SENCO Coordinator

SENCO COORDINATOR

Our Client, a SEN specialist school are seeking a SENCO Coordinator to join their amazing team, this full-time, permanent opportunity will be based at their Lewisham and Plumsted School, offering a salary of up to £40,000.

What will you be doing?

The key task of the SENCO is to ensure the Special Educational Needs (SEND) provision is both efficiently and effectively managed. The range of responsibilities delegated to the SENCO with regard to provision and coordination is outlined below. It is expected that all legal and statutory requirements are met for students with SEND via the SENCO.

Under the direction of the CEO/COO, the SENCO takes responsibility for the day-today operation of provision made by the school for pupils with SEND and provides professional guidance in the area of SEND in order to secure high quality teaching and the effective use of resources to bring about improved standards of achievement for all pupils.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure effective systems of communication, including feedback about pupil's learning to inform future planning
• Monitoring the quality of SEND support by establishing effective systems to identify and meet the needs of pupils, whilst ensuring the systems are co-ordinated, evaluated and regularly reviewed
• Ensure the objectives of the SEND policy are reflected in the school improvement plan. Liaise with and co-ordinate the contribution of external agencies
• Up-to-date knowledge of National and local initiatives which may impact upon policy and practice
• Influencing the whole Teaching and Learning Policy to promote aspects of inclusive teaching
• Leading INSET regularly and where appropriate this may include chairing and being part of working parties
• Providing opportunities for observation of colleagues / visits to other school in order to share good practice
• Support developments and initiatives to improve standards in literacy and numeracy as well as access to the wider curriculum
• Overseeing and monitoring the quality of support plans and maintain detailed information for subsequent meetings with parents
• Develop systems for colleagues to record and monitor progress made by pupils with SEND towards the achievement of targets set out in support plans
• Review support plans termly with parents, students and teachers, and agree and communicate new targets
• Supporting the Head of School in meeting statutory responsibilities for SEND EHCP and their Annual Review
• Lead the Annual Review meetings for EHCP students
• Liaise with other schools to ensure continuity of support and learning when transferring pupils with SEND
• Developing, implementing and leading intervention groups to support SEND pupils.
• Organise, monitor and evaluate the range of SEND teaching and intervention strategies employed throughout the school ensuring that resources are targeted correctly towards those pupils requiring additional support in literacy and numeracy
• Coaching and mentoring teachers to improve the quality of teaching for pupils with SEND.
• Develop pro-forms for essential repetitive paperwork in order to create an administrative infrastructure as part of an effective communication system
• Collect and interpret specialist assessment data gathered on pupils and use to inform practice
• Set targets for raising achievement among pupils with SEND
• Collect and interpret specialist assessment data
• Maintain systems for identifying, assessing and reviewing SEND
• Attend consultation evenings and keep parents informed about their child's progress

Essential Requirements:

• Must have prior experience working alongside children and young people with SEND.
• Must have Enhanced DBS Checked
• Knowledge and understanding of SEN policies, requirements etc.
• Relevant Qualifications
• The successful candidate will have to meet the person specification and will be required to apply for a DBS disclosure.

How to Apply?

If this sounds like the perfect next step in you career, please click apply and we can discuss the role further, Thank you.