County Coordinator for Visual Impairment and Multisensory Impairment
Valence School
A Kent Special School (to be mutually agreed)
- Expired
- Salary:
- UPS + SEN max + TLR 2c (£6,450)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2018
- Apply by:
- 30 September 2017
Job overview
Are you a Qualified Teacher for Visual Impairment or Multisensory Impairment?
Do you have a passion to improve outcomes for work with children and young people with sensory impairment?
Do you want to be of the leadership team for a successful countywide service for sensory impairment?
Kent’s Sensory Service requires a County Coordinator for Visual Impairment and Multisensory Impairment/ Deafblindness to provide specialist expertise and professional leadership for a team of Specialist Teachers for VI and MSI.
This is an exciting opportunity to work with specialist staff within special schools and mainstream schools to build capacity to achieve the best outcomes for children and young people with visual impairment or deafblindness.
The postholder will work across the county to promote excellence in inclusive practice and provide specific professional expertise. The post will include undertaking complex casework and will have responsibility for the allocation and coordination of the work of peripatetic Specialist Teachers for VI and MSI. The post holder will also provide leadership to Early Years VI Play Specialists and MSI Intervenors.
Qualified Teacher Status and a Mandatory Qualification in Visual Impairment or Multisensory Impairment are the required minimum qualifications.
The STLS Sensory Service is part of the Specialist Teaching and Learning Services employed by Valence School. The team delivers sensory support across the county and operates from 14 different bases.
For more information, please contact:
Suzanne Wilkins on 07825 013362 or email suzanne.wilkins@valence.kent.sch.uk
Interview date: In the week beginning 16th October 2017 at Valence School
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About Valence School
We are proud to share with you the excellent work we do with children and young people who have physical disabilities and complex medical needs. Our school is unique within the maintained sector in the whole of southern England. We cater for students aged 4 to 19 and have both day and boarding places. We have a large site with high quality teaching, social care and health care facilities. A staff team of over 200 people provides specialist teaching, social care, therapies and nursing care to an exceptionally high standard.
Our overall aim is to enable every child and young person to achieve meaningful independence. Students flourish in a supportive but challenging environment, making good educational progress and achieving a range of accreditation as they get older. There is excellent support to enable students to achieve functional communication, mobility and skills for daily living.
We are a Foundation Special School and are part of the Kent SEN Trust, a cooperative trust of ten schools working together to improve outcomes for all the children and young people attending the schools. In 2008 Valence became a specialist Sports College and this status plays a significant role in raising students’ achievements and their participation in high quality physical education and sport.
The School works proactively with parents and external professionals to provide holistic support for every child and young person. It is also developing high quality outreach support services to local schools and more widely for children and young people in Kent who have physical disabilities who are attending mainstream schools.
The School always places children and young people at the centre of all decisions it takes and it has a relentless focus on achieving the best possible outcomes for every student
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