Senco and Transitions Lead

Job Tilte: SENCO and Transitions Lead

Location: Caterham, Surrey

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Monday to Friday - term time only

**Salary**: £31,350 - £46,179 per year (M1 - UPS2 Fringe)

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a **SENCO** **and Transitions Lead **to join a specialist SEN provision based in Caterham, Surrey.

The school is an innovative new provider for pupils with Special Educational Needs and have taken a mixed academic approach to create an environment where young people can achieve their own goals and thrive.

You will be working with the Head of School in all aspects of leadership and management and to take responsibility for managing and developing learning and teaching, curriculum, careers & work experience, assessment and enrichment throughout the designated phases of the school.

**Key Duties and Responsibilties**:

- To work with the Head of School to ensure that the school offers a high quality, exciting, engaging, well resourced, differentiated and well matched curriculum for all children.
- To lead the successful identification of meaningful post16 destinations
- To implement successful transition plans to secure Post16 destinations, liaising with destination colleges around school link courses, visits and specific pupil needs.
- Lead Y9 transition reviews, ensuring student voice is captured and that outcomes align with Pathways for Adulthood.
- To identify and enable access arrangements for exams and other accreditation.
- To oversee high quality Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance and work with the wider school team to deliver a Careers Framework that supports KS3-4 pupils on their pathway to adulthood.
- To lead by example of his/her practice, and by positively encouraging, coaching and mentoring support the training and development for all members of the team.
- Ensure that the school carries out its statutory responsibilities in accordance with each pupil EHCP and their defined SEND assessment.
- Oversee the day-to day operation of a school’s special education policy.
- In relation to each pupil’s EHCP and defined SEND assessment, coordinate and deploy the school’s provision with regard to its policies, staffing and resources.
- Communicate with parents/carers, school employees, other agencies, and local authorities on the progress of pupils and the effectiveness of intervention and support strategies.
- Ensure that there is an integrated approach to schools SEN provision generally and for specific pupils, incorporating the deployment of staff, including therapist, resources, strategies and the types of support and intervention.
- Exercise a key role in advising and assisting the Head of School with the strategic development of SEN policy and provision, including reviewing, and formulating policies.
- Carry out safeguarding duties as required.
- Lead and manage the school’s therapy offer.
- Prepare information and carry out annual statutory reviews or specific case conferences.
- To keep abreast of developments in SEN (e.g., research, changes to the law) and inform SLT and Head where appropriate.
- To be open to lead in a curriculum area across all Surrey Schools

**Qualifications**:

- QTS or QTLS is essential.
- Accredited training in specific areas of special education, e.g. Autism, Dyslexia etc. desirable.
- Management/leadership qualification desirable.
- NPQSL/H/SENDCo or willingness to achieve within 2 years desirable.

**Knowledge and Experience**:

- Relevant knowledge and experience of pupils with SEN and SEND Code of Practice
- Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures
- Experience of managing a range of approaches to behaviour, including managing behaviours that challenge
- Experience working with SEN in an employed or voluntary setting

**Skills**:
**Essential Experience**
- Proven track record of excellent creative and structured teaching within relevant key stages and/or special needs environment.

**Desirable Experience**
- Experience of teaching children with autism.
- Evidence of developing and delivering effective and inspirational professional development for staff including mentoring and coaching as appropriate.
- Evidence of contributing effectively to the work of the senior leadership team.
- Experience of implementing a careers framework in line with the Gatsby Benchmark.
- Experience of holding responsibility for and turning policy into effective and successful practice.
- Leadership of a significant area or phase or inclusion, including responsibility for raising standards across the whole school.
- Effective team management and working collaboratively and effectively with others.
- Communicating effectively to a wide range of different audiences though a range of different mediums.
- Successful management of complex scenarios and conflict resolution
- Effective relationships working successfully with a range of external agencies.

**Benefits**:

- Ongoing training and development