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Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Coordinator (SENDCO)

Employer
Birmingham City Council
Location
HODGE HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL, 76 Twycross Grove, Birmingham, B36 8LD
Salary
MPR-UPR plus TLR 2:2 (£4,683)
Closing date
3 Jun 2019

Job Details

HODGE HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL, 76 Twycross Grove, Birmingham, B36 8LD

Tel No: 0121 464 2189 - Email Address: e.hartland@createpartnershiptrust.org.uk

Job Start Date: 01/01/2020

DO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO LEAD AND SUPPORT STAFF TO DEVELOP CONSISTENTLY

GOOD TEACHING, LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT IN SEND AND INCLUSION SUPPORT FOR VULNERABLE PUPILS?

The Board of Trustees is seeking a talented, qualified SENDCO to join our Hodge Hill Primary Team. This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious and outstanding teacher with a proven track record of impact on pupils’ achievement, to provide essential support for pupils with additional needs. The successful candidate, working alongside another SENDCO, will oversee the day-to-day operation of the school’s provision for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), provide greater clarity regarding SEND

across the school and provide professional guidance in the area of SEND in order to secure high quality teaching and learning across the whole curriculum. The high-level needs of the school require a SENDCO with the ability to provide a strategic overview of the position of

inclusion and SEND in the school to the Leadership Group and thus forming our SEN strategic team. This is a full-time post.

Hodge Hill Primary is four-form entry, serving 800 pupils in Hodge Hill. You will join us at the start of a very exciting journey as we formulate, implement and embed our educational and moral purpose, driving towards academic and personal excellence. This is an opportunity to work alongside an experienced Headteacher and become an integral part of our Leadership Team.

You will have:

• Qualified Teacher status with at least four years’ experience in the primary sector

• Experience of working at a whole-school level

• Gained the National Award for SEN Co-ordination

• An understanding of what makes ‘quality first’ teaching, and of effective intervention strategies

• Sound knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice

• Commitment and confidence in meeting the needs of SEN pupils You will be:

• Skilled in contributing to and implementing strategic direction and operational management

• Able to make consistent judgements based on careful analysis of available evidence

• Committed to inclusion and raising the standards for all

• Self-aware, reflective, adaptable and emotionally intelligent

• Able to build effective working relationships

Create Partnership Trust was formed in September 2016 by Greet Primary School and Conway Primary School. They were joined in January 2017 by Hodge Hill Primary School and November 2018 by Brookfields Primary School. Greet Teaching School is the fifth partner in the MAT. All are supported by CREATE CENTRAL, a growing team of specialists

building the MAT’s infrastructure.

The vision for Create Partnership Trust encompasses the growth of an inspirational family of schools, built on a peer support and challenge model, so that barriers to optimum achievement are removed and where effective practice is systematically shared.

Closing Date: 03/06/2019, 09:00

Interviews: Wednesday 12th June 2019.

Please contact Emily Hartland on 07712 436 732 for further information. Emily will also make arrangements for you to visit the school informally or hold a conversation prior to application with the Headteacher, Clare Lucas. For the job description and person specification please see: www.createpartnershiptrust.org.uk  or

www.hodgehillprimary.bham.sch.uk

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; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.  All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

Applicants please note: This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment. Please use the contact details in the advert for information on actual employment conditions.

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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