• Suffolk County Council, Countywide across Suffolk
• MPR - UPR plus SEN allowance per annum (pro rata)
• 0.8 FTE (26 hours per week)
• Permanent

We are committed to flexible working, so please read the Job and Person Profile (docx) to find out about the types of flexible working available for this role.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Suffolk County Council (SCC) Specialist Education Services (SES) in the Cognition and Learning Service (C and L) as a Specialist Teacher for Cognition and Learning.

The role is countywide and as such travel across the county will be necessary. However, the work is largely expected to be in the West area.

• Do you have recent experience working with learners with Cognition and Learning difficulties?
• Are you passionate about promoting inclusive environments in schools across Suffolk?
• Are you committed to making a positive difference in the lives of children and young people in Suffolk?

Your role and responsibilities

As part of the Specialist Education Services (SES), you will be responsible for managing a caseload, writing action plans, visit notes and reviewing reports. As well as working with professionals in schools to promote good practice, you will liaise with other teams within the Inclusion Service, as relevant, to raise awareness of inclusion for children and young people on caseload. You will update your own knowledge and qualifications through continued professional development. You will be responsible for delivering training to schools at individual and cluster levels and contribute to training at county level.

You will:

• support schools and settings to meet the needs of children and young people across the key stages
• ensure a focus on enabling and empowering school and setting-based professionals to meet the needs of their learners
• liaise with and facilitate joint working with families and with other relevant partners and agencies to review progress and to secure the learner’s success and inclusion
• work in partnership with schools and settings; modelling best practices and demonstrating and sharing a variety of resources, impactful approaches, and strategies to enable the learners’ access, progress, and inclusion.
• promote inclusive classrooms through target setting, supporting school staff and delivering effective and high-quality training.
• work collaboratively with the other services within the Specialist Education Services (SES) and the wider Inclusion Service.

You will need:

• to be an experienced teacher (QTS) with experience working with learners who have SEND, specifically with Cognition and Learning needs
• to evidence continuing professional development
• excellent interpersonal skills, working well with children and young people, their families, and school staff as well as a multi-disciplinary team of colleagues
• good written communication skills for report writing and the production of training materials
• the ability to advise and guide school staff on a range of issues relating to inclusion and provision, to meet the needs of learners with SEND including Cognition and Learning needs.

You can view a full list of requirements in Job and Person Profile (docx). If you think you have what it takes to be successful in this role, even if you don’t meet all the requirements, please apply. We would appreciate the opportunity to consider your application.

The team

The Cognition and Learning Team are qualified teachers with experience in mainstream and specialist provision, and with primary and secondary expertise. The Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD) team are part of our wider team and we work closely together.

We are well respected, and dedicated and work collaboratively to develop our strengths. We provide a good induction package and will value the expertise you bring to the team.

Travelling requirements for your role

We positively encourage the use of technology to communicate and engage, but in this role, you may need to operate across a wide and rural area, so it would be beneficial for you to either hold a full and current driving licence and have access to personal transport or meet the mobility requirements of the role through other reasonable and suitable means. If you require a reasonable adjustment due to a disability to meet the travel requirements of this role, please speak with the contact detailed below.

This role supports hybrid working, a broadly even balance between working from home and working from an office base. If you wish to discuss how that might impact your working arrangements, please contact the recruiting manager listed above. #LI-Hybrid.

For more information

For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Alice Mahoney (she/her) by emailing alice.mahoney@suffolk.gov.uk or by calling 07871 732073.

Please read the Job and Person Profile (docx), before you apply for this job.

In your application, please ensure your statement indicates how you meet each of the criteria in the ‘Person Profile’ section of the JPP.

Closing date: 11.30pm, 21 May 2023.

Interview date: 25 May 2023.

If you are selected for an interview but are not available on this date, please make contact to arrange an alternative.

This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts.