SEN Teacher
Southfield School, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 8NN28 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2025
Closing date
8 November 2024 at 3pm
Date listed
7 October 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS – UPS
Additional allowances
SEN point £2,539
What skills and experience we're looking for
Experience:
ESSENTIAL:
- Minimum of 2 consecutive years in one Special School
- Knowledge of commonly used resources to support pupils with a range of special educational needs
- Able to use a range of augmented communication e.g., signing, intensive interaction, communication aids, objects of reference
- Experience working with a multi professional team including speech and language therapists and physiotherapists.
- Experience in EHCP annual review process.
Experience of writing Individual targets
DESIRABLE:
- Taught SEN in both mainstream and Special schools
- Taught across Stages Reception/Nursery, KS1 & 2
- Experience of using a range of interventions
- Experience in the use of sensory diets/circuits
Experience of safeguarding / supporting as member of safeguarding team
What the school offers its staff
Employee Benefits
Working at Southfield School is more than just a job – it’s a career with meaning, and whether you are working directly with our young people or in a supporting role, the work you do ultimately helps to change lives.
We recognise that our employees are the key to helping us achieve our ambitions and deserve to be valued and supported.
Our rewards and benefits include:
- 24-hour employee assistance programme for advice, information and support
- Access to the Local Authority Employee Benefits and Discount Platform
- Local Authority Cycle to Work Scheme
- Long Service Awards
- High quality training offered through face to face, virtual and through various providers free of charge
- Free care parking on site
- Contribution towards staff uniform
- Free refreshments and staffroom area
- Tax relief may be available on staff uniform
- Staff recognition scheme
- Termly staff raffles
- Highly supportive team environment
- Support with career progression
- Pension Scheme – Please follow the link for further information regarding Teacher Pensions and rates of contributions. http://www.teacherspension.co.uk/
Flexible working opportunities
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
Please complete the online application.
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Southfield School
- School type
- Special school, ages 4 to 11
- School size
- 88 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Southfield School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- admin@southfield.herts.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01707276504
Dear Applicant,
Looking for a challenge? Have a desire to work in an environment where you can make a ‘real’ difference to the lives of young
people? If so, Southfield School could be the place for you.
We are a family where no two pupils are alike, and no two members of staff are alike. Our pupils all have challenging
communication difficulties/ASD and associated conditions.
Our school vision is to support all children, so they thrive during their time at Southfield School and are prepared socially,
emotionally, and academically for their next steps in education. Collaboration with parents and carers and the entire multidisciplinary
team who support our pupils is vital and key to our success.
Everyone plays a part in the future of our pupils with staff skills being utilised in order that we have a huge range of expertise, to
support our pupils and families.
We are looking for like-minded, resilient staff who are passionate and who can work in a team. See more about Southfield in
our School Video here: https://southfield-school.secure-primarysite.net/our-school/
Come and join us and make a difference to the lives of children every day.
Arranging a visit to Southfield School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin@southfield.herts.sch.uk.
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