Cardinal Griffin Catholic College

SENDco (Full or Part time)

The rate of pay will be Grade MPS / UPS + TLR 1.1

Governors are seeking applications for an experienced SENDco to start as soon as possible.  This post can be full or part-time (min 0.5FTE SENDco) with applications welcomed from suitably qualified teachers in any subject discipline.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, well qualified and experienced SENDco to join our supportive Special Needs Department. The successful applicant will be expected to lead SEND support and provision within the school, have QTS and teach at all levels. This is a great opportunity to teach motivated students and be part of an enthusiastic SEND team.

Candidates should be:

• Experience of the SENDCo role and preferably hold Level 7 National Award for SENDCo.

• Have A good understanding of Autism and children with high support needs

• You will be an experienced QTS practitioner with a strong background in working with children with SEN.
• Committed to ensuring SEND students excel both personally and academically.
• Knowledge and experience of managing successful processes, such as EHCP application and Annual Reviews with external agencies and the LA as appropriate
• The ability to deliver positive outcomes for students, solving problems and remaining instinctively optimistic, while working creatively within constraints and limitations

 We offer: 

• Training, development and support appropriate to their career stage in a College committed to the Education Well-being Charter.
• To be part of a College with a strong Catholic ethos with well-behaved pupils.

The College encourages applications from those of the Catholic faith, but it is not a barrier to appointment if candidates do not have that faith background provided they support the ethos of the College. We are extremely proud of our ethos which comes in very large part from our Jesuit Associate School membership and Catholic Diocesan heritage. This teaches us to be grateful for the gift of teaching that we have and to be generous in using it for the good of our pupils.

It is important that the successful candidate is a good fit in our team and what matters to us is their passion for teaching, strength as a classroom practitioner and commitment to improving outcomes for all our pupils.

This post is not suitable for ECT’s.

Closing date for applications is 9am, 6^th June 2022.  The College reserves the right to interview as soon as it has a suitable field of candidates and so encourages early applications.

We do not accept applications via CV’s or from recruitment agencies.

We welcome further discussions about the post and these can be conducted using a variety of online platforms or by telephone. Please contact us to discuss this if it will be helpful to you.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings cautions and convictions in your application form.

Where the role involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children, candidates should note that it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.