CIAS Lead Teacher - Secondary

Grade: - Main Pay Scale/Upper Pay Scale- £37,680 - £53,857 / £56,847 - £60,430 per annum plus Management Allowance Level 2 payment of £6,475 plus the Special Schools Allowance payment of £3,870 per annum

Full Time

We are looking for two innovative and dynamic Communication, Interaction and Autism Base Lead Advisory Teachers. The teachers will have responsibility for advisory support within mainstream Schools to support the needs of pupils with communication, interaction and autism. The Lead Advisory Teacher will have experience of successfully enabling children and young people with communication interaction and autism needs to fulfil their potential. The successful candidate will have the ability to build excellent relationships with school staff, parents and professionals from other agencies, have high expectations of students, and have resilience in managing the significant demands of working with vulnerable students in our schools.

The post holders will be responsible for ensuring that the Communication, Interaction and Autism Base makes maximum use of its resources and approaches to raise standards of achievement, and to improve the quality of teaching and learning to adapt to the needs of pupils with communication and interaction and Autism. The successful candidates will be a source of continuing professional development training, advice, encouragement and innovation to all involved in the work of the school.

The individuals appointed will lead and manage the day-to-day operation of the Communication, Interaction and Autism Base and deploy resources as appropriate, and will be expected to make a full contribution to the management Team of the Communication, Interaction and Autism Service. They will also provide advisory outreach guidance to staff to enable them to support pupils within the mainstream school who are identified as having communication, interaction and/or autism needs.

The Communication, Interaction and Autism Base within High school is a specialist educational provision for students with significant communication, interaction and/or autism needs, some of whom are involved with other agencies, such as Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), Social Services and the Child, Youth and Community Tribunal.

Applicants should understand strategies and systems which promote successful learning and address the needs of the pupils to develop communication skills and emotional regulation strategies. They should have a strong empathy with a desire to meet the needs of these students.

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Job Description

This role comes with a competitive salary, progressive sick pay and entitlement to a pension scheme.

For those candidates that would be required to relocate to Guernsey, in addition to the above, we also offer a full relocation package to help with moving over to the Island. This relocation package offers different solutions depending on your circumstances.

More detailed information around what we offer, including eligibility for the relocation package, can be found in the Relocation Directive below.

This role offers off Island candidates with an 8-year employment permit allowing them to work on the Island. This permit will also enable candidates to bring immediate family members with them and allows their partners to work on the Island in any sector. There are also good schools on Island for those candidates looking to bring their families with them.

For more information about Guernsey, please follow the below links.

Relocation Directive 2024 

Getting to Know Guernsey Brochure  

Living and Working in Guernsey Brochure  

Employment Permit Information  

Contact: Collette Watts on Collette.Watts@education.gg

We strongly advise that applicants speak to the contact named above before applying for this role. Please do not email a CV to the contact shown above, applications should be submitted online. If you are unable to complete an online application please contact the Recruitment Team.

Closing Date: 17 May 2024