The role
We are looking for an experienced Education professional who has a passion to promote the educational attainment of children with special education needs (SEN). You will have a key SEN role across the key stages under the leadership of the Virtual School Headteacher, ensuring that the council fulfils its responsibilities.
In this role, you will lead on the Virtual School responsibilities towards Children with SEN to improve the education of this vulnerable group and have additional duties for previously looked after children.
Being part of Southwark’s Virtual School means joining a dynamic, creative and supportive network of professionals and skilled colleagues, who are committed to improving the education attainment of children in Care. You will work in partnership with multi-agency partners, including schools, SEN teams and Social Workers, to ensure that Children with SEN reach their full potential in education.
We are a cohesive workforce with senior level visibility and close support networks dedicated to your personal development. We offer a comprehensive professional development programme that can be tailored to your individual learning needs. We will also support you by offering reflective supervision, mentorship and ongoing support.
About you:
To thrive in this post, you will have extensive experience of working with Children in a SEN setting and have an understanding of Children in Care and Local Authority practice and be able to develop positive and productive relationships with partners in order to influence practice and improve outcomes
You will have a wide range of communication skills to liaise with a range of internal and external stakeholders in the education sector. You will have appropriate qualification and/or knowledge of electronic, administrative and monitoring systems and advance use of IT software packages such as Microsoft office.
About Southwark:
We are the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark’s residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues and social enterprises and we have a young, diverse and growing population.
At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities. Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.
Additional details
We will only consider applications from internal candidates that are current employees or agency workers on an active assignment.
Please note a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is required at enhanced level.
Benefits and more information:
To support you in your role, we offer:
• Regular supervision with your line manager, providing opportunities for reflection and learning
• Access to in-house and bespoke training opportunities
• Regular service development days
In return for all your hard work, skills and experience, you will receive:
• A competitive base salary (pro rata for part time staff)
• Strong supportive senior management team
• Regular one to one supervision
• Professional development & training opportunities
• Clear career development pathways
• Agile and flexible working arrangements
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Season ticket and cycle loans
• Annual Leave starting at 29 days per year, increasing to 37 (with length of service) (pro rata for part time staff)
• Wellbeing programme
• HSF Health plan and eye care scheme
• EAP employee assistance programme, confidential counselling and support
• Social clubs and staff groups
Guaranteed Interview Scheme:
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
Recruitment timetable
Closing date: 17 July 2024 at 23:59
Interview date: 24 July 2024
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together programme. We particularly welcome applications from members of the Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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