Lead Practitioner - Dyslexia Specialism
Hertford Regional College
Hertfordshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- Starting salary is £25,650; salary range goes up to £32,700 per annum
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 24 October 2014
Job overview
Lead Practitioner - Dyslexia Specialism - Student Services Department - Full Time - Hertford Regional College - Ware and Broxbourne Campuses - Permanent
The Role
As a Lead Practitioner at Hertford Regional College you will carry out specialist assessments to establish individual support needs. You will also deliver learning support for a cohort of learners where those learners have a demonstrable severe specific learning difficulty and co-ordinate support for all assessed learners using Senior Learning Coaches/Learning Coaches or Learning Support Workers.
Your main duties will include developing good practice within your specialist areas and taking a lead role in determining and developing support action plans whilst then promoting responsibility for their implementation.
You will work closely with a number of different colleagues across both the Student Services Department as well as within the College as a whole
Who are we looking for?
We are seeking a qualified teacher with degree or equivalent professional development with level 5 - 7 SpLD qualification.
The successful candidate will have proven ability to deliver support leading to positive outcomes and demonstrate previous experience of leading teaching, learning and support initiatives.
Ideally you will be someone who is confident working closely with a number of different colleagues across both the Student Services Department as well as within the College as a whole.
About us
We are a vibrant, dynamic further education college with over 16,000 students across two campuses and two outreach centres, with ambitious growth and development targets. Our passion for supporting our community and inspiring our students is manifested in our focussed strategies, and we are working hard to make these visions a reality.
Hertford Regional College will provide you with some of the best in house training and staff development opportunities to maintain your continuous professional development.
Hertford Regional College can offer you free parking, a defined benefit Pension scheme , on site refectory with subsidised Costa coffee outlet, a gym, a library and access to state of the art facilities for staff and learners. As a member of our team you and everybody living at your home address will have access to an Employee Assistance Programme, promoting wellbeing and a healthy lifestyle.
To find out more about HRC or to view the full job description and person specification, please visit our website: www.hrc.ac.uk.
Please note
Please ensure that you outline in the Supporting Statement how your Experience, Skills and Qualifications meet those outlined in the Person Specification, only candidates that fully outline the above will be selected for interview.
Candidates invited for interview will receive a notification to the email address supplied upon application. If you have not heard from us within 3 weeks of the closing date of this post, please presume that you have not been selected for interview.
We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date of any vacancies when we have received a suitable number of applications from which to make a shortlist.
All positions are subject to a DBS (formerly CRB) check and your start date will be dependent upon receipt of satisfactory DBS clearance.
Hours: 36 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
Annual Leave: 30 days per annum
Closing Date: 24 October 2014 @ noon
To apply for this or one of our other vacancies or to find out more about the College please visit www.hrc.ac.uk.
About Hertford Regional College
- Hertford Regional College
- Scotts Road, Ware
- Hertfordshire
- SG12 9JF
- United Kingdom
Hertford Regional College is the largest college in the area and offers the widest range of courses available.
Around 12,000 full or Part-time students chose to study at the College last year and although many of our students come from the immediate area, the reputation of the College also draws students from further afield.
During the year there are many different types of students studying at the College.
- Studying Full-time Further Education courses
- Studying Higher Education courses
- On day-release from their employers
- Attending college to gain qualifications to enable them to be better qualified at work
- Retraining for a new career
- Attending just because they want to learn
We are an Associate College of the University of Hertfordshire and have strong links with employers in the area. Our tutors are well qualified, often with current or recent experience of working in the subject they are teaching, and are focused on helping students to achieve success. Our success rates are above the national average for colleges.
There are opportunities to progress from “starter” courses to more advanced courses at either of the main College centres in Ware and Broxbourne or at other community centres. You can study Full-time or Part-time – during the day, in the evening and on Saturdays. The College provides just the right atmosphere to enable you to learn and study in an adult environment amongst others of your own age with the same interests and aspirations as yourself. College students in a recent Ofsted inspection praised the “friendly and supportive staff”.
The main College centres are in Ware and Broxbourne and there are also the smaller NextStep centres in Waltham Cross and Bishop's Stortford. Part-time courses are offered at these centres plus numerous other venues, such as schools and community centres, throughout Broxbourne and East Herts.
Amongst the top-class facilities you will find when you come to the College are:
- Well equipped Learning Resource Centres containing numerous books and periodicals, PCs and other learning tools
- Over 700 PCs around the College either in open plan workshops, learning areas, or classrooms
- A TV Studio
- Workshops and laboratories
- A refectory and shop offering drinks and snacks
- A large student centre
- A 40 seat licensed restaurant
- Specialist hairdressing and beauty therapy salons.
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