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Autism Lead
Northlands Primary School and Nursery are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic champion to support our pupils with Autism and Social, Communication difficulties. Our Champion will be working primarily with a group of foundation age pupils, providing stimulating activities to promote sensory and social play. The successful candidate will need to have a good understanding of the spectrum of needs associated with ASD and will be able to plan and deliver activities designed to enable pupils to make good progress. They will need to be able to assess how pupil's are progressing and be able to work and communicate with parents and staff effectively. Our Champion will need to be able to lead a small team of support staff who will be working together to support our younger pupils with Autism in the school's Bubble intervention. The role will also involve working across the school providing strategies and suport for older children with ASD. Our Champion will need to be fun, enthusiastic, a good communicator, a team player and be passionate about prioritising the needs of children with ASD. If this sounds like you then we'd love to hear from you.
Visits to the School are welcomed, please contact Mrs H Coates on 01268 553434 to arrange a suitable time and date.
Information about the School
Our Governors and staff are committed to safeguarding children and promoting the wellbeing of everyone within the Northlands Family and expect all volunteers and staff to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to satisfactory references, enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks, Safeguarding and medical checks. All shortlisted candidates will be subject to digital screening.
Please refer closely to the job description and person specification, when completing your application form. Visits to the school are welcomed by prior arrangement, following current Covid guidelines. Interested candidates are invited to contact Sue Gilbert via email admin@northlandsprimary.essex.sch.uk
Information about the School
Northlands Primary School and Nursery is a happy, popular school with an ethos of honesty, respect, hard work and ambition where children enjoy coming to school because learning is fun.