SENCo
Posted a week ago by Create Education
SENCo – Barking
Are you an experienced SENCo looking for a fresh start in the upcoming academic year?
Do you have a passion for making a difference to the lives of children who struggle with mainstream or classroom-based learning?
SENCo – Barking
Create education are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate individual to join a team in east London that work with neurodiverse young people ages 11 – 19 with complex profiles. The aim is to provide therapeutic community-based education for children with a range of needs including SEMH, ASD, mental health and anxiety. The pupils are unable to attend the traditional school setting due to challenging behaviour or mental health needs the successful individual will work with the staff to ensure pupils individual needs and behaviour plans are understood whilst developing appropriate and necessary interventions that support learning
The SENCo will work collaboratively with the clinical and inclusion team to develop strategies for pupils as a whole and on an individual basis. The SEN provision is community based with the aim to support pupils to reach their full potential. The successful candidate will monitor teaching quality and pupil achievement, ensure students on each pathway receive the appropriate intervention and oversee the assessment of learning needs.
Job details - SENCo – Barking
- Overseeing the assessment of learning needs, production of baseline assessments and individual target setting.
- Collecting and interpreting specialist assessment data to inform practice.
- Keeping an up-to-date provision map, reviewed regularly, that ensures that all groups of learners are receiving appropriate interventions to support them in reaching their full potential.
- Monitor teaching quality and pupil achievement.
- Keeping accurate and up to date records.
- To assist with case management of a selection of pupils.
- Teach online lessons to an agreed timetable, collaborating with middle and senior leaders to cover lessons as required.
- Act as the Designated Teacher for Looked After Children.
- Provide support and advice on Post 16 placements for all pupils from year 9 upwards in order to create clear pathways.
Person specification - SENCo – Barking
- Experience of liaising with SEN Teams in Local Authorities.
- Experience of coordinating pupil centred annual reviews and providing timely reports.
- Experience of supporting neurodiverse children or with ASC and/or SEMH and an understanding of potential implications for communication, learning and behaviour patterns.
- Be able to offer a calm response to children with ASC and SEMH and always promote de-escalation and emotional regulation.
- Prioritise workload effectively; organised with attention to detail.
- Collaborate and work creatively, interpreting the SEN Code of Practice to support pupils.
- Excellent verbal and written communication with experience of writing and keeping effective records and reports for a range of audiences, using proficient IT skills.
If this role sounds like it could be a perfect fit for you then please send over your CV to Caitlin at create education.
We are committed to safeguarding children. Each applicant will be expected to undertake compliance checks including Prohibited list, Barred list, DBS and Qualifications.
- Type:
- Permanent
- Start Date:
- 07/07/2024
- Contract Length:
- N/A
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- Job Reference:
- CS-4
- Job ID:
- 221962799
- Applications:
- Less than 10
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