Specialist Teacher

at  Southwark Council

Additional salary details
£49,878 - £54,166 per annum (subject to experience and pro rata for part time staff).
Plus inner London Weighting of £3,595 per annum in addition to your basic salary. Part-time staff will receive the allowance on a pro-rata basis.
The role

THE ROLE:

Southwark Autism Support Team (AST) is a peripatetic advisory service based in the SEN department of Children’s and Adults services. The AST offers support to all Southwark Primary Schools and our remit is to support staff to develop their knowledge, skills and confidence in addressing the teaching, learning and well-being of autistic children.
We are looking for a highly motivated and inspirational qualified teacher with specific expertise and knowledge of supporting autistic students. The individual will have an appreciation of the barriers that autistic pupils may experience in accessing and participating in learning and have exceptional communication skills to challenge, motivate and inspire SENCO’s, teachers and teaching assistants to.
You will be joining a friendly, supportive, yet small team. We consist of specialist teachers, specialist teaching assistants, an early year’s autism support officer, post diagnosis autism support worker and a specialist SALT/Manager.
The AST has a significant training portfolio and we are an Autism Education Trust (AET) Training Partner and promote this within our offer of support.

As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you’ll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:

• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health conditio