Job Description
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Reed Further Education are a leading recruitment agency working with colleges, prisons, universities, and training providers across the UK. We are always looking for talented/aspiring support staff to join our team and help us deliver high-quality education to learners.
SEND Specialist Teacher – QTVI
Halifax
£275 per day
Full time
Until the end of the academic year
Reed FE is delighted to be supporting a local authority SEND service to recruit a SEND Specialist Teacher – Qualified Teacher of Children and Young People with Vision Impairment (QTVI). This is a highly impactful role focused on enabling children and young people with vision impairment and complex SEND to thrive within inclusive educational settings.
The Role
As a SEND Specialist Teacher (QTVI), you will work across a range of schools and educational settings to provide specialist assessment, teaching, advice, and training. You will play a key role in promoting inclusive practice, building capacity within mainstream settings, and ensuring that children and young people receive the right support at the right time.
This is a mobile role, involving travel between settings, collaboration with families and professionals, and a blend of on-site and home working where appropriate.
Key Responsibilities
* Undertake specialist assessments for children and young people with vision impairment and complex SEND
* Deliver and model high-quality, evidence-based specialist teaching
* Provide advice, coaching, and training to teachers and support staff
* Support schools to develop inclusive curricula and effective SEND pedagogy
* Contribute to Education, Health and Care (EHC) assessments and reviews
* Build strong working relationships with schools, families, and multi-agency partners
* Support and line manage SEND Specialist Outreach staff where appropriate
* Contribute to service development, data reporting, and quality assurance
* Uphold safeguarding, equality, and professional standards at all times
Person Specification
Essential:
* Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
* Mandatory postgraduate qualification in Vision Impairment (QTVI)
* Significant experience working with children and young people with SEND / MSI
* Strong knowledge of SEND legislation and the SEND Code of Practice
* Excellent communication and report-writing skills
* Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle
All candidates who register with Reed Further Education will have 2 years’ referencing taken up and will be required to have a DBS check completed. All offers are conditional upon satisfactory background checks.
Reed Further Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment by completing mandatory training within 6 weeks of your first assignment and annually thereafter.
Benefits of working for Reed Further Education/our client:
• Exclusive representation to leading FE colleges, prisons, and training providers in the area
• A specialist further education consultant who will search for jobs on your behalf
• A Health Cash Plan and Reed Discount Club
• Entitlement to Statutory Sick Pay, Statutory Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay, Parental Leave and Antenatal/Pre-Adoption Appointment Payment
• Access to Training and Development - Reed Assessment Centre - Reed Learning.
• Great referral bonus’ (up to £200 per successful referral!)
• Access to roles throughout the UK and online/remote learning
To apply for this role, please send us your updated CV by clicking 'Apply Now'. Your application should demonstrate your passion for educational support and your commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
Not looking for this type of role? We are also registering teachers, assessors and technicians through to other FE positions including HR, finance, facilities, administrators. We also have a specialist team of interim and senior management consultants with over 20 years’ experience in the sector.