We are seeking to recruit a talented and appropriately qualified SEN Learning Coach, with a specific focus on Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs, including ADHD. This role will enable pupils with special educational needs and/ or disabilities to flourish and make academic and social progress by developing, creating and implementing a range of support programmes and coaching strategies.
The successful candidate will have experience of working with children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, along with a proven record of raising progress and attainment, demonstrating a thorough understanding and knowledge of best practice and the challenges relating to inclusion in mainstream education. They will have the ability to build good relationships with all members of the school community and exhibit a positive and committed approach to helping each child to maximise their full potential.
The role of the Learning Coach is multifaceted and includes the following broad areas:
We will have high expectations of you to be an outstanding role model committed to the distinctive ethos of our School, where we strive for academic excellence, underpinned by character education. In return we can offer you:
The post is offered on a full-time, term-time only basis.
For more information, please
contact Katie Tennant on 0121 796 5008.
The University of Birmingham School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment.
The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks including: enhanced DBS; Prohibition Check; qualifications; medical fitness; identity and right to work.
All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. If you are currently working in a school setting, please ensure that your references include your current Head Teacher.
An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020, which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
Safeguarding is our top priority. We encourage all applicants to review our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy, which outlines our commitment to the safety and wellbeing of pupils and students.
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore, the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for this role.
Katie Tennant
01217965008
recruitment@uobschool.org.uk
The University of Birmingham School would like all candidates to answer specific questions for the personal statement section. For reference, here is a preview of the questions/headings:
