SENDCo

SENDCo

Location: Aurora Brambles, Leyland, Lancashire

Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent

Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week

Salary: Teacher Pay Scale (M1 – UPS)

Closing Date: 23 February 2023

Interview Date: 27 February 2023 

The Aurora Group 

The Aurora Group is an innovative provider of education and care for children, young people and adults with special educational needs and disabilities. 

Aurora Brambles is an independent specialist day school, offering personalised academic and therapeutic support for up to 70 young people aged 10 to 16 who face various challenges associated with social, emotional and mental health needs and have barriers to learning including ASC and SEMH. All our young people have an EHCP. 

At Brambles, we focus on providing a creative and stimulating learning environment while building genuine trust between our students and the adults that work with them.  

We are currently looking for a SENDCo to join us as soon as possible. The successful candidate would be joining a team who share a commitment to continuous improvement and ensuring every young person fulfils their potential.  

It is an exciting time to be part of Aurora, and this is a great opportunity to join a values driven organisation and to be an agent for change in the lives of our young people. 

The main purpose of the role:

Your role will play an integral part in the Senior Leadership Team and develop the schools Special Education Needs (SEN) provision and have responsibility and oversight of the day-to-day operation of that policy with the aim of raising SEN pupil achievement.

Key duties: 

·      Identify and adopt the most effective teaching approaches for all pupils ensuring dissemination throughout all staff

·      Monitor teaching and learning activities to meet the needs of SEN pupils and track AFL data for the purposes of Annual Reviews, PEPs, LAC Reviews, and general School Reporting

·      Liaise with other schools to ensure continuity of support and learning when transferring SEN pupils

·      Promote best practice and contribute to the aims and ethos of the school through Inset and CPD for new teachers

·      Set targets for raising achievement among all pupils

·      Collate and present assessment and performance data and share with staff and other professionals where appropriate

·      Set up systems for identifying, reviewing, and monitoring need. This includes the management (chairing) of Annual Reviews for Statements and EHCPs

·      Update the Head and SLT on the effectiveness of the provision and delivery of SEN provision

·      Keep parents informed about their child's progress through individual meetings and at parents’ evenings

·      Provide training opportunities for learning support assistants and teachers to learn about SEN, including whole school Inset

·      Identify resources needed to meet the needs of SEN pupils and make recommendations to the Head for appropriate spends

Skills and Experience:

• SENDCO qualifications preferred or qualified teacher working in special school and willingness to undertake SENDCO qualification
• GCSE Maths and English Level 2/C or above qualification is essential
• Relevant knowledge and experience of pupils with SEN and SEND Code of Practice
• Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures
• Experience of managing a range of approaches to behaviour, including managing behaviours that challenge
• Experience working with SEN in an employed or voluntary setting 
• Commitment to the role, the desire to put children first and treat them as individuals
• Be positive and creative in meeting pupils’ needs
• Full UK driving licence and access to your own car desirable

What’s on offer?

• Full training and continued support
• Life assurance and pension
• Health cash back plan
• Car lease scheme
• Bike to work scheme 
• Perk box which provides a range of discounts and benefits
• Free parking

Enquiries:

For further information / request a job description or to arrange an informal chat with our Operations Director; please email our Recruitment Partner: karen.barnfield@the-aurora-group.com

Applications to be made via our online application form. 

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children."

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer