St Clement’s & St John’s CE Infant School have a unique opportunity to recruit an outstanding SEND teacher with a passion for SEND as well as developing and inspiring a life long love of learning in children. The successful candidate will work in a bespoke provision within the mainstream school. Our provision provides education to a cohort of infant aged pupils with complex needs including Autism, communication and language needs and global developmental delay. The provision is very much part of the mainstream school and where appropriate, children will join the main school for learning and activities. The successful teacher will be supported in their daily practice by a team of SEN teaching assistants. Please apply if you have: experience working with EYFS and/or KS1 school aged children with complex SEN needs, including Autism, global delay and communication language difficulties, within a mainstream, resource base or a special school high levels of energy, vision, positivity, motivation and resilience as well as being an empathetic, highly attuned approachable character able to inspire, motivate and support children and staff as well as achieve outstanding outcomes experience working collaboratively as part of a team and liaising with parents/carers and other professionals the ability to adapt and use your initiative to enable the pupils you are working with to thrive a commitment and passion to support pupils with SEND to thrive within a provision to achieve their full potential the ability to see every child as unique and build positive relationships a strong understanding of children’s emotional presentation and how to meet their emotional needs commitment to continued professional development and willing to make a positive contribution to our whole school this post is not suitable for ECTs In return for your commitment, we can offer an environment in which you are encouraged to learn and progress, whether this be through professional qualifications or an ongoing programme of CPD. Our group of very different schools provides a range of opportunities for secondment and progression for staff throughout the academic year. Further Information St Clement’s & St John’s CE Infant School is a wonderful school set in Boscombe in the sunny town of Bournemouth. The school is part of Coastal Learning Partnership Multi Academy Trust, a vibrant, collaborative Partnership of twenty schools working together around shared goals, values and aspirations. Our School feels like a large family and everyone here plays an important role in developing our wonderful young people. Visits to the school are warmly welcomed, for more information about the role or to organise a visit, please contact the Inclusion Lead, Jemma Sturgeon, via the school office on 01202 393570. Applicants: Please complete a full application form and send to [email protected] Closing deadline: The advert shall remain open until the position is filled. We will start to shortlist on Monday 23 June. Interviews: TBC from week beginning Monday 23 June About Us Coastal Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to demonstrate that they meet the essential elements of the person specification and will be subject to pre-employment checks including a health check, and Enhanced DBS check, Child Barred List check and satisfactory references. We will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the search and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern. Applicants are advised that it is an offense to apply for the role if they are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. CLP is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants who meet the person specification will receive equal consideration for employment. We value the fact that our schools are very different, as are our colleagues within them. Our culture is one in which colleagues serve and inspire each other in the spirit of professional generosity, colleagues are empowered to be themselves and to be their best. At CLP, everyone is welcome and encouraged to achieve and be heard.