Senior SEND Team Leader

Job Title: Senior SEND Team Leader

Location: Highbury Campus

Salary: £22,750 – £24,023 (Full-Time Equivalent)

Job Type: Full time, Permanent

Working Hours: 37 Hours per week, 52 Weeks per year

About City of Portsmouth College:

As the newly merged City of Portsmouth College, we aspire to be the employer of choice in the Portsmouth area, with a progressive, supportive, and rewarding workplace culture and one that offers competitive benefits for its staff. By joining us, you will personally be part of the change we are driving and will play a pivotal role in supporting the growth and development of our brilliant students, turning them into future leaders and innovators. Everyone at City of Portsmouth College is part of the bigger picture and together, each role makes an impact and in turn a difference to our students learning journey.

We have an unrivalled curriculum of courses on offer for students of all ages and stages covering A-levels, Apprenticeships, Vocational & Technical courses. We also offer Higher Education, Online learning and Community courses that appeal to the needs of the local community.

What we offer:

• Annual Leave: 41 days which includes 25 days, 8 days for Christmas closure plus 8 bank holidays
• Local Government Pension Scheme 26.10%
• Learning & Development programmes by The Community Adult Education Department
• Onsite discounts: COPC Hair Salon & 50% off at the COPC Sports Centre
• Online discounts: Unidays, Student Beans and Totum with a COPC email address
• Free car parking across all campus sites

About the role:

Reporting to the Senior SEND Team Leader, the SEND Team Leader will be responsible for the whole support package for EHCP learners to ensure the college are meeting all the required learners’ support needs by offering a high-quality innovative support package to our learners.

Key Responsibilities:

• To be fully responsible for a cohort of EHCP learners
• To line manage a cohort of Learning Assistants
• To ensure that all individual team members personal work complies with college standards and is carried out properly, effectively and within deadlines
• To lead through your duties and position to be a role model for best practices and standards for your team
• Deliver the line manager element of inductions and where appropriate any role specific training
• Identify individual training and development needs and implement where required
• To contribute to a responsive and relevant curriculum SEND offer
• To lead on the quality of a range of specialist interventions across EHCP learners as identified by their EHCP requirements
• To manage Educational Health Care Plan requirements and complete Annual Reviews
• To support parents through EHCP process
• Work with others to ensure the accuracy and reliability of college information systems
• To lead on a particular Learning Support process
• To work closely with learning areas to ensure teaching staff are being given the required information to be able to support EHCP learners
• Undertake exam assessments throughout the year

To be successful in this role, below is what we would need from you:

• SEN Qualification
• Specialist experience in at least one of the following:
• ELSA, Speech & Language, Dyslexia, Mental Health, Behaviour Management, Dyscalculia
• Excellent SEND knowledge
• Experience of working in a learning support capacity
• An absolute commitment to student success and progression and an understanding of how it may be achieved and contribute to quality assurance

Diversity and Inclusion:

Equality, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion are central to the work of City of Portsmouth College. This underpins the vision of the College to transform lives through providing exceptional education and training.

The College’s commitment to Equality, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion is reflected in the continued successful promotion of these strands through the curriculum, enrichment activities and the range of direct and indirect student support services.

Pre Employment Checks:

The City of Portsmouth College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in our college. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and two references.

We reserve the right the close the job advert when we have had successful applications, and it may not run for the full duration of the advert.

We do not accept CV’s from agencies for these roles.

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