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Job details
Job title SEND Advisory Teacher (Primary) Job reference 000011205 Date posted 20/06/2025 Application closing date 16/07/2025 Working Pattern Full time Salary Soulbury Pay Scale 8-11 Contractual hours Blank Basis Blank Job category/type Education / Learning Attachments Blank Job description
Directorate: People Services
Hours: Full time
Contract Type: Permanent/secondment considered
Location: Council House/ Working from home
Start date: January 2026 (negotiable)
We are looking for an experienced teacher who has the National Award for SENCOs (or has started the programme) or a teacher with a post graduate qualification in SEND to work as part of the Specialist Teaching and Psychology Service (STePs) in the Learning, Inclusion and Skills Directorate supporting Derby schools to meet the needs of children with special educational needs and disabilities.
We want someone who has experience of successfully implementing whole school inclusive approaches and considerable experience teaching, providing support, delivering interventions and training and supporting colleagues to include children with SEND within a school setting.
The successful applicant will work together with other LA teams and partner organisations to improve the quality of SEND Support in Derby City.
Who We Are
Here at Derby City Council, we’re dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities. Find out more about what it’s like to work for us.
What We Offer
You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you’ll also receive:
• Hybrid working
• Modern office environment
• Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
• Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts
• Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
• Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
• Employee Assistance Programmes & Support
• Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network
• Support for colleagues who are carers
You will support schools in raising the achievement and inclusion of children and young people with SEND and contribute to the LAs effectiveness in implementing policies, particularly those related to school improvement, raising attainment, meeting the needs and improving the life chances of children with SEND.
You must be able to carry out in-person visits to schools and early years settings in Derby.
You must have excellent written skills and training/ presentation skills.
Next Steps
If you would like to apply for this vacancy, please submit an application via the Derby City Council website
The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on Wednesday, 16th July 2025. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.
Interviews will be held on Friday 25th July 2025.
Important Information
Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.
As part of our safer recruitment checks the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.
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Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.
Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.
We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.
Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality.
If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK - 18001 01332 640 844) or at recruitmentteam@derby.gov.uk. https://www.derby.gov.uk/signing-service/
Please see Job Description here
Please see Person Specification here
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