Specialist Teacher

Specialist Teacher

Reference number: SC06528

Location: London

Schedule: Full Time and Part Time

Salary Range: £53,473 - £57,761

Contract Type: Permanent

About Southwark:

Southwark is a large, ambitious and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. As a Council, we are successful, passionate and forward-thinking. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise which ensures that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do.

The Role:

Southwark Autism Support Team (AST) is a peripatetic advisory service based in the SEN department of Children’s and Adults services. The AST offers support to all Southwark Primary Schools and our remit is to support staff to develop their knowledge, skills and confidence in addressing the teaching, learning and well-being of autistic children.

We are looking for a highly motivated and inspirational qualified teacher with specific expertise and knowledge of supporting autistic students. The individual will have an appreciation of the barriers that autistic pupils may experience in accessing and participating in learning and have exceptional communication skills to challenge, motivate and inspire SENCO’s, teachers and teaching assistants to.

You will be joining a friendly, supportive, yet small team. We consist of specialist teachers, specialist teaching assistants, an early year’s autism support officer, post diagnosis autism support worker and a specialist SALT/Manager.

The AST has a significant training portfolio and we are an Autism Education Trust (AET) Training Partner and promote this within our offer of support.

About You:

The successful candidate will have a commitment to inclusive education for all students and be able to inspire this in those staff they support.

You will be able to work collaboratively and effectively as part of a team, demonstrating excellent interpersonal skills, for oral and written communications.

You will have an ability to work independently and high levels of efficiency and self-organisation is essential.

Southwark is renowned for its cultural, ethnic and linguistic diversity and applicants are required to demonstrate competence in working within a diverse context.

Additional Information:

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
• Good standards of written and spoken English is required.
• Enhanced DBS required.

We are looking to recruit to multiple vacancies within the team; these include full and part-time vacancies, permanent and fixed term. Part time positions will also be considered.

Contact Details:

If you would like an informal conversation about this role, please contact Meg Newman (Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist) at Meg.newman@southwark.gov.uk

Benefits and more information:

https://jobs.southwark.gov.uk/why-us/

Additional salary details

£49,878 - £54,166 per annum (subject to experience and pro rata for part time staff).

Plus, inner London Weighting of £3,595 per annum in addition to your basic salary. Part-time staff will receive the allowance on a pro-rata basis.

Recruitment timetable

• Advert closing date: 11:59pm on Sunday 2 June 2024.
• Shortlisting date/s: Week commencing 3 June 2024.
• Interview date/s: Week commencing 13 June 2024.

We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative.

We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme:

As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:

• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans.
• Are currently in care or have previously been in care.
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition.

Attachments

• Specialist Teacher - Job Description & Person Specification

Apply link: https://jobs.southwark.gov.uk/jobs/specialist-teacher-sc06528