Assistant SENCO

• The opportunity to join our school of 1500 students aged 11-18, supported by a hugely talented and hard-working staff team;
  
• Keen, committed students who are positive and active;
  
• A very successful and over-subscribed school;
  
• Excellent professional development and guidance – we welcome applications from ECTs;
  
• Opportunities to work closely with the senior leadership team on strategic whole school developments, including teaching and learning and pupil premium initiatives;
  
• Excellent facilities in new and refurbished buildings, supported by the latest resources to support learning
  
• Staff Wellbeing Fund for initiatives, activities and social events that support staff mental and physical health;
  
• Free parking and use of the school Fitness Suite;
  
• We are a socially inclusive and equal opportunities school and committed to and actively promote equal opportunities for all our students and staff.

We are looking for someone with:

• Experience and an understanding of safeguarding and child protection issues, or be willing to undertake training in these areas; 
• Numeracy and literacy skills at least equivalent to RQF Level 2; good ICT skills are also desirable; 
• Experience of working in an educational setting with effective behaviour management skills - experience of working with students with ASD would be especially welcome;
• A basic understanding of child development and learning with an ability to relate well to children and adults; 
• Experience of undertaking a wide variety of duties and an ability to deal skilfully with unanticipated situations; 
• Good communication skills with the ability to work well within a team, yet able to demonstrate an ability to work unsupervised utilising their own initiative; 
• Well organised with an adaptable and positive approach to all aspects of the workload.
• Supportive of the school's excellent staff attendance and punctuality record.
• The ability to be flexible, be professional and innovative