ASD Provision Lead
The Bishop of Winchester Academy, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 9PW11 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
8 October 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
24 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £23,314.00 - £25,337.00 Annually (Actual) 37 hours per week, 39 weeks (term time only). FTE £27,855 to £30,273
ASD Provision Lead job summary
We are seeking a specialist autism practitioner to play a key role in leading and developing this dedicated provision as a Centre of Excellence. We offer a range of provision for our students with language and communication difficulties who may also have autism spectrum disorder and we have a well-established and inclusive specialist provision which supports secondary age ASD students within the mainstream secondary setting.
You will work with a highly professional team who believe in the inclusion and success of all our students and giving them the best possible prospects for their future lives. We are ambitious in striving to meet individual needs and improving their learning opportunities.
You must have experience in supporting the needs of students with ASD and be qualified in SEN / Child Development / Psychology. Committed to the inclusion of all our students, you will of course have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to make a positive contribution to our community.
Our Director of Inclusion would be delighted to welcome you to the Emmaus Centre to meet the team and answer any questions that you may have, prior to applying.
As ASD Provision Lead you will:
- Have responsibility for the day-to-day operation of the provision
- Lead and develop this provision to greater successes
- Coordinate the daily curriculum for students with ASD
- Provide targets for students based on their Education Health and Care Plan
- Teach social language and communication groups
- Support language and communication needs across the wider academy
- Support and liaise with families of students accessing the specialist provision
Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details.
The Bishop of Winchester Academy is a thriving Church of England school, recently recognised by Ofsted as prioritising ‘wider opportunities alongside achievement so that pupils “live life to the full.”’ (Ofsted 2023). Operating from recently refurbished facilities, our shared mission to improve the life chances of all of our students is at the very centre of our work.
We put the welfare of our staff at the heart of everything we do and can offer you:
- Generous employer pension contribution at 23% of basic salary
- Career development with a bespoke CPD programme
- Excellent newly refurbished teaching facilities with free onsite parking and good local public transport links
- Employee Assistance Programme and Cycle to Work scheme
- Close proximity to beaches and the Jurassic Coast to assist your work life balance
The Bishop of Winchester Academy is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.
Please be aware that due to the ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ legislation we do not accept CV’s. We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date if we have received applications that meet the criteria
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About The Bishop of Winchester Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1148 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
The Bishop of Winchester Academy is a thriving Church of England school, commended by Ofsted for its ‘inclusive approach, which seeks to support all pupils’. Led by a dedicated team with ‘strong moral and ethical foundation[s]’, our shared mission for ‘improving the life chances of all [our] pupils is at the very centre of [our] work’ (Ofsted, 2017).
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