Assistant SENCo

Assistant SENCo

Location: Effingham, Surrey

Actual salary: £27,713 - £30,250 dependant on qualifications

Hourly rate: £15.51 - £16.93 per hour

Hours: 40 hours per week - Term Time only - Start time 8.15am - Finish time Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday 4.45pm. Thursday 5pm and Friday 4pm          

Start date: As soon as possible - there will be a delay in interviews until September due to the summer holidays.

Aurora Poppyfield School

We’re looking to recruit an Assistant SENCo to join our team at Poppyfield School. Our autistic students are aged between 11 – 16, they have associated behavioural and communication difficulties. Some pupils may have multiple learning difficulties. Poppyfield is part of the Aurora group, they share their Principal with other schools across Surrey, but all other staff are specific to each school

To see more about the work that Poppyfield does please follow this link -  https://youtu.be/crpoGrYVnDU

What’s in it for you?/ Why Should You Apply? 

• You want to make a difference in the lives of our pupils and their families.
• You are looking for a role where you are given the opportunity to lead lessons and develop your skills to support teaching and learning.
• You want to contribute to our broad and creative curriculum offer.
• You want to work with an inspiring pupil population.
• You enjoy working as part of a collaborative and committed multi-disciplinary team.
• You have a strong commitment to pupil and staff well-being and want to work in an organisation with the same strong values.
• You want to work within an organisation that support, develops and invests in their staff.

Key Duties:

Recording and Assessment

• Set up systems for identifying, reviewing and monitoring need. This includes the management (chairing) of Annual Reviews for EHCPs
• Keep parents informed about their child's progress through individual meetings and at parents’ evenings

Leadership

• Support SENDCo in delivering training opportunities for learning support assistants and teachers to learn about SEN, including whole-school inset
• Disseminate good practice in SEN across the school
• To support the SENDCo with the development of transition arrangements and integration into provision post-Eccles
• Liaise with the outside professionals and manage/disseminate to staff their reporting
• To keep abreast of developments in SEN (e.g. research, changes to the law) and inform SLT and Head where appropriate
• To attend appropriate training, CPD and conferences and provide feedback to colleagues
• Support teaching staff in modelling good practice in teaching pupils with SEN including those with more complex needs

Please note that duties will vary and you will be expected to contribute to the overall aims of Poppyfield when required. Please see the link below for our full job description:

Job description – Assistant SENCo

Qualifications:

• SENCO/Access Arrangement Assessor qualifications preferred, or the desire to acquire these.
• GCSE Maths and English qualification minimum Grade 4 or equivalent is essential
• Teaching qualification preferable but not essential, however teaching qualification is needed to achieve the National Award in SEND Coordination.

Knowledge and Experience:

• Relevant and recent knowledge and experience of pupils with SEN
• Sound working knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice
• Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures
• Experience of implementing a range of approaches to behaviour, including managing behaviours that challenge

Skills:

• A person-centred approach to SEND delivery, and commitment to meet individual needs of each pupil
• Nurture positivity and creativity in meeting pupils’ needs
• Work on your own as well as part of a team
• Work collaboratively with other staff and professionals with good interpersonal skills
• Good numeracy and excellent literacy skills
• Confidence and fluency in using appropriate terminology and language specific to the field of SEND
• Competent ICT skills

Be part of our successful team and also benefit from a generous package that includes:

• Life assurance
• Enhanced Pension
• Perkbox - offering high street discounts.
• Employee assistance programme
• Car lease scheme
• Fully funded training and qualifications
• Bike to work scheme.
• Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.

How to apply:

You can apply online by completing our online application form.  For more information on this position please contact liz.hudson@theauroragroup.co.uk    

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.