responsibilities:
* The role would require you to teach three days a week, in three different classes, covering colleagues who work four days-a-week. This will drop to two days-a-week from September, giving more time to fulfill your other responsibilities.
* Take on the responsibilities of other SENCo colleagues, occasionally conducting reviews as agreed and appropriate in their absence
* Lead on school based interventions arriving from SENCo work (directing and coaching staff)
* Directly carry out interventions, teaching support and assessments following on from actions arriving from annual review meetings and described provision within EHCP’s
* Support teachers and class teams to ensure that assessments and evidence of progress towards EHCP outcomes are recorded on Earwig and inform future planning and provision.
* Work closely with clinical colleagues in pursuit of the best possible outcomes for children.
* Be responsible for the English curriculum and progress and assessment of children within it, including implementing our phonic intervention Read, Write, Inc.
* Carry out the professional duties of a teacher as required, liaising with teachers where you cover their absence.
Please note that duties will vary and you will be expected to contribute to the overall aims of White House school when required. Please see the link below for our full :
Qualifications and training
* Degree
* Qualified teacher status
Experience
* Successful experience of curriculum leadership
* Successful teaching experience, ideally in a special school setting or with children with SEND in a mainstream environment.
* Effective management of resources, including people
* You must have experience of implementing Read, Write, Inc. or a similar whole school phonic programme i.e. embracing synthetic phonics.
Due to the rural location of the school, candidates are strongly advised to hold a full UK driving licence and have access to their own vehicle.
What’s on offer?
Training and Development - Within Aurora, we strongly believe that learning and development should not be limited to just the children and young people we support. We offer wide range of programmes and opportunities to all our employees to improve your skills and further your career.
FREE Lunch! - All staff are able to take advantage of school lunches whilst onsite, at no cost along with free teas and coffees
Save money on your bills - With the cost of living rising we have a fantastic benefit through Perkbox to help with cutting costs and help make your money go further. Perkbox is a free app for you to use on the go wherever you are. You can get deals and discounts to save money on things like your weekly food bill, phone plans, internet, eating out, gym memberships, insurance and more. You can also use Perkbox for our cycle to work scheme and car scheme.
UK Health Cash Plan - This plan can help cover your day to day healthcare expenditure such as optician and dental bills. You and your children are covered on this plan and you can also choose to upgrade and add a partner to enjoy the benefits with you.
Employee Assistance Programme - Your health and wellbeing is very important to us and we have support available on a wide variety of issues, helping you with online tools, information and via a freephone counselling service available 24/7.
Refer a friend for £1,000 - We’ll reward you for recommending friends and family to come and join the company (*terms apply)
Family fun - Family swim on site.
Free onsite parking
How to Apply:
You can apply by completing our online application form. For more information please contact liz.hudson@the-aurora-group.com
Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.
This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.
Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.