SEN Support Officer (SENSO) - Melior Community Academy in Scunthorpe

Overview

Melior Community Academy are looking to appoint a SEN Support Officer to join our academy as soon as possible, on a permanent full-time basis. Do you want to work for a Trust that is transforming educational outcomes for students in some of the most deprived areas in the North of England? Your new role: As the SEN Support Officer, you will provide administrative support for the SENCO and ensure tracking and delivery of interventions to improve pupil progress across the Academy. You will manage the daily deployment and performance of the Teaching Assistants to ensure effective and efficient use across the academy in order to support student needs, complementing existing teacher and support staff provision, in order to help their potential be realised. You will deliver bespoke intervention packages to pupils with SEND designed to remove barriers to learning. Hours: 37 hours per week / Term Time only plus 5 days (39 weeks).

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Melior Community Academy is a coeducational secondary school located in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. The Academy opened in January 2013 for students aged 11 to 16. We are a fully inclusive Academy with a distinctively warm ethos and continue to have the highest aspirations for, and expectations of, our students. The school has recently been rebuilt and facilities are excellent, located within easy commuting distance of the main urban areas; this is a great place to work. We are looking to recruit well qualified and talented staff who will complement and add to a dynamic team and who have all the right attributes to make a valid contribution to the wider life of the school and ensure that students are making the right progress. Why join us? Staff across the trust are talented and enthusiastic, and all contribute to the trust\'s success story. The Trust is committed to safeguarding the welfare of its students and the successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service certificate and checks of the relevant barred list / prohibition lists.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an outstanding team within a high-performing multi academy trust with exciting career prospects for successful applicants. As a Trust, we have developed an extensive range of employee benefits that focus on your Financial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing. Here are just a few examples in each area…

Benefits

• Financial Wellbeing
  • Membership to either the Teachers\' Pension Scheme or the Local Government Pension Scheme
  • Technology scheme and Vehicle Leasing Scheme
  • Access to an extensive discounts platform
• Physical Wellbeing
  • 24/7 access to an online GP or Advanced Nurse Practitioner for you & your household
  • Gym & fitness discounts
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Free annual flu jab
• Mental Wellbeing
  • Access to an industry-leading Employee Assistance Programme
  • Menopause Support Service
  • Trained Mental Health First Aiders in all our settings
  • Subject to ensuring NMW is maintained
• Holiday Entitlement: minimum 37 days (subject to pro rata if working part-time and dependent upon salary and continuous service) including statutory Bank Holidays.