About the role
We are seeking to appoint an outstanding, enthusiastic, motivated, and experienced Teacher who has the knowledge and ability to carry out a leading and coordinating role in relation to managing the cases of children with complex special educational needs.
If you would like to have an informal conversation about this role, please contact: Nemonie Grummett, Fenland District Team Manager via email nemonie.grummett@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or by phone 01945 482978.
What will you be doing?
You will be part of a team of experienced Specialist Teachers, Specialist Practitioners and Educational Psychologists who work closely together and support each other to improve the outcomes for children, families and setting professionals. The team also promotes the development of close links with schools, families, partner teams and services, with other agencies and with the voluntary sector.
The role involves the management of a diverse and challenging caseload and overseeing the work of Specialist Practitioners. The role will require County-wide travel with an office base in Wisbech. Cambridgeshire County Council is committed to offering a variety of ways of working following flexible options supporting colleagues in offices and remote working.
This position which is a full time (Monday to Friday)
About you
You will be an outstanding qualified teacher with experience of supporting children with a range of SEND needs. You will have a broad range of relevant experience and a strong CPD record. You will need to have extensive knowledge and experience of working with early years settings and or primary schools providing advice and guidance to teachers and teaching assistants; promoting a culture of inclusion. You will be able to work both independently and jointly with other professionals and have the confidence and knowledge to deliver training and give advice to settings. A keen interest in SEND and a proactive approach to research and developing yourself through CPD is essential. The ability to work autonomously to prioritise work and meet deadlines is key along with good organisation and interpersonal skills.
Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:
- Flexible working
- Flexible Bank Holidays
- A comprehensive wellbeing package
- Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
- A comprehensive pension scheme
- IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
- Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
- An employee recognition scheme
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.
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