SEN Teacher

Are you a specialist SEN/LD Teacher committed to improving the lives of children and young people? Tes is supporting the appointment of a dedicated SEN Teacher to join a thriving education service, based in Ludlow, Shropshire. 

As a qualified Teacher, you will work with a class size of up to 5 students, teaching subjects to children with ASC and complex needs in a specialist SEN environment. Teaching across a range of core subjects, this role would suit a compassionate and creative Teacher with the personality to build relationships in order to achieve long term results. Preferably the candidate will have experience of teaching across the curriculum with a more specialised area in Maths or Science up to GCSE/BTEC level.

This role is offered on a full time basis working 5 days per week, Monday to Friday, term time only plus 5 inset days.

Following a thorough induction and training programme, your duties would include:

• Planning, delivering and teaching individual students or small groups across a range of subjects
• Devising, implementing and reviewing individual education and behaviour plans alongside other staff, communicating regularly with parents, carers, teaching and clinical staff to ensure consistency
• Positively contributing to the overall programme of learning for each student to ensure their progression
• Organising your classroom, resources and displays to provide a stimulating learning environment for students
• Safeguarding all students and ensuring their safety and wellbeing at all times.
• Managing and supervising teaching assistants within your class, to support and enhance the learning opportunities of your students, and the wider school

Key Skills Required

• Hold a nationally recognised degree and relevant qualified teaching status (QTS)
• Have proven experience of teaching children with SEN in either a primary or secondary setting including ASC, SLD, MLD
• Have a good working knowledge and understanding of the national curriculum and its assessment procedures
• Confident and enthusiastic with the ability to create lesson plans to suit student needs

About the school

The school provides specialist education for up to 30 students, aged 11 – 19 having a range of complex needs including ASC, SLD, MLD in addition to impaired social or cognitive functioning due to early life trauma and attachment difficulties.

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to the school, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Holidays are equivalent to 5.6 weeks per annum
• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks
• And a market-leading benefit offering through a Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:
• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover

The school place the outcomes of the children and vulnerable young adults in their services at the heart of everything they do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

All applicants need to have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for the role.

By applying to this job advertisement you are providing consent for the Tes Recruitment team to propose and discuss your application with the employer.

Tes Recruitment Services (UK) represent Schools and Academies across the globe, supporting them to secure a great teacher/leader for every role. 

To learn more about this role please email managedrecruit@tes.com for an information pack that includes school name, role specifics and context. 

Please include REF: LC1703219 in the email subject line.