Specialist Advisory Teacher for Cognition and Learning

Job Introduction
Our Story:

Halton is a vibrant local authority with a rich history and heritage, featuring two iconic bridges that connect communities across the River Mersey. Located in Cheshire, Halton boasts excellent transport links between Liverpool and Manchester, as well as close proximity to both Liverpool John Lennon and Manchester Airports.

Our progressive community strategy aims to bring about meaningful, long-term improvements that enhance lives. It’s an exciting time to join us as we develop new policies and transform the way people access services.

We are immensely proud that when asked what’s great about working for Halton, the most popular response from our workforce has been ‘our colleagues’. 

Our Team: 

The Specialist Teaching and Advisory Service (STAS) has a team of specialist advisors with experience and qualifications in the areas of Speech, Language and Communication (Including Autism), Complex Physical/Medical Needs and Cognition and Learning. We work in settings across Halton providing outreach support and advice in the form of consortiums, training and modelling and support to staff. We work closely with the Educational Psychology Service and are part of the wider SEND Team.

Hours: 

26 hours per week, term-time only.

Your Contributions:

As a Specialist Advisory Teacher for Cognition & Learning, you will deliver training to school settings, advising them on cognition and learning strategies to enable the best outcomes for their pupils. As part of this work, you will complete audits of school resources in order to support learners with cognition and learning needs. You will lead on cognition and learning consortiums, as well as working directly with pupils with cognition and learning needs’, modelling strategies and interventions to school staff.

Our Offer: 

Aside from working with a great team, our employees have access to a fantastic range of benefits, including:

Investment in your personal development 
Free Car Parking at HBC sites 
Flexible working arrangements 
Car leasing schemes
Essential Car User Allowance
Next Steps:

At Halton Borough Council, we want all of our candidates to feel well-informed so if you would like to have an informal chat about this role, please contact Lisa Turner 0151 511 6169

Interviews will take place on date TBC. 

At Halton Borough Council we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce and a vital part of this is to encourage diversity in all respects. We are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and tailored to best suit the needs and strength of the individual. This includes making adjustments for people with a disability, neurodiversity or with long-term health conditions. If you require accommodations, please reach out during the recruitment process so that we can make this the best possible experience for you – resourcing@halton.gov.uk 

Please refer to the attached Job Profile for further information about the role and our values. 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications. If you’re interested, please complete your application as early as possible.

We look forward to receiving your application!