Directorate: People Services
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Temporary for 18 months
Location: Council House and hybrid working
We are looking for an experienced teacher who has the National Award for SENCOs (or has started the programme) or a teacher with a post graduate qualification in SEND to work as part of the Learning, Inclusion and Skills Directorate supporting Derby schools to meet the needs of children with special educational needs and disabilities.
We want someone who has experience of successfully implementing whole school inclusive approaches and considerable experience teaching, providing support, delivering interventions and training and supporting colleagues to include children with SEND within a junior, primary or secondary school.
The successful applicant will work together with other LA teams and partner organisations to improve the quality of SEND Support in Derby City.
You will support schools in raising the achievement of children and young people with SEND and contribute to the LAs effectiveness in implementing policies, particularly those related to school improvement, raising attainment, meeting the needs and improving the life chances of children with SEND.
You must be able to carry out in-person visits to schools and early years settings in Derby.
You must have excellent written skills and training/ presentation skills.
Next Steps
If you would like to apply for this vacancy, please submit an application via the Derby City Council website.
The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on Thursday 6 March 2025. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.
Interviews will be held: Tuesday 18 March 2025
Important Information
Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.
As part of our safer recruitment checks the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.
Before you complete your application form please read our guidance on filling in your application form.
Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.
Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.
We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.
Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality.
If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK – 18001 01332 640 844) or at recruitmentteam@derby.gov.uk. https://www.derby.gov.uk/signing-service/
