Specialist Intervention Outreach Nursery Lead Practitioner - Full-time - Special Needs Position

Meadowfield School; Borough of Swale; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An educational institution in the UK is seeking a Specialist Intervention Outreach Nursery Lead Practitioner. You will support Early Years children with special educational needs (SEND) while working collaboratively within the school community. The ideal candidate will be a qualified teacher with experience in SEN settings and a commitment to enhancing the wellbeing and development of both pupils and staff. Full training and career development opportunities are provided.

Benefits

Training and development support

Collaborative and nurturing environment

Employee Assistance Programme

Ample free on-site parking

Qualifications

• Qualified teacher with experience of working in an SEN Early Years provision.
• Essential skills to support schools and Early Years settings throughout Swale.

Responsibilities

• Travel to and provide support for Early Years children with SEND within the Swale area.
• Work as a member of the Meadowfield teaching community based at Meadowfield School.
• Support and contribute to school improvement, wellbeing, and professional development initiatives.

Skills

Experience in SEN Early Years provision

Ability to support schools and Early Years settings

Education

Qualified teacher status

Job description

Overview

Meadowfield School is looking to appoint an innovative and inspirational Specialist Intervention Outreach Nursery Lead Practitioner. The successful candidate will be a qualified teacher with experience of working in an SEN Early Years provision. The role holder will be based at Meadowfield School and required to travel to and provide support for Early Years children with SEND within the Swale area with the purpose of raising standards in mainstream Early Years Provisions for children with SEND to ensure full access to Learning. We strongly recommend that you book an appointment to visit us. At Meadowfield we work hard to ensure that all of our pupils make excellent progress, and we continually seek to improve the wellbeing of both pupils and staff. We encourage all of our employees to further their career development and we respect initiative and ambition. We are highly committed to performance management, staff training, coaching, mentoring and peer support.

Responsibilities

• Travel to and provide support for Early Years children with SEND within the Swale area to raise standards in mainstream Early Years Provisions for children with SEND and ensure full access to Learning.
• Work as a member of the Meadowfield teaching community based at Meadowfield School.
• Support and contribute to school improvement, wellbeing, and professional development initiatives for staff and pupils.
• Engage in performance management, training, coaching, mentoring and peer support as part of a collaborative, nurturing environment.

Requirements

• Qualified teacher with experience of working in an SEN Early Years provision.
• Essential skills to support schools and Early Years settings throughout Swale.

What we offer

• Training and development support, including induction, e-learning and weekly CPD sessions held on a Friday afternoon.
• To work in a collaborative and nurturing environment where well-being is a priority.
• Career development opportunities and a network of experienced colleagues.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme, offering free and confidential support and advice.
• Ample free on-site parking.

We serve just under 400 pupils with profound, severe and complex needs, including autism. The school is comprised of:

• Early Years Engage Department, for pupils with complex physical, medical and sensory needs
• Explore Department, for pupils who benefit from a more individual-led curriculum
• Enquire Department, for pupils who benefit from a more academic curriculum
• Sixth Form Satellite provisions at Sunny Bank Primary School and Fulston Manor Secondary School

• We have approximately 270 members of staff including Teachers, Teaching Assistants, Office and Admin Staff, Site Staff, ICT Department, Wellbeing Team, Finance and Business Services as well as our Leadership and Management Team.