Senior Teacher of the Visually Impaired
Senior Teacher of the Visually Impaired
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Job Description
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall Glenfield Leicester LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Field Based Worker
Salary: Teachers Leadership pay spine grade 46 32 days annual leave plus a further 10 days which may be taken in term time prorata for parttime)
Working Hours: 0.5 FTE
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 24th April 2025
Interview Date(s): Week commencing May 5th
About the Role
The Vision Support Team has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and committed Senior Teacher of the Visually Impaired. We welcome applications from Qualified Teachers of the Visually Impaired with the PGDip/MA Mandatory Qualification for Teachers of Children and Young People with Visual Impairment and experience of working in a peripatetic role. The successful applicant will work with the Team Manager to contribute to service development leading on specific areas of work and providing effective performance management within the team. They will also have responsibility for a caseload of visually impaired children and sharing good practice in the teaching of visually impaired children including braille and assistive technologies.
The Vision Support Service is made upof a team of Qualified Teachers of the Visually Impaired (QTVIs) Resource Technicians Assistive Technology Specialists and Practitioners. The post involves working with families schools and early years settings across Leicestershire to support positive outcomes for visually impaired children and young people aged 025.
A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
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About You
To apply for this post you must:
- Degree level qualification and Qualified Teacher Status with the additional Mandatory Qualification in the Education of Visually Impaired Children
- Good interpersonal skills the ability to lead be an effective member of a team delegate appropriately solve problems and resolve conflicts sensitively and decisively
- Substantial experience in working directly with pupils with a visual impairment andSpecial Educational Needs and Disabilities to improve outcomes and support inclusion
- Experience of involvement in team development and review. In addition delivery of training including inservice training to teachers
- Experience of working in partnership with schools other support services statutory and voluntary agencies to improve outcomes for pupils with a visual impairment and SEND
- An understanding of and commitment to Equal Opportunities and Safeguarding Children and the ability to apply this to strategic work and daytoday situations
- Access to a vehicle and ability to travel to families and children across the County
You must also have an understanding of and commitment toequality diversity and inclusion.
In addition we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore wherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below. This may include requests for termtime working parttime hours compressed hours flexible start and finish times home/remote working etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Stylespage on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:
Kirsten Jansen Team Manager
Telephone:
Email:
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information see the How to Applysection on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning0(select option 2 or raising a ticket via our online portal:https://emss/support.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
