Priority Candidates will be considered in the first instance
Wigan Life Centre South
College Avenue
Wigan
WN1 1NJ
Salary: Grade 7, £22,788 - £25,533 per annum.
32.5 hours per week, term time plus 1 week working 39 week per year
Your role:
The Specialist Sensory Education Team are looking to appoint a Specialist HLTA to our team. We are looking for someone who has a strong background in supporting children with SEND, in particular children with Vision or Hearing impairments and is keen to continue learning new skills around Braille and assistive technology.
The successful candidate will be resourceful and adaptable, working with a varying caseload across the borough on a peripatetic basis.
Wigan Specialist Sensory Education Team can offer you support and training within a highly skilled, well regarded specialist team of Teachers of Vision Impairment, Teachers of the Deaf, HLTA’s and a mobility and independence officer
To work as a member of the Specialist Sensory Education Team to support access to the curriculum preparing and adapting teaching materials as appropriate and to support and implement the expanded core curriculum for children with a Vision Impairment.
To Work with Children and young people in the 0 – 25 age range in a variety of settings as well as with their families in the home.
About you:
You should have experience of working with children with a sensory impairment in the special or mainstream sectors devising and implementing individual programs of work.
Knowledge of Braille or the ability to achieve proficiency in grade 2 level Braille within 12 months.
Ability to work flexibly under your own initiative building good relationships with families, schools and other agencies.
About us:
Wigan Council has been voted ‘Overall Council of the Year’ at the APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) Awards and has recently published The Deal 2030, our ambitious plan for our borough. We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.
SSET are a team of Specialist Teachers of Vision, Hearing and Multi-Sensory working across the Wigan Borough in a peripatetic way.
We are keen to offer the right candidate a full training and continuing professional development package to enable them to excel at their new role.
Here at Wigan, we are proud to support flexible working patterns, when the service can accommodate this. We also take a blended approach to where we work, depending on the work we do. This may include working from home (My Place), the office (Our Place) or the community (Your Place). We like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits click here to find out more about working for #TeamWigan.
Wigan Council prides itself on equality, inclusion and promoting diversity within the borough and aims to recruit a workforce that reflects our diverse communities. We invest in training and developing our staff, in a positive learning environment, and aim to be a consciously inclusive employer. We welcome applications from everybody in the community and would particularly encourage applicants from our underrepresented groups to apply. At Wigan, it is really important to us that applicants demonstrate our Team Wigan behaviours, and we do all we can to make sure that everyone feels like they belong. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process.
To be appointable in this role you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK. If you are unsure, please visit the below link to check you qualify to apply. Please note, at present we are not a licenced sponsor. Prove your right to work to an employer: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
For further information, please contact Liz Cumbo at e.cumbo@wigan.gov.uk
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Interview date: Thursday 9th May 2024
This position is subject to Enhanced Disclosure Procedures plus child barred list check
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