Area SENCo

Area SENCo

PO6:  Starting salary £53,109 per annum, including London Weighting

Hybrid Working / Permanent / Full Time

A key priority for Lambeth is early intervention for children and young people with SEN.

The Area SENCo Support Service will be driven to ensure all our SEN children and young people achieve and we have an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to support enabling our educational settings to achieve this goal.  

We are looking for an experienced and exceptional SENCo to be a key member of the Area SENCo Support Service which will bring together our SEN support teams within the borough to support schools to improve outcomes and reduce suspensions for our SEN children and young people.

This position requires both a qualified teacher status and SENCo qualification.

This is an exciting opportunity to be a key member of a team that drives this new service. You will support the Senior Strategic Area SENCo to develop a service that supports settings to deliver their statutory duties but also play a key role in maintaining and improving the quality of provision and outcomes for SEN children and young people in our vibrant and diverse borough.

At Lambeth, we value staff wellbeing and support a positive work-life balance. We are developing a hybrid (blended) working policy  to support those who wish to work more flexibly between schools, the Civic Centre offices  and working remotely from their homes. The successful applicant would be provided with their own secure laptop and mobile phone.

Lambeth is an inner London borough which includes Vauxhall, the South Bank, Kennington, Clapham, Streatham and Brixton. Our offices are a 5 minute walk from Brixton tube station (Victoria Line) and the dynamic multicultural areas of  Brixton Market,  Brixton Village, the Ritzy Cinema and the  Black Cultural Archives Heritage Museum on Windrush Square.

For any further information or to organise an informal chat, please contact our Assistant Director for Education Strategy, Access and Inclusion by email: SGarner@lambeth.gov.uk

Why Lambeth:-

• Fantastic, modern working environment in the award-winning Lambeth Town Hall and Civic Centre buildings
• Competitive Salaries
• Up to 35 days annual leave, dependent upon continuous service
• 5 Minutes from London Underground and excellent transport links into the centre of London
• Hybrid/Flexible working
• Cycle to Work Scheme (including City Bike Hire scheme)
• Attractive Local Government Pension Scheme

Application Process

Successful candidates will be asked to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service.  Further information about the Disclosure can be found at www.homeoffice.gov.uk/dbs.

You will also be required to undertake a Cifas check.  Further details can be found here Cifas.

Please note we operate an anonymised application process. When uploading your personal statement and CV, please remove your personal details.

Please upload your Supporting Statement using the ‘Cover Letter’ link.  If you do not upload a Supporting Statement explicitly evidencing how you meet the criteria marked with an ‘A’ on the job specification your application will not be considered for this role.

Interested, click on the apply button and complete an on-line application, explicitly evidencing in your supporting statement how you meet the shortlist criteria marked with an ‘A’ and upload along with your CV.

Job Description and Specification

Closing Date:  22nd September 2024

Interview Date: 30th September 2024

Lambeth aims for quality services and equal opportunities for all and is committed to safer recruitment.