SPECIALIST TEACHER - LEAD FOR THE COMPLEX COMMUNICATION NEEDS (CCN)
Gillingham School, Gillingham, Dorset, SP8 4QPThis job expired on 29 November 2024
Start date details
Required for April (if not sooner)
Closing date
29 November 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
6 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Full-time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- M1-UPR3
Additional allowances
TLR 2.2 and SEND Allowance
What skills and experience we're looking for
Required
for April (if not sooner), a committed, adaptable and creative Specialist
Teacher to join our thriving Support for Learning team. The successful
applicant will be experienced in working with children and young people with
complex communication needs. You will be required to support students on both a
1:1 and small group basis to, in our purpose-built Inclusion Base, as well as
offer advice to other colleagues and parents.
Can you:
- build and sustain positive relationships with our children, young people and families,
- support students to succeed through targeted interventions to develop their skills and understanding,
- support students to integrate and thrive in their mainstream lessons,
- communicate clearly with students, parents and other colleagues,
If so, we would like to meet you.
This role will involve:
- Teaching pupils with CCN/ASC individually and in groups within the provision as well as supporting the work students will carry out within mainstream classrooms.
- Carrying out detailed observations alongside, such as those used in the SCERTS approach/AET framework,
- Working alongside other professionals such as occupational therapy (OT) and Speech and Language Therapy (SALT) professionals.
- Working in partnership with other agencies (including OT, SALT, SENSS) to develop learning plans that meet the needs of the individual pupils.
- Working in partnership with class teachers to ensure the pupils are effectively included in mainstream activities as appropriate for each individual.
- Developing and creating resource materials to meet the needs of the pupils and oversee the ordering of resources if required.
- Ensuring that a robust assessment system, for all pupils, leads to personal educational programmes and appropriate improvement targets.
Phone or visit our website for an information pack and application form for either post. Closing date: 29 November 2024
We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and will require the disclosure of any criminal convictions. Gillingham School will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination a person who will not be on the appointment panel will conduct the search and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern. We look forward to receiving an application form from you.
What the school offers its staff
An excellent induction programme exists for all colleagues who join our school and are entitled to rich professional learning and ongoing professional development. High quality research informed professional development is a professional entitlement for all colleagues. Located in an attractive rural setting but with good travel links (e.g. Bath, Exeter, Salisbury), Gillingham is an ambitious, popular school which offers excellent resources, outstanding facilities and a happy working environment.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and will require the disclosure of any criminal convictions.
Gillingham School will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination a person who will not be on the appointment panel will conduct the search and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.
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About Gillingham School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1706 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Gillingham School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- astickland@gillingham-dorset.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01747822222
Welcome to Gillingham School in North Dorset, set in the heart of the beautiful Blackmore Vale.
Founded by benefactors in 1516, Gillingham School is proud and privileged to offer a quality and enjoyable educational experience that is open to all young people from the town of Gillingham, its surrounding villages and indeed, to young people further afield in Dorset, Wiltshire and Somerset.
At Gillingham School, we recognise that children have many abilities, talents and personalities. Knowing that each student is different and that they learn in many ways, we aim to develop their abilities, raise their expectations and to provide the support that is necessary for success. By offering a wide range of experiences to our students both in and out of the classroom, students will receive a broad spectrum of learning.
'Docendo Discimus,' our school motto, means 'through teaching, we learn' and this recognises that learning is a shared, life-long process. The partnerships between students, teachers and parents are vitally important in ensuring that all students aspire to achieve the best possible chances for their future.
Gillingham School, furthermore, is a friendly, welcoming and inspiring school. Characterised by good behaviour, respect towards other and enthusiasm for new experiences, the positive ethos of Gillingham School has been a feature here for years and we remain committed to sustaining this into the future.
It is our privilege as teachers to welcome children into our school and to watch them learn, grow, develop and mature into the young adults who will eventually leave us and become the next generation of our community and our country. It is a delight when we meet former students some years later and hear how they have progressed, how far they have come and how Gillingham School helped them achieve their goals.
I was delighted to have been appointed as Headteacher in September 2017.
The unique and incredibly special ethos immediately resonated with me as I stepped through the doors and I am thrilled to have become a part of the school.
Gillingham School is a very happy school and we want our children to feel safe, secure and content always. Partnerships are very important to us and Gillingham School has a history of working with all members of our local and wider community in order to provide the best possible education for our students. This is something that we pride ourselves on.
Arranging a visit to Gillingham School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email astickland@gillingham-dorset.co.uk.
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