Specialist Teacher for Visual Impairment - Full-time - Special Needs Position

Specialist Teaching and Learning Services, Kent

Ref:KCC886-7021-30T
Posted:13/09/2018
Pay:MPS/UPS plus SEN
Start Date:Jan 2019
App Close Date:30/09/2018 at 23:45
Interviews:17 October 2018

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1.0FTE SPECIALIST TEACHER – VISUAL IMPAIRMENT

1.0FTE SPECIALIST TEACHER – VISUAL IMPAIRMENT (TRAINING POST)

Permanent - to start 1st January 2019

Main/Upper Pay Scale plus SEN 1 or 2

Base and service delivery in East Kent or South Kent

Are you a Qualified Teacher with a passion to work with children and young people?

Do you hold the Mandatory Qualification in visual impairment or want to train to gain this qualification?

Do you want to be a part of a successful countywide team for sensory impairment?

The Sensory Service welcomes applications from Teachers with a Mandatory Qualification for Visual Impairment. This post is part of a peripatetic teaching service delivering in homes, preschool settings and schools to support blind or partially sighted children to make good progress in education. Applications are also welcome from Teachers who wish to train to undertake the Mandatory Qualification in Visual Impairment. For those in the Training Post there will be access a £10,000 training and mentoring package.

The Sensory Service is county wide service and is part of Valence School. It is committed to providing high quality Teaching and Learning support for children and young people with sensory impairment across Kent. The Sensory Service works with children from birth or diagnosis in the home, preschool settings, mainstream schools/academies and special schools.

For details about sensory services please contact:

Lisa Bell – Visual Impairment Coordinator Tel: 07917 224205 lbell@valence.kent.sch.uk

For further information and an application form, please contact the HR Department, Valence School.

Valence School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of every student. References will be taken up before interview and the successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check.

Information about the school

The STLS Sensory Service is comprised of teachers with the Mandatory Qualification for sensory impairment and other sensory support professionals. They provide services in homes, preschools and schools across Kent and operate from 14 different venues.

The STLS Sensory Service supports children and young people with: * Hearing impairment * Visual impairment * Deafblindness (Multi-Sensory Impairment)

What does the STLS Sensory Service provide?

For children and young people with a sensory impairment: * We support young children’s development, communication and exploration through specialist sessions with preschool children and their families in the home. * We build the confidence and capacity of educational settings, schools and colleges to meet sensory needs through information sharing, signposting and training. * We work to support access to the learning environment, curriculum, communication and information through direct work in preschools and schools including the provision of specialist teaching and equipment. * We promote independence, resilience and well-being through close liaison with children and young people, their families, health professionals and the commissioning of support for mobility training and specialist activities

Job Contact Information

Name:Human Resources
Address:Valence School, Westerham Road, Westerham, Kent, TN16 1QN
Telephone: 01959 567841
Email: slowndes@valence.kent.sch.uk

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