Special Educational Needs Teacher

Location

Rawtenstall, Lancashire | United Kingdom

Job description

Job Title: Special Educational Needs (SEN) Teacher

Location: Belmont Secondary School (specialist day school for boys 11 to 18), Rawtenstall

Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum, dependent on experience

Hours: 37.5 hours per week; Monday to Friday,

Contract: Permanent, Term Time only

UK applicants only.

Role:

• Due to growth in service, we are recruiting for an SEN Teacher to join our team at Belmont Secondary School.
• You'll work with pupils and young people who need extra support, or require an advanced programme of learning, in order to reach their full educational potential.
• You may work with pupils who have physical disabilities, sensory impairments (i.e. hearing or visual), speech and language difficulties, learning difficulties such as dyslexia, conditions such as autism, social, emotional and mental health needs, or have a combination of these difficulties.
• You may also work with gifted and talented individuals who need to be challenged further than the standard curriculum allows.
• A key aspect of working in this field is identifying individual needs and adapting to that particular student as well as being responsible for creating a safe, stimulating and supportive learning environment.

Responsibilities:

• Teach either individuals or small groups of pupils within, or outside the class
• Prepare lessons and resources
• Mark and assess work
• Develop and adapt conventional teaching methods to meet the individual needs of pupils
• Use special equipment and facilities, such as audiovisual materials and computers to stimulate interest in learning and aid concentration and understanding
• Use specialist skills, such as teaching Braille to pupils with visual impairments or sign language and lip reading to students who have hearing impairments
• Collaborate with the classroom teacher to define appropriate activities for the pupils in relation to the curriculum

Requirements:

• Degree, Teaching qualification/QTS.

Benefits:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100's of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover

We place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you'll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

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£35k per annum