SENDCo
Location : Aurora Woodlands, Darwen
Contract Type : Permanent
Hours : Term Time Only, Full Time, 40 hours per week
Salary : £31,650 - £47,338 (M1 - UPS2) depending on experience
The Aurora Group is an innovative provider of education and care for children, young people and adults with special educational needs and disabilities. Aurora Woodlands School is an independent day school in Lancashire providing specialist education for young people with Social, Emotional and Mental Health difficulties (SEMH).
This is a fulltime SENDCO role in a specialist school where you will work within a transdisciplinary model with integrated therapy and a unique universal offer, liaising closely with the onsite therapy team led by a clinical psychologist. You will lead on educational interventions and specialist assessments. The role will include training and supporting all staff to support student needs and ensure their EHCP is appropriate, resourced, evaluated and reported upon.
As SENDCO you will also be a valuable member of the senior leadership team working collaboratively to engage students and their families. You will shared responsibility for comprehensive training of all staff regardless of their role. This is an exciting and rare opportunity where you would be integral to setting up a unique SEND provision and building a bespoke curriculum with the support of Aurora.
Please note that duties will vary and you will be expected to contribute to the overall aims of Woodlands School when required.
Experience of supporting families with children and young people with SEND.
have either a SENCO qualification OR have SENCO experience and be willing to complete the new NPQ SENCO qualification within 2 years
be QTS or QTLS
be proficient staff trainers and able to line manage and support Teaching Assistants
There are also opportunities to be involved in research that will support our students and the wider neurodivergent community in terms of specialist interventions.
Opportunities to work collaboratively with others schools, forums, local initiatives and a wide range of external agencies.
A rare opportunity to be part of a team creating a new school and culture that will change the lives of many young people and their families within the community
It is an exciting time to be part of Aurora and this is a unique career opportunity to make your mark on our growing services
Training and Development
Within Aurora, we strongly believe that learning and development should not be limited to just the children and young people we support. With the cost of living rising we have a fantastic benefit through Perkbox to help with cutting costs and help make your money go further. You can get deals and discounts to save money on things like your weekly food bill, phone plans, internet, eating out, gym memberships, insurance and more. You can also use Perkbox for our cycle to work scheme and car scheme.
~ Competitive Pay and Reward
We also offer Enhanced Annual Leave, Company Sick Pay, Enhanced Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
~ UK Health Cash Plan
This plan can help cover your day to day healthcare expenditure such as optician and dental bills. You and your children are covered on this plan and you can also choose to upgrade and add a partner to enjoy the benefits with you.
~ Employee Assistance Programme
Your health and wellbeing is very important to us and we have support available on a wide variety of issues, helping you with online tools, information and via a freephone counselling service available 24/7.
~ Refer a friend for £1,000
Please complete an online application form in full, remembering to include all employment and education details. Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.