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Speech and Language Therapist Teaching/Child Support - Full-time - Special Needs Position

Grange Park School, Wrotham

  • Ref:KCC886-7052-103S
  • Posted:15/02/2017
  • Pay:KS 9/10
  • Start Date:Mar 2017
  • App Close Date:06/03/2017 at 12:00
  • Interviews:13th March 2017

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Speech and Language Therapist Salary Scale Kent Scheme 9/10 £27,770 - £37,546, plus a Special Needs Allowance of £1,229 per annum

Starting March / April 2017

We are a small secondary special school for pupils with a Statement of Special Educational Needs and Autism Spectrum Conditions located in Borough Green Village, near Wrotham. We are looking to appoint a Speech and Language Therapist to support our pupils.

The role supports the Senior Leadership Team and all school staff to develop and maintain a high quality communication environment within the school to enable the students to: learn to the best of their ability and develop their communication and interaction skills. In addition, the role will develop and maintain a specialist service to meet the needs of the children, parents, partners and stakeholders.

This is a key role which will promote and disseminate professional expertise to staff at the school in developing curriculum provision and staff skill in supporting pupil progress. The role will include planning and delivering training to school staff and partners.

The school offers comprehensive training in ASC, exceptional CPD support and development opportunities through our Co-operative Trust of SEN schools.

Currently judged as “Good” by Ofsted, the school is very well placed to becoming Outstanding and is oversubscribed.

Visits to the school are recommended.

Closing date: 6th March 2017 Interviews: 13th March 2017

The job description and application form are attached. Please contact the School Office on (01732) 882111 or email office@grangepark.kent.sch.uk if you would like to arrange a visit.

Grange Park School and all its personnel are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure application to the Criminal Records Bureau and ISA Registration, plus verification of the right to work in the UK.

All references will be taken up before interview.

Grange Park School is committed to the positive promotion of equal opportunities for all.

Information about the school

Our School

Grange Park School is an autism specific provision for children aged 11 to 19 located in a purpose built school in Wrotham and for children aged 8-11 located in Stansted village 3 miles from the main school site. The school also operates a post16 provision in partnership with a local college in Maidstone and Medway. All of our pupils have educational heath care plans.

All of our pupils are expected to sit GCSE’s and transition into adulthood with the skills to be successful. Class sizes at the Stansted and Wrotham sites are between 11-13 pupils with a teacher and 1-2 learning mentors. At the partnership college, learning mentors are supporting individual students or small groups of students aged 16-19 years in the college tutor groups / classrooms and out in the community.

Currently judged as “good” by Ofsted. We are committed to providing our pupils with the best possible learning opportunities and supporting them in their development.

The school has achieved a number of external awards including • Advanced NAS status • UNICEF rights respecting (Gold) • Wellbeing award for schools • IQM Flagship School • IQM Inclusive School • National online Safety • Leading Parent Partnership Award • Kent Messenger Team of the year (2021) • Kent Messenger Headteacher of the year (2022) • Kent Messenger Science Teacher of the year (2023)

Grange Park is part of KSENT a collaboration of 26 special schools in Kent. This creates numerous training and development opportunities, shared working practices and career progression.

The successful candidate will embrace the special ethos of the School, and the role will provide an opportunity to take Grange Park School into this next exciting phase and beyond.

All references will be taken up before interview.

Grange Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service and check against the ISA Barred List for children and other relevant pre-employment checks.

Please note as part of Keeping Children Safe In Education requirements, Grange Park will carry out online searches for all shortlisted candidates

Job Contact Information

Fax: (01732) 882111

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.