Specialist SEN Teacher (ASC)

Specialist SEN Teacher (ASC)

Location: Lostock College, Manchester 

Salary: MPS plus SN2 £3000 

Working Pattern: Full Time 

Contract Type: Permanent (pending successful completion of probationary year) 

Closing Date: Monday 16th April 2018  12.00pm

Interview Date: Week commencing Monday 23rd April 2018 

Job Start: September 2018 

The ASSC (Autism Spectrum Specialist Centre)  is an inclusion centre within Lostock College that provides specialist resourced provision for students with a diagnosis of high-functioning autism, including Asperger’s syndrome. The centre provides support from specialist staff, including teachers and trained teaching assistants.   

Responsibilities  

• To design an engaging and challenging curriculum (based on a mainstream inclusion model) for each student who joins the centre, personalised to their needs and enabling them to achieve at the highest level 
• To have responsibility for tracking and monitoring the progress and attainment of students 
• To grow the department year on year, developing your team to ensure consistently high standards of support for students within the centre 
• To ensure students in the ASSC and in the classes you teach receive marking and feedback of the highest quality that allows them to understand exactly what they need to do to improve 
• To model for all school staff exemplary practice in terms of understanding the behaviours that students with autism will exhibit, understanding how those behaviours must be responded to differently from similar behaviours in neurotypical students, and establishing a culture of high expectations whilst still being sensitive to the individual needs of each child 
• To deliver high-quality training on autism teaching to all school staff and develop the systems and policies that underpin the growth of the ASSC, ensuring it is perceived by all school staff as central to our school community and ethos 
• Manage the ASSC resources effectively and efficiently  
• To build effective relationships with external agencies including Local Authorities and therapeutic professionals 
• Manage the admissions and onward pathways for students with Autism to ensure that their individual needs are met and that they achieve the best possible outcomes 
• To coordinate and deliver effective maintenance of EHCPs in line with statutory requirements.

Applications are welcome from teachers at any stage in their career and would be desirable from teachers holding or working towards the National Award for SENCOs, though this is not a pre-requisite for the positon.   

There has never been a better time to join Lostock College. Our school is expanding and we are becoming a first-choice education provider for families across Trafford and beyond.  You will join a dynamic team with a singular vision: to improve access to education for all. We pride ourselves on engaging pupils, making learning exciting and rewarding, and on our tenacity. You will help to lead a strong team of individuals who are committed to improving life chances for young people, and who believe in preparing pupils not just for exams, but for life.  

Lostock College is gaining a reputation for excellence in education. Our Care, Guidance and Support was rated as Outstanding at our last Ofsted and the school is held in very high regard by the local authority. We want all of our students to achieve their potential and we make sure that there are no limitations or barriers to reaching the highest possible standards of academic, social and personal development. Lostock College is the only Church of England Affiliated School in Trafford and is a key partner in the Alliance for Learning Teaching School (lead by Altrincham Grammar School for Girls).   

We truly live by our motto of Inspire, Transform, Succeed.  We are totally dedicated to providing the very best opportunities for our students to ensure that we inspire confidence, transform learning and succeed to compete with the best.