At a Glance
- Tasks: Support learners with accessibility needs and implement tailored interventions.
- Company: Join Weston College, one of the UK's fastest-growing colleges.
- Benefits: Full-time role with a supportive and inclusive work environment.
- Other info: Dynamic team culture with a commitment to equality and diversity.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in students' lives by enhancing their learning experience.
- Qualifications: Degree-level qualification in SEND or related field required.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
As one of the fastest-growing Colleges in the UK, delivering courses from entry level right up to Masters degrees, Weston College is an inspiring place to work.
Why not join us as a
SEND Specialist - Assistive Technology and Accessibility ?
This is a full-time role, working 37 hours per week.
Interviews for this role will take place on-site, at one of our college campuses in Weston-super-Mare
As a SEND Specialist - Assistive Technology and Accessibility, you will work with learners with a range of learning barriers associated with accessibility needs.
This could include learners with visual and hearing impairments.
Your duties will include
- Working closely and proactively with curriculum and support colleagues to implement timely and proactive needs assessment, identifying learners who require Assistive Technology and/or accessibility support.
To work with colleagues and oversee their planning and delivery of high‑quality support interventions and support programmes, enabling learners to achieve their goals.
- Delivering focused and specific specialist interventions to support a specific caseload of learners with accessibility support needs.
- Regularly liaising with Heads of Department and curriculum staff in all areas and on all sites of the College, providing training and advice as well as a dynamic approach to ensure that the support needs of all individuals are met.
- Reviewing individual programmes of support, ensuring all aspects of provision and support specified within a learner's Initial Needs Assessment and/or Education Health Care Plan are delivered.
- Required skills and qualifications
- A professional degree‑level qualification related to SEND and/or accessibility specific qualifications.
- Relevant successful experience of supporting learners with SEND and accessibility needs.
- Knowledge and understanding of how SEND and Accessibility needs specifically may present barriers to learning and how these may affect the way learners learn.
- Skills in the development and implementation of personalised support and teaching programmes.
For full details about the role and its responsibilities, please view the job description and person specification attached above.
Weston College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We value equality, diversity and inclusion, and welcome applications from all backgrounds and communities.
As a Disability Confident employer, we will support applicants who require reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact or 01934 411441.
Please note: this vacancy may close early if sufficient applications are received, so we encourage early applications.
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