SENCO

JR United Kingdom; Amesbury; On-site; GBP 38,000; Full time

Job description

How would you like to be paid for five days but only work four?

Our colleagues’ wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do at OFG, so we’re always looking for new ways to improve everyone’s work/life balance. We’re taking part in a trial of the 4-Day Working Week, meaning that you could be working one day less a week (or equivalent).

4DWW will be rolled out within our school when we have a full complement of staff, and within the next year – so there’s never been a more exciting time to join us #teamOFG!

Role: SENCO

Location: Robins Way School, Amesbury, SP4 8JT

Salary: £38,000 per annum (not pro rata)

Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Contract: Permanent, Term Time only

UK applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.

We now have a fantastic opportunity for a SENCO to join our new Acorn Education school, Robins Way School located in Amesbury.

About the role

The SENDCO will ensure that Special Education Needs provision is effective and efficiently managed and that all legal and statutory requirements are met for students needing SEN.

The SENDCO will take on the day-to-day responsibility in the Education Team to provide professional guidance of SEN to teaching staff in order to maintain and increase a high-quality standard of teaching, to make good use of resources to improve standards and achieve positive outcomes for the students.

Review, attend and lead EHCP reviews for pupils. Liaise with class teachers in advance of meetings to ensure up-to-date information is collected and collated. Liaise with multi-agency professionals, Assistant SENDCo and Assistant Head of Inclusion to ensure that all outcomes are updated, outcomes are shared with class teams and other key staff as well as external professionals.

Main Responsibilities:

• Ensure that the day-to-day responsibilities of the Education Team are met to a high standard in relation to SEN role.
• Support collaborative working with the residential department ensuring effective communication between teams.
• Use all opportunities to maximise learning for all students.
• Monitor the quality of SEN support by implementing effective systems to measure and identify the needs of the students.
• Regularly evaluate the needs of the students and implement SEN systems to achieve positive outcomes if needed with the support from other professionals.
• To participate in, and complete reports for statutory reviews and meetings concerning the students.
• Implement and maintain the SEN policy in line with current and changing regulations and standards.
• Liaise with Assistant Head of Inclusion over students’ normal ways of working and of special arrangements in preparation for external exams.
• Oversee and monitor the quality of EHCPs/IEPs and other support plans and maintain details for use in meetings.
• Use Provision Mapping as a tool to track and map provisions for each young person.
• To participate in, and complete reports for PEP and LAC reviews.

About the school

Robins Way School is a brand-new SEN school for pupils with complex needs including SEMH; a co-educational provision with entry from 5-11 years old.

Robins Way School is an exciting addition to the Acorn portfolio based in Amesbury, Wiltshire.

We are part of Acorn Education and can promise you plenty of challenges, and a rich variety of opportunities to develop your career. Acorn Education is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education for vulnerable pupils and young people. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running.

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• 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
• Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support.

And that’s not all, 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.

*You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy. 4DWW is subject to successful completion of probation and is not a contractual benefit.