Lead SEN English Teacher

Lead Teacher - English, Literacy, Phonics & Careers Education Information, Advice & Guidance (CEIAG)

Key duties in addition to standard SEN Teaching role:

• Lead, organise, and coordinate English within the whole school.


• Manage and lead relevant approaches and subject information including assessment of progress in English, literacy, phonics


• Ensure literacy and phonics interventions are co-ordinated, delivered and tracked


• Develop English as a specialist and successful dimension of the academic curriculum offer; reflected by improved progress and outcomes for all pupils.


• Provide training to staff as and when required


• Provide relevant progress and teaching/learning quality information to SLT as required


• Act as Careers Officer ensuring compliance with the Gatsby Benchmarks
  
  PGCE, QTS, Cert Ed or equivalent teaching qualification and evidence of in-service training.


• Relevant knowledge and experience of pupils with SEN, SLD/PMLD and ASD


• Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures


• Experience of managing a range of approaches to behaviour, including managing behaviours that challenge


• Successful candidates are likely to demonstrate


• Experience of successfully delivering a differentiated curriculum to students with a wide range of needs.


• Experience of working in a therapeutic environment
  
  The Aurora Group is an innovative provider of education and care for children, young people and adults with special educational needs and disabilities. Aurora Brooklands School is an independent day school in Lancashire providing specialist education for young people with Social, Emotional and Mental Health difficulties (SEMH)., Please complete an online application form in full, remembering to include all employment and education details.


Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.


• Training and Development


Within Aurora, we strongly believe that learning and development should not be limited to just the children and young people we support. We offer wide range of programmes and opportunities to all our employees to improve your skills and further your career.

• Save money on your bills!!


With the cost of living rising we have a fantastic benefit through Perkbox to help with cutting costs and help make your money go further. Perkbox is a free app for you to use on the go wherever you are. You can get deals and discounts to save money on things like your weekly food bill, phone plans, internet, eating out, gym memberships, insurance and more. You can also use Perkbox for our cycle to work scheme and car scheme.

• Competitive Pay and Reward


Every year we compare the market rates of pay and rewards to insure they are comparable or better to other similar organisations. We also offer Enhanced Annual Leave, Company Sick Pay, Pension and Life Assurance.

• UK Health Cash Plan


This plan can help cover your day to day healthcare expenditure such as optician and dental bills. You and your children are covered on this plan and you can also choose to upgrade and add a partner to enjoy the benefits with you.

• Employee Assistance Programme