Job Details
Bilingual Teacher Consultant
Leicester City Council
Expires in 2 days
Overview
We are looking for a determined and talented bilingual consultant teacher who is an excellent teacher of the national curriculum, has high expectations of pupil achievement and overcoming barriers to access education due to special educational needs, wellbeing, language acquisition needs, and where there is uncertainty over the difficulties learning are associated with SEND or acquiring English as an Additional Language.
Teacher Pay Scale (MPS)
Full time, Permanent
(37 hours per week)
Various locations across Leicester City
Key information
Working for Leicester City Council, you will be part of a multi-disciplinary, diverse team that is friendly, supportive, and well-regarded, working in a unique and vibrant multi-cultural city.
Our service has a strong commitment to promoting positive outcomes for our children, young people and their families within Leicester City.
About the role
As a Bilingual Consultant Teacher, you will take an active role in developing our service, ensuring that our practice and delivery continues to evolve and is responsive to changing priorities, community needs and current research developments.
You will provide effective leadership to a small team of Bilingual Support Assistants working within the City Psychology Service. Our bilingual support assistants assist Educational Psychologists in their work with children and parents/carers from diverse cultural backgrounds. They have a particular role in supporting children and their families who speak English as an Additional Language who are referred to the service. This support is accessed by the named EP for the school.
Requirements
Having Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) with an excellent understanding of the pedagogy and strategies involved in good or better teaching, and a strong focus on the learning outcomes of all groups of children. With a proven track record of pupil progress and closing gaps in attainment.
You’ll be fluent in one or several South Asian language(s) spoken in the City of Leicester. Able to identify, understand and promote the linguistic and cultural needs of bilingual children with special educational or other psychological/emotional wellbeing/mental health needs.
You’ll support, advise and assist in the delivery of the City Psychology Service (CPS) to ensure a responsiveness to the diverse linguistic and cultural communities across the City.
To provide decisive and effective leadership within the community cohesion team in CPS in line with the council’s ‘Vision & Values’ and ‘Leadership Qualities’ that enables them to do their best work resulting in high levels of people and organisational performance.