SEN Learning Coach: Executive Functioning Specialist in Birmingham

We are seeking to recruit a talented and appropriately qualified SEN Learning Coach, with a specific focus on supporting pupils with executive functioning differences. This role will enable pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities to flourish and make academic and social progress by developing, creating and implementing a range of support programmes and coaching strategies.

Executive functioning refers to the cognitive skills pupils need to manage learning and behaviour effectively, including organization, planning, attention, working memory, emotional regulation and self-monitoring. For many pupils, particularly those with ADHD, difficulties with executive functioning can significantly affect engagement, independence and academic progress. The role involves identifying these barriers and leading inclusive, practical strategies that enable pupils to access learning, develop independence and succeed within a mainstream secondary setting.

The successful candidate will have experience of working with children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, along with a proven record of raising progress and attainment, demonstrating a thorough understanding and knowledge of best practice and the challenges relating to inclusion in mainstream education. They will have the ability to build good relationships with all members of the school community and exhibit a positive and committed approach to helping each child to maximise their full potential.

The role of the Learning Coach is multifaceted and includes the following broad areas:

• Working directly with staff, pupils and their families, to identify barriers, share information and support the specific needs of individual pupils and students.
• Contributing to the development of staff knowledge and skills, through coaching and delivering CPD.
• Leading on the EHCP review process and monitoring of provisions for an allocated cohort of pupils.
• Line managing a small group of Teaching Support Assistants (TSA’s).
• With support from the SENDCo, coordinating provision and support for pupils with differences in executive functioning.

We will have high expectations of you to be an outstanding role model committed to the distinctive ethos of our School, where we strive for academic excellence, underpinned by character education.

In return we can offer you:

• A commitment to your continued professional development within school, using additional training days to enhance and develop your knowledge and skills.
• 3 days per year dedicated to your own research.
• Involvement in our exciting timetabled enrichment programme.
• Access to world class resources, research and people through our partnership with the University of Birmingham.

Visits to the school are welcome. To arrange, please contact Katie Tennant on 0121 796 5008.

Please note that we will not consider applications via CV. The University of Birmingham School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks including: enhanced DBS; Prohibition Check; qualifications; medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. If you are currently working in a school setting, please ensure that your references include your current Head Teacher. An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020, which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Safeguarding is our top priority. We encourage all applicants to review our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy, which outlines our commitment to the safety and wellbeing of pupils and students. This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore, the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for this role.