Sendco

0.8 FTE  Required as soon as possible 

Ancora House School wish to recruit a qualified SENDCo with outstanding skills of communication to lead on inclusion and SEND at the school's community site in Frodsham.

Ancora House School is an Outstanding school designated as a Medical Pupil Referral Unit; the school has two sites; an in-patient unit based at the Countess of Chester Hospital Park and a community provision based in Castle House, Castle Park, Frodsham.

The community provision supports up to 41 learners in Cheshire West and Chester who cannot attend school due to their physical or mental health problem. Learners who attend typically present with a range of barriers but the more prevalent reasons are social, emotional and mental health problems. A significant number have social and communication difficulties.

Ancora House School recognises that in order for young people to thrive and to reach their potential they need the strong foundations of resilience; perseverance and independence. A large majority of our learners are working with CAMHS and other services. As a school we work in close partnership with organisations and families to promote the recovery of our young people; these relationships are critical to ensuring our young people progress.

We are looking for a dynamic individual who supports the school’s ethos in ensuring learners have the opportunity to feel safe and experience a sense of wellbeing; they must be adept at building relationships and adopt a person centred approach whilst promoting the values of respect; dignity and equity. The key functions of the role include:

• Completing EHCP applications alongside home schools.
• Attending EHCP meetings for dual registered and single registered learners
• Monitoring progress of EHCP learners on single registration in respect of their EHCP targets
• Leading EHCP reviews for single registered learners
• Ensuring SEN paperwork and education information reports are kept up to date
• Supporting staff with training and strategies for young people with SEN
• Attending SENCO forums and disseminating information
• Implement and sometimes delivering interventions, and evaluating effectiveness of these across the school
• Line managing the school’s Education Transition workers and supporting them to look at next steps for learners
• Holding regular meetings with parents of EHCP and prospective EHCP parents

If you believe you are that person we look forward to receiving your application.

For further information please contact Carli Willis carli.willis@ancora.cheshire.sch.uk

At Ancora House School we are committed to ensuring the safeguarding of our young people, successful candidates will be required to undergo stringent pre-employment checks including an enahnced DBS check in line with safer recruitment prior to appointment.