SENCo
- Employer
- Birmingham City Council
- Location
- Cotteridge Primary School Breedon Road Birmingham B30 2HT
- Salary
- MPR/UPR plus TLR 2 (£3,391 FT)
- Closing date
- 2 Dec 2024
- Reference
- JOB002568
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- Sector
- Education
- Job Type
- Schools / Academies - Teaching roles, Primary School, Special Education
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Working Pattern
- See advert details
- Hours
- Full-Time, Part-Time
Job Details
We have a unique opportunity available for the right person. Cotteridge Primary School are recruiting a SENDCo - Required for April 2025 or sooner if possible
Salary Scale: MPS/UPR plus TLR (£3,391 FT)
Full Time Number on roll – 445
Due to the promotion of our existing SENDCo, the Governing Board of Cotteridge Primary School wish to appoint an ambitious, hardworking and passionate SENDCO with an enthusiastic, inclusive approach to learning. We want our SENDCo to work with colleagues to further enhance our provision, support and intervention, leading to effective practice across the whole staff.
This post presents a great opportunity to make a difference and improve the life chances of our children. Cotteridge is a successful, thriving school with happy, motivated and well-behaved children. We have an excellent staff team, and strong links with our parents and the wider community.
The successful candidate will continue to raise standards in SEND provision so that it enriches the lives of our children, makes learning engaging and fun, and ensures every child’s talents are developed to the full. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a school where there is a commitment to continuous professional development.
There are 3 options available for the successful candidate:
- option 1: non-class based for 3 days per week (0.6 position)
- option 2: non-class based for 3 days per week plus 1 day teaching as required (0.8 position)
- option 3: non-class based for 3 days per week plus 2 days teaching as required (F/T position)
If the successful candidate is wishing to undertake 1 or 2 days teaching, they will also get PPA time in addition to their 3 days non-class based time for their SENDCo work.
Visits to the school are strongly encouraged. Please contact the school office to make an appointment.
Closing Date: Monday 2 December 2024, 12:00 midday
How to Apply:
Please download an application form, job description and person specification via the school website www.cotteridgeprimary.co.uk.
Interviews: Thursday 12th December 2024
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check (where applicable) Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. An online search will also be carried out on all shortlisted candidates.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
Company
Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city.
We welcome people from diverse and underrepresented communities and encourage applications from, those with caring responsibilities, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, neurodivergent, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff and removing barriers to improve inclusion. We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.
Information for applicants with a disability
We are a proud Disability Confident Employer. We encourage applicants to disclose disabilities, so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Please contact: 0121 675 7070 option 3 (lines open between 8.45am to 5.15pm Monday to Friday).
If you require an application in an alternative format, such as Braille or you are unable to complete an application form via WMJOBS, please contact bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk. When you have completed your application form this can be returned to bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk or for Braille applications these can be posted to, Recruitment Team, 2nd Floor, 10 Woodcock Street, B7 4BG.
The Council is a fantastic place to work. You will find an organisation that is both challenging and supportive; with a leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence.
There is a clear vision which is ensuring that the Council is working for communities today and building for tomorrow, we focus our resources on five key priorities:
- A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
- An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.
- A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.
- A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.
- A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.
We see the Council’s role as providing strategic leadership – that’s being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making.
We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision. We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.
In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.
Birmingham City Council is a Foundation Living wage employer - known as the Birmingham Living Wage. The Birmingham Living Wage, is determined by the Living Wage Foundation on an annual basis by the Centre of Research in Society Polity at Loughborough University. The current rate can be found at: www.livingwage.org.uk.
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- Website
- http://birmingham.gov.uk/
- Telephone
- 0121 675 7070
- Location
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Birmingham City Council
Birmingham
West Midlands
B2 2XU
United Kingdom
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