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Position: SEN Teacher - Autism
Location: Nottingham
Salary: >£38.2k
Role: Permanent

Mayfield Recruitment are currently looking for a SEN Teacher - Autism in the Nottingham area on a permanent basis. The position will be working with 5- 19 year olds so the candidate must have at least 2 years’ experience working with ASC.

Job description for the SEN Teacher – Autism position
• The SEN Teacher will be enabling each student to independently contribute to society, embrace lifelong learning and achieve without a ceiling.
• You will be working with a range of candidates with varying levels of qualification and must have experience in working with 5-19 year olds
• The successful candidate will be delivering small group sessions at a base specifically crafted for a small group of students.
• The SEN Teacher must be able to build trusting relationships and provide security to vulnerable learners

Essential experience for the SEN Teacher - Autism:
• An understanding of a variety of behaviour management techniques, with a focus on resolution management followed by developmental reflection.
• To be able to work in partnership with a number of professionals, as well as parents/carers.
• Experience and passion for working outside of the conventional classroom and embracing outdoor learning,
• A practical understanding of Keeping Children Safe in Education legislation

Essential Skills for the SEN Teacher – Autism:
• Behaviour management and de-escalation techniques
• Empathy and sensitivity to the needs of learners with an ASC

Preferred Qualifications for the SEN Teacher – Autism:
• Qualified Teacher Status in Secondary or Special Education
• A knowledge of, and up to date qualifications in, the safe handling of students (Team Teach).
• First Aid
• Autism Level 1&2 preferred

Key Responsibilities
• Planning Schemes of Work with a creative, yet target based approach
• Advocating outdoor learning,
• Responsibility for leading progression with student’s autism and/or associated behaviours.
• Responsibility for marking students’ work in line with the marking policy and feeding back to students and leaders.
• Able to embed fundamental British values and opportunities for students to increase their spiritual, moral, social and cultural education.
• To follow a self-constructed Scheme of Work in line with a long-term plan,
• Use assessment software to monitor students’ progress, the analysis of which will feed into planning.
• Report on the progress of students’ both in subjects and related to their autism.
• Timely completion of teacher and student assessment documentation.
• Able to highlight and request resources to best impact the academic progress of the student.
• Responsibility to lead some inset day sessions
• Attend and contribute to departmental meetings as and when required
• Responsibility for taking ownership of own continued professional development and performance management process.
• To keep up to date with latest educational advances and research in the field.
• Responsibility for attending moderation sessions
• Responsibility for embracing the local community and planning session in order to have an impact on the local area.

Compliance responsibilities
• Have an awareness of the risk assessment for bases in which you will work
• Demonstrate a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children

Administrative Responsibilities for the SEN Teacher – Autism:
• Preparation of Schemes of Work and communication of these to the relevant parties
• Preparation of any resources for lessons.
• Responsible for the input of data to, and analysis of reports from, planning and logging software.
• Contribute to Risk Assessments where sessions deem this a requirement.
• Bi-annually contributing to reports to be communicated home to parents.

Hours
• Monday - Friday 08:30am-15:30pm Full time, Term time
• 190 contact days
• 5 inset days
• Salary £30,992.09 - £38,294.25