Job Term: Permanent
Appointment Type: Full Time
Days of work: Mon-Fri
Hours per week: 1.0FTE (TTO)
Service Area: Specialist Services
Place of Work: Peripatetic (Children's Specialist Services Hub, Anlaby)
Peripatetic Sensory Support Teacher (Teacher of the Deaf) 1.0 FTE
Salary: MPS / UPS & GBP 4116 / GBP 2016 SEN allowance. The higher SEN allowance will be offered to an appointee with the mandatory Teacher of the Deaf qualification and CACDP / Signature Level 2 BSL.
MPS / UPS & GBP 2058 SEN allowance (pro rata) for candidates without the mandatory Teacher of the Deaf qualification and CACDP / Signature Level 2 BSL.
Required as soon as possible.
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity for career development in a highly supportive and visionary team of professionals?
We are looking for a full-time outstanding, enthusiastic, and self-motivated Teacher of the Deaf who thrives on hard work and challenge to work across the East Riding. The Service supports pupils from birth to 25 years.
We can offer:
The opportunity to take a leading role in raising outcomes to ensure that deaf pupils in the East Riding achieve their potential
A challenging and varied role working with children, parents, schools and other agencies
The opportunity to develop specialist skills
Highly skilled and supportive colleagues within a well-established specialist team
The successful candidate should have:
The mandatory qualification to teach deaf children or be prepared to achieve this within two academic years of appointment.
Excellent teaching skills and be a thoughtful and reflective practitioner
Experience of working with a wide range of deaf children within a mainstream or specialist environment
The ability to manage a busy caseload and prioritise accordingly
Understanding of and commitment to inclusive education
Good communication and a high level of interpersonal skills.
A commitment to providing families with balanced, unbiased advice to enable them to make an informed choice for their deaf child
A willingness to be highly flexible in their thinking and approach to secure the best outcomes for pupils on their caseload
SaPTS is based within the new Children's Specialist Service's Hub in Anlaby. From this innovative base we provide support and advice to families and professionals of deaf children and young people aged 0-25 across the East Riding of Yorkshire. The Service has high expectations and is ambitious to continually improve so the successful applicant should thrive on hard work and change.
Training as a Teacher of the Deaf will be provided for a successful candidate who does not have the mandatory qualification. The Teacher of the Deaf qualification is a Masters level course so the successful applicant would need to be able to study at this level and make a significant personal commitment to this.
Section 77 - 84 of the Immigration Act 2016 requires that the Council ensures that all customer facing staff are able to speak an appropriate standard of English; therefore any applicants for customer facing posts will be assessed on this basis as part of the interview process.
Please contact Sarah Fox, Lead Teacher (01482 394000) in term time or Recruitment for further details.
Closing date: 26th April 2019
Interview date: 21st May 2019
Please find a link below to download the job outline and employee specification:
Job Outline and Employee specification (PDF file, download size 235.31kb)
Information for applicants (PDF file, download size 15kb)
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