Inclusion Practitioner - Term Time

We are looking for an enthusiastic, skilled and reliable inclusion practitioner to work as part of our intervention team.  This group work across the school supporting pupils with significant additional needs who regularly require bespoke provision both within and outside the classroom environment. Although pupils with all types of needs will be worked with during a week, our team has members who have areas of specialism. This role will have a focus on physical and motor skill development which will require leading Fizzy or Sensory Circuit sessions daily.

Experience of supporting people with special needs or disabilities is essential, although not necessarily in a school role. It is also crucial that you can show you can build successful relationships with pupils, show flexibility in response to fluctuating needs and show an ability to learn quickly. The successful applicant will have a good standard of English. 

Our inclusion practitioners are accountable to the SENCO, sharing the responsibility for raising standards and equipping the children with the skills and dispositions to be successful in life. This role is one, within the school and our trust, which allows for career progression for support staff.

Our fantastic pupils and positive, committed staff will ensure that you are welcomed into our team of reflective professionals. We are looking for someone who identifies with our ethos – this is not ‘just a job’. If you like the sound of the challenging but hugely rewarding circumstances in which we work, we would love to hear from you.

This role is for 38 weeks a year, working from 8.45am to 3.15pm five days a week. Initially this will be a contract until the end of the school year as cover for a team member on adoption leave, however we aim to expand the team and be able to retain the new appointee.

The School and all its personnel are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children. At interview your motivation for working with children will be explored as well as aspects from your application form. Appointment to this post will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service. As part of the application process, we carry out online searches about candidates.

Please apply online through the Kent Teach website, detailing, in your ‘Personal Statement', how you fit the person specification. If you are shortlisted, you will be informed by e-mail soon after the closing date. It is possible, if we get large numbers of applications, that we phone you after the closing date to check that you are still interested in the vacancy.