Job Introduction
SEN
Hours : 3 days per week
Salary: Main scale or upper scale plus SEN allowance depending on experience
We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated, skilled and personable individual to join our growing team of dedicated professionals. The school ethos puts the needs of the pupils at the heart of all that we do, including working collaboratively with all staff and families.
Poulner Junior School has been rated as ‘good’ with a report that reads incredibly positively. We are a community school with approximately 275 pupils. The successful candidate would join the school as SEN working alongside an extremely talented team or teachers and TA’s, to support individualised and targeted intervention programmes for our pupils, as well as developing the strategic work to inspire and challenge all pupils as well as developing the strategic work to inspire and challenge all pupils whilst ensuring an inclusive educational experience is available at all times.
The successful candidate will:
- Hold of be willing to study to gain the SENCO accreditation
- Be committed to the learning and development of our pupils
- Have recent classroom experience and be an excellent practitioner
- Support the strategic overview of the academic outcomes of learners with SEND
- Supporting the leadership and pastoral team to ensure a holistic approach
- Be responsible for ensuring that children with SEND have access to a rich, broad and balanced curriculum which is inclusive of their needs
- Oversea the organisation of the teaching assistants, including effective implementation of appropriate support interventions for pupils
- Support the training of all teaching and support staff to ensure appropriate provision is in place for learners with SEND in both interventions and in the classroom
- Have experience of working with children in an educational setting, developing and meeting SEND needs
- Be committed to providing the highest standards of provision for pupils with SEND
- Have a commitment to own professional development
- Be and aspirational practitioner with high expectations and commitment to raising standards
- Be able to demonstrate effective communication skills with all stakeholders
- Be highly organised, patient and resilient
- Experience of using data and data analysis to drive up standards
- Clear knowledge and experience in all issues arising in relation to the safeguarding of children
- Be flexible, positive and proactive
Why apply to work at Poulner Junior School
- Access to a supportive line manager in school to support development and professional working
- Access to a strategic working ‘space’ within school to ensure full integration and impact
- Inclusion in a comprehensive induction programme
- Exceptional support from colleagues and the senior leadership team
- Benefit from the local authority and pyramid of schools
- Opportunities to contribute towards the planning of the school improvement plan
- Work within an established team who are highly resourced and have a strong sense of collaboration and support for each other as a team
- Opportunities to contribute to an extensive extra-curricular programme for pupils
- Benefit from a school focused on staff well-being
The main aspect of this role will be to lead the professional work as SENCo and SEN support staff, namely through specialist intervention, developing student learning journeys, analysing and monitoring the progress of students and working strategically with the leadership team, support and lead colleagues.
We are a ‘can do’ school. Knowledge of adaptive teaching and executive functioning approaches would be useful
For full details and an application form, please visit our school website or email Jayne Evry at j.evry@poulner-jun.hants.sch.uk
Safer Recruitment
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
