Specialist Practitioner (Communication and Interaction)
Grade H
Salary: £24,313 to £26,999
Full time – Term Time only plus 2 weeks.
Permanent 37 hrs
Locations: Harrogate, Knaresborough, Ripon & Craven
We are looking for 3 Specialist Practitioners to join our Inclusion Services in various locations across North Yorkshire.
Our Inclusion Service works in partnership with all schools and settings to promote the inclusion, participation and achievement of children and young people with SEND. These services are allocated into SEND hubs, coordinating provision at a locality level across CYPS as a whole, to ensure needs are met holistically. You will be responsible for managing a peripatetic caseload as specified by the line manager and in accordance with service policies, provide data on children and young people’s progress and outcomes to inform local authority data collection and analysis, service development and professional performance management; to advise children and young people, parents, and staff on the management and use of specialist equipment as necessary and contribute to Individual Education Plans (IEPs) and specific programmes of work.
One cohort of Specialist Practitioners will have a Speech, Language and Communication specialism, the others will have an autism specialism, but it is the same role. This role involves a specialist level of spoken communications so a confident use of English language is required.
To be successful you must:
· Be able to demonstrate experience of working with pupils with communication needs
and have experience of working with families of children and young people with Autism or SLCN
· Have experience of working within educational settings, and;
· Be able to demonstrate recent experience as a peripatetic Teaching Assistant or Support Practitioner
In return for your hard work and dedication to our service, we can offer you the chance to be part of a strong and supportive team. You will also benefit from a variety of competitive employee rewards such as local government pension scheme, retail discounts and access to green car scheme which is just one of a range of salary sacrifice schemes available.
If you would like more information, please contact Rachel Comerford on 01609 798757 for an informal conversation.
Key dates:
Closing date: 11th June 2020
Interview date: 19th, 22nd or 23rd June
Specialist Practitioner (Communication and Interaction)
Grade H
Salary: £24,313 to £26,999
Full time – Term Time only plus 2 weeks.
Permanent 37 hrs
Locations: Harrogate, Knaresborough, Ripon & Craven
We are looking for 3 Specialist Practitioners to join our Inclusion Services in various locations across North Yorkshire.
Our Inclusion Service works in partnership with all schools and settings to promote the inclusion, participation and achievement of children and young people with SEND. These services are allocated into SEND hubs, coordinating provision at a locality level across CYPS as a whole, to ensure needs are met holistically. You will be responsible for managing a peripatetic caseload as specified by the line manager and in accordance with service policies, provide data on children and young people’s progress and outcomes to inform local authority data collection and analysis, service development and professional performance management; to advise children and young people, parents, and staff on the management and use of specialist equipment as necessary and contribute to Individual Education Plans (IEPs) and specific programmes of work.
One cohort of Specialist Practitioners will have a Speech, Language and Communication specialism, the others will have an autism specialism, but it is the same role. This role involves a specialist level of spoken communications so a confident use of English language is required.
To be successful you must:
· Be able to demonstrate experience of working with pupils with communication needs
and have experience of working with families of children and young people with Autism or SLCN
· Have experience of working within educational settings, and;
· Be able to demonstrate recent experience as a peripatetic Teaching Assistant or Support Practitioner
In return for your hard work and dedication to our service, we can offer you the chance to be part of a strong and supportive team. You will also benefit from a variety of competitive employee rewards such as local government pension scheme, retail discounts and access to green car scheme which is just one of a range of salary sacrifice schemes available.
If you would like more information, please contact Rachel Comerford on 01609 798757 for an informal conversation.
Key dates:
Closing date: 11th June 2020
Interview date: 19th, 22nd or 23rd June
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