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County Sensory Business Support Officer - Folkestone - Part-time

Valence School, Westerham

  • Ref:KCC886-7021-135S
  • Posted:05/07/2019
  • Pay:Kent Range 5
  • Start Date:September/October
  • App Close Date:18/07/2019 at 23:45
  • Interviews:29th August 2019

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Part Time - 24 hours per week - Term Time

Kent Range 5

This post supports the work of Kent’s Specialist Teaching team for Visual Impairment and Multi-Sensory Impairment/Deafblindness.  The post is based with the Specialist Teaching and Learning Services at The Beacon School, Park Farm Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 5DN

The Sensory Service welcomes applications from Business Support Officers with good ICT and office skills to directly support the VI Coordinators and a county team of Specialist Teachers for Sensory Impairment. 

The Sensory Service is county wide service operating within all 12 districts in Kent, and is managed through Valence School.  It is committed to providing high quality Teaching and Learning support for children and young people with sensory impairment.  The Sensory Service works with children from birth or diagnosis in the home, preschool settings, mainstream schools/academies and special schools.

 

Information about the school

Valence School is a KCC Foundation residential and day Special School for children and young people aged 4-19 with physical disabilities, complex medical needs and associated learning and communication difficulties. Our school is unique within the maintained sector in the whole of southern England. We cater for students aged 4 to 19 and have both day and boarding places. We have a large site with high quality teaching, social care and health care facilities. A staff team of 200 people provides specialist teaching, social care, therapies and nursing care to an exceptionally high standard.

Our overall aim is to enable every child and young person to achieve meaningful independence. Students flourish in a supportive but challenging environment, making good educational progress and achieving a range of accreditation as they get older. There is excellent support to enable students to achieve functional communication, mobility and skills for daily living.

Valence School is a supportive environment and a rewarding place to work, and whether working directly with our students or in a school support role, every member of staff participates in enabling our students to learn and to aspire to achieve meaningful independence.

We are a Foundation Special School and are part of the Kent SEN Trust (KsENT), a cooperative trust of ten schools working together to improve outcomes for all the children and young people attending the schools.

The School works proactively with parents and external professionals to provide holistic support for every child and young person and always places children and young people at the centre of all decisions it takes and it has a relentless focus on achieving the best possible outcomes for every student.

Valence School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of every student and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We value diversity and promote equality for all.

References will be taken up before interview and online checks undertaken for shortlisted candidates. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check (this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act)

Job Contact Information

Fax: 01959 565046

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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.