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Are you a qualified and experienced Teacher who would like to work with children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disability?

Vision Impairment is a disability which can impact greatly upon the communication, learning and social, emotional, and mental health of children and young people. As a service we offer support to families advising them on the development and early education of raising a child with a vision impairment.

• To support children and young people, including those with Education Health Care (EHC) plans, both in the home environment and in a range of mainstream and specialist settings.
• Guiding the work of other professionals, such as Special Educational Needs Coordinators (SENCos), teachers, teaching assistants and health workers through  in-service education and training (INSET), ongoing specialist advice and direct teaching.
• Providing direct support to babies with a vision and/or multi-sensory needs and their parent and carers in the home to support early development, learning through play and to promote parental confidence.
• Teaching specialist skills, for example Braille, the use of specialist equipment and ICT, independent living and learning skills.
• Advising school staff on the development of teaching and learning strategies to differentiate and modify the curriculum for children and young people with vision and or multi-sensory needs.
• Using strategies to help develop the visual and communication skills of children and young people with vision and or multi-sensory needs.
• Promoting awareness of need and equality of opportunity for children and young people with vision and or multi-sensory needs.

We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible.

• Substantial experience in Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
• Substantial experience of successful teaching in mainstream and or special schools or settings.
• Experience of organising or delivering in-service training.
• Qualified Teacher status.
• Full driving licence and access to own transport.
• A high level of interpersonal skills: empathy, the ability to engage, persuade, empower, observe, listen, and the capability of working co-operatively with colleagues, parents and other professionals.
• An ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in written form, to a variety of audiences.