Class Teacher - Sensory & Communication Department

We are seeking a well-qualified and motivated Class Teacher to work with students with Sensory & Communication needs, including severe learning difficulties (SLD) and autism. You will require working knowledge and experience of students with SLD and additional needs such as communication difficulties and challenging behaviour.

Le Murier is an 11-19 Special School catering for students with a wide range of learning difficulties and is collocated with St Sampson’s High School. The School is organised into three departments: Middles (KS3), Seniors (KS4) and Sensory and Communication (catering for students with the most complex learning needs).

The Sensory and Communication department sits alongside the Middles and Seniors departments at Le Murier. It provides education that meets the needs of students with learning, sensory, communication and physical disabilities and difficulties.

The Sensory and Communication department offers a flexible approach to the curriculum focusing on skills that matter to this student group. Areas of focus include communication, choice making and social skills, personal development (looking at behaviour and coping skills, developing tolerance, confidence, self-help and independence), movement and body awareness (including therapeutic massage and hydrotherapy), as well as numeracy, literacy and information skills. The department is split into groups according to their needs.

Multidisciplinary input is sought for assessment, the setting of objectives and joint classroom working. Teaching and learning approaches used may include Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS), visual schedules and work systems, principles of TEACCH, objects of reference, sensory diet, Signalong and Intensive Interaction.

To be successful, you will need to demonstrate a commitment to high standards of teaching and learning and will be expected to make a full contribution to the life of the school.

This post carries a five year housing licence and you can expect to:

• Work in a well resourced school that follows an innovative Bailiwick curriculum based on the English National Curriculum and which has favourable PTRs;
• Be part of a leading development of ICT in education and be allocated a personal laptop;
• Receive a generous relocation package to the island, including rent allowance;
• Enjoy the benefits of more generous tax allowances on an island with no VAT.

Salary will be in accordance with the Guernsey Main Professional Scale £28,534 - £40,972 per annum, plus the Special Schools Allowance payment of £2,975 per annum. There is also an Upper Pay Scale (£43,271 - £46,024 per annum) for teachers who have successfully gone through the Threshold Assessment.

For further information about the post, please contact Jeremy Teehan, Headteacher, on 01481 246660 or email: headteacher@lemurier.sch.gg.

Applications can be made via www.gov.gg/educationjobs.

Closing date: 26th April 2015.
Interviews will take place in Guernsey on 15th May 2015.