Specialist Teacher for Physical Disability (Dartford District)
Valence School
Kent
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS (dependent on qualifications) plus SEN (max)
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 10 July 2018
Job overview
Part Time 0.4 FTE - Permanent
Base school in Dartford
A rare and exciting opportunity within the Kent Specialist Teaching and Learning Service!
We are seeking to appoint a Specialist Teacher for Physical Disability to join an enthusiastic and hardworking county team working to ensure the best outcomes for children and young people with physical disabilities in mainstream schools and pre-school settings through full inclusion and access to learning.
This is a peripatetic post, visiting schools and pre-school settings to advise and support mainstream colleagues (mainly SENCos, Class Teachers and Teaching Assistants) on strategies and interventions which enable full physical and curriculum access and inclusion for physically disabled children and young people. The work also often includes working alongside practitioners from both Health and Social care services, for example in attending Team Around the Child or Team Around the Family meetings.
Successful candidates are required to have:
- Qualified Teacher Status. Recent experience of successful teaching in UK mainstream schools is essential with exemplary classroom practice (subject specialism is unimportant).
- Experience of working with physically disabled children and young people is highly desirable; full support will be given in this respect. You will be expected to be fully conversant with the SEND Code of Practice 2014.
- Excellent interpersonal, self-organisational skills and the ability to work as part of a team and individually.
The base is a special school in Dartford and managed through Valence School. You must be a car driver (mileage expenses are paid from/to the base school) and able to travel across Kent to meet the requirements of the role.
Applicants should describe in their application how they meet the criteria of the person specification.
We offer a supportive, friendly working environment, continuing training and the chance to support a team that make a real and positive impact on the lives of students with SEND.
For more specific information and an informal chat please contact Mark Roberts, Deputy Principal and Head of Teaching & Learning on 01959 562156 or email: vacancies@valence.kent.sch.uk
Valence School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of every student and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. References will be taken up before interview and the successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check.
Interview to be held on Monday 23 July 2018
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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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