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JOB DESCRIPTION Department: Education Department School Improvement and Inclusion Section: Advisory Teaching Service Job Title Advisory Teacher Communication/Interaction Grade T.M.P.S. + up to 2 SEN allowances Work Location To be negotiated Post No. 1. JOB PURPOSE To be responsible for offering advice and support to all concerned with children with communication/interaction difficulties in mainstream schools. 2. MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES PRE-SCHOOL FOCUS To be involved with all children in their preschool year (last term usually) who have been identified or who are believed to have communication/interaction difficulties. MAINSTREAM FOCUS To visit children with communication/interaction difficulties attending any phase of mainstream education, assess and offer appropriate advisory and teaching support, including inservice training to staff. To be responsible for updating personal information in respect of curriculum developments. To disseminate this information and its implications for children with communication/interaction difficulties to professional colleagues/ staff involved with the support of children with Special Educational Needs. To maintain files on individual children which include speech therapy reports, E.P.’s reports educational update. Correspondence relevant to individual children and associated areas of support and guidance. To provide written reports about individual children. Collate and discuss such information with Lead Advisory Teacher during case reviews. To co-ordinate the annual review meetings with Head teachers/school, presenting written reports on aspects of the child’s social, emotional, linguistic, educational progress/development. To contribute to the development of a programme arising from these reviews. To share responsibility for monitoring and evaluating such programmes and liaise with Head of Service/Head teacher on successes and failures. To be responsible for training, supporting and guiding special support assistants working with C&I. children. To undertake those duties which support the achievement of the County Council’s equal opportunities objectives, with particular reference to the targets/positive actions included in the Positive Action Plan and aspects of service delivery. To ensure that a high priority is given to the management of health and safety and that you carry out your legal responsibilities for ensuring that risk assessments are made and action taken; that appropriate information, instructions, training and supervision is made to ensure the health and safety at work of those employees for whom you are responsible. ADMINISTRATIVE FOCUS To allocate a part of the weekly timetable for administrative duties associated with advisory and support work. The completion of reports, reviews and letters required by agencies concerned with the support of children with communication/interaction difficulties. Preparation of materials for use with individual children, teaching and non-teaching staff which will facilitate effective inclusion of the children into school system and environment, ensuring an understanding of the implications of communication/interaction difficulties. Completion and submission of individual timetables to Head of Service prior to commencement of the working week. Completion of travel claims/expenses forms and submission to the Lead Advisory Teacher by a designated date for ratification. Liaison with Head of Service over any changes, to working practises which may be required from time to time. ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES To undertake any additional duties consistent with the role of an advisory teacher for children with communication/interaction difficulties as determined by the Head of Service or Director of Education. To attend such meetings as requested by the Head of Service to facilitate improved communication and professional development. To offer a ‘fully open’ policy on the supply of information to parents of children with communication/interaction difficulties. All Advisory staff are involved in the process of identification and recommendations to the Lead Advisory Teacher, of children requiring Statutory Assessment. To be involved in the appointment of Learning Support Workers for Statemented children and to ensure that they are appropriately supported and trained. In addition, each advisory teacher will have a specific responsibility within the team. S/he is expected to develop and update this resource in conjunction with the Lead Advisory Teacher. This area of responsibility also forms part of the advisory teacher’s professional development programme. All qualified staff are paid on standard scale with an incentive allowance. In addition, advisory staff are classed as essential car users and may qualify for a car under the L.E.A. contract hire agreement. 3. QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE DfES Teacher Qualification – essential DfES Approved Specialist Teacher Qualification, Language and/or Communication Impairment – desirable Social Use of Language Programme[SULP], desirable Experience of mainstream teaching – desirable Experience of SEN teaching – desirable 4. SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY Designated Learning Support Workers 5. SUPERVISION RECEIVED 1. Lead Advisory Teacher, Communication/Interaction 2. Head of Advisory Teaching Service All aspects of management and deployment of C & I advisory teachers are the responsibility of the Head of the Advisory Teaching Service, and ultimately the Executive Director of Education, Jo Davidson. 6. PRINCIPAL CONTACTS 7. Lead Advisory Teacher, Communication/Interaction Advisory Teacher, Communication/Interaction Learning Support Workers, Communication/Interaction Other members of the Advisory Teaching Service Head of Advisory Teaching Service Other members of SENSS SPECIAL CONDITIONS (if applicable) The post is subject to an initial probationary period of six months. EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES This job description sets out the main duties of the post at the date when it was drawn up. Such duties may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the post or the level of responsibility entailed. Such variations are a common occurrence and cannot of themselves justify a reconsideration of the grading of the post. DATE: Jan 2003 Ref: FNF/