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Job Title: Assistant SENDCo (Maternity cover)
Location: Acorn Park School, Norwich
Salary: £30,000 - £43,000 per annum dependent on experience
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm
Contract: Fixed Term, Term Time Only (at least 6 months, potentially longer)
UK Applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.
As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for a Assistant SENDCo (Maternity cover) to join our close-knit team at Acorn Park School located in Norwich.
About the role
This role works closely with and supports the work of the SENDCo to help raise standards of achievement across all curriculum areas. The Assistant SENDCo will lead Nurture Provision in the Education team. They will be the Provision Lead for the school.
As Assistant SENDCo and Provision Lead you will support inclusion work within the school by working closely with the SENDCo, Therapy Lead, teaching, and senior staff to provide specialist support/advice to ensure that students needs are met and barriers to learning are overcome. In addition, the post holder will also be expected to work with and provide specialist support to individual students and groups of students.
This is a great opportunity for a SEN Teacher who wants to improve outcomes for pupils with varied and complex needs. Your work will be challenging and rewarding in equal measure, and you will be working in a school where we maintain a strong safeguarding culture, where pupils are listened to, respected and involved in as many decisions as possible.
When it comes to looking after our pupils, we never settle for second best. We are looking for an Assistant SENDCo & Provision Lead, who shares our vision to build incredible futures by empowering vulnerable young people in the UK, to be happy and to make their way in the world.
Whilst previous experience of working in an SEN environment would be desirable, excellent teaching skills and the right motivation, personal qualities and levels of resilience are just as important.
Educated to Qualified Teacher Status you will be calm, engaging, resilient, and have good interpersonal skills and be motivated by helping every pupil to reach their potential.
Qualifications Required
- QTS or equivalent
About us
Acorn Park is a school for 98 pupils, who all have a primary diagnosis of Autism. We run two curriculum pathways – Formal and Semi-formal. Our Complex needs pupils are on the Semi-Formal Pathway which is highly personalised from their EHCP. We have a mixture of Day and Residential pupils as we have 8 co-located pupil's homes on our 30 Acre site in rural Norfolk. On site, we also have a large Forest School and Animal Care Farm along with play facilities, a sports hall and sensory rooms.
Teachers can expect to be given a Laptop, have lunch provided daily with the pupils and have a range of benefits from Teachers Pension to Bupa Medical care and a number of salary sacrifice schemes too.
For over 16 years Options Autism have provided care and education to pupils, young people and adults with autism, complex needs and learning difficulties. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.
We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work' for the fifth year running.
Why join Options Autism?
Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you'll get an exceptional reward package including:
- 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 our 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
And that's not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you'll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.
We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.
*You'll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy.
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