Specialist Teacher

Organisation:Leicestershire County Council

WorkLocation:County Hall Glenfield Leicester LE3 8RA

WorkerCategory:Field Based Worker

Salary:Main Pay Scale 5 UPS3 2SEN (dependent on experience)

WorkingHours:0.8 FTE (4 days per week)

ContractType:Fixed term from 01/01/2026 (or sooner if possible) until 31/08/2026

Closing Date:Wednesday 24th September 2025

Interview Date(s):Thursday 02 October 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a for a highly skilled and experienced Specialist Teacher for Cognition and Learning to join Leicestershires Learning Support Team. We are looking for a qualified teacher who has expertise in Cognition and Learning with knowledge skills and experience in supporting pupils across a range of special educational needs including Communication and Interaction Social Emotional and Mental Health Needs (SEMH) and Sensory needs

About the Role

The Learning Support Team is a well-regarded and welcoming team consisting of Specialist Teachers with a wealth of knowledge and experience and a passion for inclusion. As part of Specialist Teaching Service the teams aim is to improve opportunities outcomes and experiences for children and young people with SEND in partnership with families educational settings and organisations.

The successful applicant will use knowledge skills and experience to determine children and young peoples learning communication social emotional and sensory needsacrossKey Stages 1-5 identifying and developing evidence-based strategies and interventions in order to improve outcomes for learners with a wide range of complex special educational needs. We are looking for teachers who are knowledgeable about the National Curriculum appropriate interventions and the barriers children and young people with complex needs can face.

You willwork with children and young people their parents / carers and school staff to identify both the strengths and challenges the child or young person is experiencing. Using this knowledge you will then provide advice and information to identify provision which builds on their strengths and meets their identified needs. This will involve working collaboratively with Specialist Teachers Educational Psychologists and other agencies where appropriate. Therefore we welcome applications from highly motivated creative practitioners who enjoy working in a collaborative solution-focussed way.

The role involves maintaining thorough records of work undertaken and contributing to Education Health and Care Plan assessments and annual addition you will engage with ongoing professional development to identify develop and deliver resources that promote curriculum access for learners with complex Cognition and Learning needs.

An enhanced DBS check 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 evidence of further training and development in Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. It is highly desirable that you will hold a Level 7 qualification related to Cognition and Learning.
• Substantial experience of working directly with pupils with complex cognition and learning needs including knowledge of effective teaching and learning approaches and resources to support the attainment and inclusion of these pupils
• Experience of delivering of training including in-service training to teachers
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to relate positively to children young people parents and other professionals and establish effective working relationships with colleagues educational settings and partner agencies
• Significant experience of working appropriately in accordance with relevant statutory and local policies and procedures for SEND and the ability carry out all duties in line with LCC Safeguarding policies and procedures and fulfil relevant safeguarding competencies
• Ability to actively demonstrate the values of the authority: Positivity; Trust and respect; Flexibility; Openness and Transparency
• Must be able to perform all duties and tasks with reasonable adjustment where appropriate in accordance with the provisions of the Equality Act will include requirements to work flexibly around holiday periods in line with the service requirements and access to a vehicle with the ability to travel to temporary bases such as schools touch-down bases etc.

We are looking for an individual who celebrates equality diversity and inclusion challenging discrimination at every level together as a service and as a Local Authority. We warmly welcome those from all cultures ethnicities and beliefs.

In addition we expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.

Interviews for this post will take place in person. Shortlisted candidates will be provided with further information.

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. Thereforewherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstanceswhilst 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 mayinclude requests for term-time working part-time 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 theOur Working Stylespage on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion please contact:

Angela Shipley Autism Outreach Team Manager

Email:

Or

Vanessa Foulds Specialist Teaching Service Manager

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 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 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 more information see theHow 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.

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