Class Teacher – Visually Impaired/SEND
Linden Lodge School
Wandsworth
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- Expired
- Salary:
- Teachers Main/Upper Pay Scale – Inner London (£32,157 - £50,935) + SEN point
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 20 October 2021
Job overview
Grade/Salary: Teachers Main/Upper Pay Scale – Inner London (£32,157 - £50,935) + SEN1 point (An additional SEN point is available to applicants with the Mandatory Qualification in Vision Impairment)
Hours: Full-Time
Required: ASAP
Linden Lodge is a specialist school for students with visual impairment based in Wimbledon.
We are looking to appoint an Outstanding Teacher of the Visually Impaired or SEND Teacher willing to undertake the mandatory qualification to teach a class of pupils with MDVI (vision impairment and additional needs including ASD and significant language delay). Our facilities and resources are exceptional. Family partnership working is key to our philosophy.
What can we offer you as a teacher?
- A school which values you as a professional
- Curriculum pathways designed around the holistic needs of the pupils in each department
- Time with the teaching assistants, therapists for planning, reflection, training, and professional discussions
- Clear system for short and medium term planning
- Clear assessment system which directly links to moderation, annual review, and summative assessment systems
- Excellent opportunities for CPD
- Staff Health and Wellbeing programme
- A warm positive working environment where everyone is valued
- Opportunity to train as a qualified teacher of the visually impaired
Please Note: Teachers at Linden Lodge School are required to undertake the mandatory qualification in the Teaching of Children with Visual Impairment if they do not already possess this qualification.
We can offer you:
• Personalised induction programme
• A positive and supportive team within the school
• A staff wellbeing programme which includes:
• Employee Assistance programme
• Free local gym membership
• End of term staff awards
• Weekly art and Pilates classes
Linden Lodge School is a very special place to work, staff wellbeing and career progression is very important to us. In addition to our Staff wellbeing programme you will be provided with tailored in-house and external training appropriate to your needs and interests.
Please note; we are unable to accept CVs.
Closing Date for all applications: 20th October 2021 at 12 noon
Shortlisting: 20th October 2021
Interview Date: 21st October 2021
Linden Lodge School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment, an enhanced DBS will be required.
We reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy in advance of the closing date if there is a good level of response. We recommend applicants submit applications as early as possible. We also reserve to right to interview shortlisted candidates ahead of the closing date.
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About Linden Lodge School
Linden Lodge School is a day and residential special needs school for pupils with Vision and Multi Sensory Impairment. We are based in Wimbledon, southwest London, and consider prospective pupils from a wide area.
We accept children from nursery to year 14 ( 2 to 19 ) with Vision Impairment, Hearing Impairment and Multi-Sensory Impairment. We also consider applications for pupils who would benefit from our sensory education approaches and facilities.
The education of pupils with Sensory Impairment is highly specialist and therefore we have specialist teachers, a specialist sensory curriculum and extensive specialist resources and facilities on our campus.
These include:
- A large workforce of specialist sensory impairment teachers who in addition to their teaching qualifications hold a Diploma or Masters Degree in teaching the visually impaired, hearing-impaired and multi-sensory impaired
- A large on-site therapy team of Speech and Language therapists, Physiotherapists and Occupational therapists directly employed by the school who work alongside teachers and education teams
- A team of habilitationists for the visually-impaired
- An onsite Learning Resources Centre which enables us to provide a wide range of fully accessible learning resources tailored to meet each pupil’s specific sensory needs
- On-site Vision assessment hub to carry out Functional Vision Assessments
- An NHS standard Audiology testing booth to assess pupils’ hearing and the use of audiological equipment
- A centre for families of children with Sensory Impairment to provide training, parent guidance and social opportunities
- An accessible physical environment including acoustically treated classrooms and clear signage for the visually-impaired
Our expectations for each pupil are high and we understand that each pupil with a Sensory Impairment has a unique diagnosis and learning profile. We have specialist centres for pupils with profound multiple learning needs and also for pupils following the National Curriculum and a range of GCSE, BTEC and externally accredited pathways.
We, therefore, offer a range of Curriculum pathways each tailored to pupils’ needs and abilities delivered through our departmental and specialist centres. A number of our centres are in separate purpose-built accommodation on site.
We want our pupils to reach their potential and achieve as much independence as possible. Every pupil has, in addition to their curriculum targets, personal goals to optimise their use of Vision, Hearing and other Senses.
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