SENDCo

SENDCO

Location: Effingham, Surrey

Contract Type: Permanent, Full time

Salary: M1 - UPS2 Fringe (£26,948 - £41,295) 

Hours: 40 hours per week

The Aurora Group

Be a part of something new! Opened on 21st February 2022, The Aurora Poppyfield School is an innovative new provider for 11-16 year old pupils with Special Educational Needs. We have taken a mixed academic approach to create an environment where young people can achieve their own goals and thrive - be that with GCSEs or a vocational route.

We’re currently looking for an experienced SENDCO to join our expanding team, to be a part of this exciting new experience right from the start.

The Role:

Your role will be to establish and promote an inclusive approach to SEN across the whole school. Managing the Annual Review Process with the assistance of an administration assistant and be a key liaison with Local Authority EHCP Coordinators and all professionals in the field

Key duties: 

• You will be teaching for a proportion of your time, roughly 0.4 FTE
• Identify and adopt the most effective teaching approaches for all pupils ensuring dissemination throughout all staff 
• Monitor teaching and learning activities to meet the needs of SEN pupils and track AFL data for the purposes of Annual Reviews, PEPs, LAC Reviews and general School Reporting 
• Liaise with other schools to ensure continuity of support and learning when transferring SEN pupils 
• Promote best practice and contribute to the aims and ethos of the school through Inset and CPD for new teachers 
• Set targets for raising achievement among all pupils 
• Collate and present assessment and performance data and share with staff and other professionals where appropriate 
• Set up systems for identifying, reviewing and monitoring need. This includes the management (chairing) of Annual Reviews for Statements and EHCPs 
• Update the Head and SLT on the effectiveness of the provision and delivery of SEN provision 
• Keep parents informed about their child's progress through individual meetings and at parents’ evenings 
• Provide training opportunities for learning support assistants and teachers to learn about SEN, including whole-school Inset 
• Identify resources needed to meet the needs of SEN pupils and make recommendations to the Head for appropriate spends 
• To work with the Head and other key staff on developing the effectiveness of transition arrangements and integration into provision post Poppyfield

Duties will vary, for a full job description please contact Liz from the recruitment team: liz.hudson@the-aurora-group.com  

Qualifications: 

• SENDCO qualifications preferred or teacher working in special school and willingness to undertake SENDCO qualification 
• Qualified Teacher status

Knowledge and Experience: 

• Relevant knowledge and experience of pupils with SEN and SEND Code of Practice 
• Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures 
• Experience of managing a range of approaches to behaviour, including managing behaviours that challenge 
• Experience working with SEN in an employed or voluntary setting   

Skills: 

• Commitment to the role, the desire to put children first and treat them as individuals 
• Be positive and creative in meeting pupils’ needs 
• Full UK driving licence and access to your own car desirable 

What’s on offer?  

• Full training and continued support 
• Life assurance and pension 
• Health cash back plan 
• Car lease scheme 
• Bike to work scheme  
• Perk box 
• Free parking 

How to Apply: 

To apply for this role, please visit our careers place www.auroragroupcareers.com or more information on this position please contact 07918 585258 / 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.