Qualified Teacher of Vision Impaired

Job Description

Colchester Royal Grammar School, an Essex selective boys grammar school, is looking to recruit a Qualified Teacher of the Vision Impaired from January 2019. The successful applicant will lead the support for a Year 9 braillist with significant visual impairment, in collaboration with teaching and support staff.

Fixed term for as long as the named student is at the school (currently Year 9)

15 hours a week, Teacher's Pay and Conditions

Salary: £13,529 - £15,453 (dependent upon experience)

Applicants will:

· hold a Mandatory Qualification in VI

· be able to use a Perkins Brailler/ Humanware BrailleNote Touch/an embosser

· be able to reproduce accurate tactile diagrams, charts, maps, plans and pictures

· have excellent IT skills

· be able to take the lead role in advising, training and supporting our specialist LSA and teaching staff

· be able to produce appropriate resources to support a student in a high-achieving secondary setting in the GCSE years and beyond

· be able to establish excellent working relationships with the student, parents and staff

Closing date: 1 October 2018 - 9am

To download a job description, person specification and application form, please visit www.crgs.co.uk/128/vacancies

Information about the School

Boys 11-18, on roll approx. 1012 students of which 400 in the sixth form, 30 boarders

All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.