Communication and Interaction Key Mentor
Lakelands Academy
Shropshire
- £14,224 - £14,453 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Job type:
- Part Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- 28/04/2025
- Apply by:
- 3 April 2025
Job overview
Salary: Grade 5 Point 6-7 £25,183 - £25,584 per annum, pro rata
Actual Salary: £14,224 - £14,453 per annum
Hours of Work: 25 hours per week, term time only
Contract Term: Maternity Cover from 28/04/25 to 04/01/26
Key roles and responsibilities:
- The post holder will work within the Special Education Needs faculty at Lakelands Academy, supporting students with Communication and Interaction needs (C and I).
- The person appointed will work under the guidance of The SENDCo and teaching staff. They will work within an agreed system of supervision, to implement agreed work, care and support programmes with individuals or groups, in or out of classroom. Assistance will be provided to teachers over the whole planning cycle, and with the management and preparation of equipment and resources. In addition, the professional work of teachers will be complemented by taking responsibility for specific learning activities under an agreed system of supervision.
- The post-holder will liaise closely with a range of outside agencies including Bee U (CAMHS), The Educational Psychologist, Speech and Language Therapist, Spectra and the School counsellor who will advise on strategies to maximise inclusion.
- The SENDCo will endeavour, alongside the post holder, to promote strong links with the identified Communication and Interaction student’s parents / carers and will support the post-holder in this area.
- In-house and external training will be provided in meeting the needs of students with Communication and Interaction needs.
Closing date – Midday, Thursday 3rd April 2025
Interviews to be held – Tuesday 8th April 2025
This position is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
This Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS).
Applicants should be aware that, as part of our safer recruitment due diligence, we might undertake online searches.
To apply for this position or for more information please contact Alison Skone or Hannah Young on 01691 622543. Please send your completed application form to finance@lakelandsacademy.org.uk or via post to the address above by the closing date.
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About Lakelands Academy
Lakelands Academy serves the expanding town of Ellesmere and a rural catchment area surrounded by beautiful Shropshire landscape, often referred to as the ‘Shropshire Lake District’. The town and surrounding villages offer a huge variety of attractions, activities and experiences and benefit from good communication links with the West Midlands, Manchester, Liverpool and Chester all of which are under an hour away by car.
We are a successful, popular and well-respected 11-16 academy with a unique ethos; believing that creating an atmosphere of trust and care is so conducive to effective learning. Visitors often remark on the ‘family feel’ of our academy and how welcoming staff and students are.
At Lakelands Academy, we aim to get the best for and from each student. We intend to enable each student to realise his or her full academic, creative and physical potential and to develop social and moral values. Our aim is to prepare students to be successful learners, confident individuals and responsible citizens.
Our Academy is a community in which students, staff and parents are part of a happy, safe and caring environment. The academy was last inspected by Ofsted in June 2012 and was judged to be a “good school” where “relationships between teachers and students are strong and students are highly motivated to do well”.
We are a supportive learning organisation, not just for our students but also for our staff. We continually reflect on our own practice as teachers/leaders and recognise that we can all develop our professional skills, at any stage of our career. In doing so, we recognise that the most effective professional development occurs when teachers learn from, and with, each other.
Since converting to an academy in December 2012 funding secured from the Education Funding Agency has enabled the Academy realise its vision to embark on a programme of extension and site wide refurbishment to upgrade and extend the school’s facilities and significantly improve the school environment. This funding offers a unique opportunity for the academy to build on its current strengths and further improve the opportunities that are available to raise standards even higher whilst maintaining the same strong commitment to the highest academic standards.
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