Qualified SENCO

Role Responsibility:

QUALIFIED SENCO (16260) KW501

Oakhill Secure Training Centre (STC), Milton Keynes

G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services

£35,050.88 - £40,345.21 per annum

Permanent - Full Time (40 hours per week)

Benefits: Generous holiday entitlement of 33 days annual leave plus 8 bank holiday days, Company Pension, free on-site parking, on-site canteen, access to High Street Shop discounts and ongoing training and development

About Us

G4S Oakhill Secure Training Centre (STC) cares for children aged 12 to 18 years old who have been remanded or sentenced to periods of detention.  The children in our care can be vulnerable and challenging, with a wide range of complex social and emotional needs. This is an environment that calls for high standards of social care and service delivery to provide a secure and stable environment for children to develop their life skills and address their previous behaviours.  We aim to support change and learning.

We strive to help every child feel safe, giving them an opportunity to heal from trauma and feel supported in developing a more positive identity.  We ensure our children have equal access and opportunity for change and are celebrated for their strengths.  We want the children in our care to leave better equipped for life emotionally, mentally, physically, and socially.  We aim to support the constructive resettlement and transition of our children, whether returning to the community or moving to other custodial settings.  We are committed to working in partnership with them and their families, significant others and wider community organisations, to develop a quality regime at the centre.

About the Role

We are now expanding our Education team and we are looking for a Qualified SENCO to lead the education department in supporting our young people with SEN needs, ensuring they can have full access to our education provision, and supporting teaching staff to ensure their pupils are taught effectively during their time with us.

As a Qualified SENCO, you will play an integral part of a child’s learning at Oakhill Secure Training Centre to provide and deliver aspiring educational outcomes. You will be responsible for delivering teaching that develops curious, inquisitive and committed minds, where you help and support the children to explore and meet their individual needs and interests.

Oakhill STC is a fast paced, complex and challenging environment and as such the successful candidate needs to be resilient, innovative, passionate and work collaboratively with other professionals in a modern Educational setting.  Together, as a team, we will empower children to take ownership of their own learning journeys and it is our hope that they will go on to make decisions and life choices that will lead to increasingly positive and productive lives.

Not only will you be a SENCO, but a mentor to young lives who will develop transparent and collaborative ways of working to engender openness, trust and inclusion with the children. The regime at the centre needs to balance safety, safeguarding, health, wellbeing and learning and development opportunities for the children.

This is an opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of children. You will motivate, inspire and lead them to success, despite the significant challenges of a complex environment, but also give them hope for the future via Education and Learning.

Some of the key responsibilities of this role are:

• To develop and monitor the STC’s policy for meeting the needs of trainees with SEND
• To contribute to the QUIP for SEND and monitor its implementation and impact.
• Support teachers to develop schemes of work and learning programmes for pupils with SEN
• To report progress, updates, and current position when required to any level.
• Undertake the day-to-day coordination of SEND within the STC.
• Work in partnership with other departments and staff to ensure the best possible learning opportunities for the trainees both in education and on the units.
• Carry out assessments of pupils with SEN to identify needs and monitor progress - including observations in the classroom and meetings with teachers and professional
• Work with teachers, the management team and relevant external agencies to develop, implement and monitor individual learning plans.
• Make referrals and liaise with professionals outside of the department - this could include psychologists, health and social care providers, speech and language therapists, and occupational therapists.

The Ideal Candidate:

About you

To succeed in this role, you will need to be a dynamic and engaging individual, with a passion  for helping, mentoring, and supporting at the heart of everything you do. The role will require you to promote a child centred approach which prioritises both the safeguarding of the children’s welfare and wellbeing as well as ensuring that a stable and secure environment is provided for all the children and employees at the Centre.

The successful candidate must have an appropriate SEN qualification, previous experience working with SEN children within an education setting and experience of dealing with your own caseload of SEN pupils.

You will play a huge part in the rehabilitation of a child’s future journey and life choices. We are looking for a highly motivated, caring and determined Education professional, with the ability to be resilient, confident with a tenacious can-do attitude, have the ability to embrace complexity and be a part of a busy, supportive and fast paced team.

We offer smaller classroom sizes with additional support from support staff, a reduced teacher workload with limited “take home work” to ensure you have a healthy work life balance which is important to us together with our generous holiday entitlement of 33 days per year plus 8 bank holiday days.

At G4S, we invest heavily in our people.  If you join us you will have a job specific induction programme to equip you with the skills and knowledge for the job. As well as ongoing support and development opportunities we offer 33 days annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays, company pension, an onsite gym, free onsite parking and the chance to do an extraordinary job – every day.

For more information on Oakhill Secure Training Centre please visit, https://oakhillstc.co.uk/

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is an important part of G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services and we actively encourage applications from a diverse range of backgrounds.

This role is subject to a checkable history and the strict vetting standards set by G4S and the Youth Custody Services and are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. You must be eligible to work in the UK and must have been resident in the UK for a minimum period of 5 years. You will also need to provide full details of your employment and education history as part of the security screening process for this role.

It is every employee’s responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of the children in our care; as such all employees are required to hold a current Enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Scheme) Certificate.