SEND Teacher (Resource Base)
Start Date January 2025
Contract type Permanent
Hours/working weeks Full-time/52.143
Pay Grade / Salary M3-M6 plus Teacher’s Pension (£35,674 - £43,607)
TLR (if required) SEND Allowance (£2,679)
General Post Description
SEND Teacher (Resource Base) Plan, deliver and evidence high quality learning opportunities in line with the school’s curriculum for pupils with ASC and/or SCLN.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Working in small class sizes with high staff to pupil ratios; plan, deliver and evidence high quality learning opportunities in line with the school’s curriculum. -
- To work with the class team to promote a love of learning for our children and to enable them to make good progress towards their EHCP outcomes and individual Learning Intentions.
- Develop innovative and forward thinking approaches to learning and communication tools to maximize pupil potential and learning opportunities.
- To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team with pupil needs and outcomes at the core.
- To safeguard and promote the welfare of pupils at all times.
- To model best practice approaches and support staff through challenging episodes with children.
- Ensure all aspects of the children’s education day is planned, assessed and reviewed holistically and that individual needs are met.
- Undertake activities as reasonably expected of a teacher and in line with the national teacher standards, which will include: - Face to face delivery of planning to all children in your class whilst constantly evaluating your practice
- Assessing and moderating children’s work in line with the school policies
- Supporting Mainstream Teachers and Teaching Assistants with enabling children to access subject areas away from the resource base when appropriate
- Delivery of therapy led programmes (where trained) to support progress towards EHCP outcomes
- Overseeing the implementation and content of the EHCP for children in your class
- Taking a lead in all meetings related to children in your class and liaising appropriately with internal and external colleagues.
- To manage and support all children with regulating and reducing challenging behaviour, this includes appropriate use of physical intervention (where trained) in line with the school policy and the individual’s Behaviour Support Plan.
- Undertake activities with either individuals or small groups of children in order to facilitate their physical, emotional and educational development which may include swimming, outdoor activities, animal care and community access.
- Promoting and reinforcing children’s self-esteem and encouraging the children to maximise their achievement and development, including promoting children’s independence.
- Appropriately risk assess activities and events for children.
- Working to establish positive relationships with parents/carers of children in order to facilitate effective communication, consistency and partnership between school and home.
- Assist in supervising children during lunch as required.
- Following child protection and safeguarding procedures at all times, reporting concerns immediately and to remain up to date on all relevant and related safeguarding training.
- Building positive relationships with all colleagues and completing regular supervisions with the Teaching Assistant(s) for your class.
- Maintain absolute confidentiality and follow all GDPR related guidance and policy.
- To work within the spirit and intentions of the Equal Opportunities and Equality & Diversity Policy and Procedures at all times.
- To take responsibility for continued personal development through the performance review process and undertake both mandatory and developmental training as appropriate.
Closing Date for Applications Sunday 8th December
Visits welcome please contact office to book
Interview Date TBC
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Safeguarding Statement:
Excalibur Academies Trust is an equal opportunities employer. The Trust is proud to serve a diverse student and parent community. The aims of the Trust’s recruitment policy are to ensure that the best possible staff are recruited on the basis of their merits, abilities and suitability for the position; to ensure that all job applicants are considered equally and consistently; to ensure that no job applicant is treated unfairly on any grounds including race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, disability or age; and to ensure that the School meets its commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people by carrying out all necessary pre-employment checks.