Lower School Sendco

**Full Job Description**:
**_At OFG, we work smarter so you can spend more time doing what makes you happy_**

**_ 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)._**

**_ If the trial is a success, we’ll be rolling the 4DWW out across the Group - so there’s never been a more exciting time to join #teamOFG_**

**Location: Bramfield House School, Halesworth, Suffolk**

**Salary: up to £42,500 per annum**

**Hours: 40 hours per week; Monday to Friday**

**Contract: Permanent; Term time**

**Are you a Lower School SENDCO committed to improving the lives of children and young people?**

**Purpose of the Job**

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 all pupils in the lower school. Liaise with class teachers in advance of meetings to ensure up to date information. Liaise with multi-agency professionals, assistant SENDCo and Deputy Head of Inclusion to ensure that all outcomes are updated, outcomes are shared with class teacher and other key staff as well as external professionals.

Main Responsibilities:
As guided by and in conjunction with the Deputy Headteacher to:

- 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 an SEN policy in line with current and changing regulations and standards.
- To take a lead in SEN best practice and if needed to provide training, advice, and support to staff that assists teachers in the classroom.
- Liaise with the Upper School SENDCo over students’ normal ways of working and of special arrangements in preparation for external exams.

**About us**

Bramfield House School is an independent residential special educational needs school for boys aged 7 - 16 years who have social, emotional, mental health, communication difficulties and associated challenging behaviours, located in rural Suffolk. The school has a committed and innovative multidisciplinary team, extensive site and excellent facilities to support both learning and extra-curricular activities; we are in a great position to provide our pupils with the best education and care possible.

This opportunity is in Halesworth which is within commutable distance of Lowestoft, Diss and surrounding areas.

Acorn Education & Care is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education and residential care for vulnerable children 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.

**Why Join Acorn Education and Care?**

**Benefits**

**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

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the children 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.
- **_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.