SEN Manager
Hamilton School, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 5SGThis job expired on 30 May 2024
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
30 May 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
22 May 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £33,945.00 Annually (FTE) 25 hours per week actual salary £19,814 plus SEN Allowance £1,119 (pro-rated)
SEN Manager job summary
We are looking to recruit a SEN Manager. This role is instrumental in assisting the SENDCO in support in school, liaising with external agencies, supporting annual reviews and in management of the team. If you are an experienced SEN specialist committed to fostering an inclusive environment and making a positive impact on students’ lives, please get in touch.
The main responsibilities of this role are as follows:
- Assist SENDCO in Timetabling and Line Management of Teaching Assistants.
- Work closely with the SENDCO to ensure a coherent and consistent support offer is available and effectively accessed by learners from first point of contact until the student leaves the school.
- Assist SENDCO in liaising with parents of pupils with SEND.
- Assist SENDCO in overseeing the transition process for SEND students from primary school to secondary, including liaison with primary schools, parents, and the local authority to ensure an effective and seamless transition from primary to secondary setting. To also include accompanying parents and students on tours of the school.
- Assist SENDCO in management and implementation of the Annual Review Process for students with an Educational Health and Care Plan
The successful applicant will be passionate about transforming the lives of young people and bring with them an abundance of enthusiasm which can encourage engagement and commitment from our students. You must have a good standard of literacy, be adaptable, resilient and willing to be involved in all aspects of school life, have a calm manner and be able to work as part of a team.
You will enjoy nurturing young people to help them grow in confidence and flourish personally. You will share our inclusive values of “opportunity, diversity and success for all”. In return, you will be joining our team of tenacious, optimistic and talented support staff, who have the support of an experienced leadership team Hamilton School is an SEMH (Social, Emotional, and Mental Health) Special School in Reading educating up to 64 students with Education, Health Care Plans (EHCP). Our mission is to recognise each and every one of our students as individuals, and to nurture their potential, developing the whole child through a therapeutic approach. This means that you would have to be a resilient character who is able to remain positive when dealing with challenging behaviour. The school is proud to have recently opened its doors to a state-of-the-art building with wonderful new facilities for both pupils and staff.
In January 2020 Hamilton School joined the Maiden Erlegh Trust family of schools, whose motto is “Aim High, Be Inclusive, Work Together”. The aim for every school in the Trust, whilst espousing their values and ethos, and having a core of common policies and procedures, will serve its own community’s needs in a bespoke way and also create a feeling of community within its own school. In that way all the potential and talents of every child and every member of staff will be nurtured.
If you would like to have an informal chat with the hiring manager or visit the school, please email our recruitment team on recruitment@maidenerleghtrust.org who can help organise this.
The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint before the closing date.
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.
About Hamilton School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- School size
- 51 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Hamilton School website (opens in new tab)
Hamilton School is special school based in Reading, catering for children in years 7-13 with SEMH.
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