Area SENCo

Area SENCo Permanent Soulbury 8 – 10 £ 51,125 - £54,125 Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review Working 36.5 hours per week

• Do you hold qualified teacher status (QTS)?
• Are you an experienced early years teacher?
• Are you/or have you been a SENCo and led on the Graduated Approach with experience of the EHCP pathway?
• Would you like to empower Private, Voluntary, and Independent (PVI) Early Years settings across Birmingham to meet the needs of children with SEND?

Birmingham Area SENCo Team require 3 full time qualified teachers (QTS status) with expertise in Early Years and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

Our team provides advice and guidance to the Private, Voluntary, and Independent (PVI) Early Years sector in accordance with the SEND Code of Practice (0-25) 2015 and the Early Years Foundation Stage.

This role will involve working in early years settings and travelling across the city of Birmingham supporting the strategic direction within our Local Authority to improve outcomes for early years children with SEND.

Please upload an up-to-date CV and Supporting Statement via the attachments part of your application. The Supporting Statement should outline how you meet the criteria for the role through your personal qualities, skills and experience and include your motivation for applying to the post. Note the Personal Statement should be no more than 1500 words. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV and Personal Statement attached

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.

We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

For any informal enquires please contact the Resourcing Team

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.

Job Description and Person Specification

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