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The salary for this role is Teachers’ Main Pay Scale (fringe) £37, 264 - £40, 083 (1 September 2022 – 31 August 2023) and Teachers’ Upper Pay Range £41, 858 - £44, 919 plus an annual SEN allowance of £4,703, pro-rata for part-time hours.

You will work 14.40 hours (two days) per week across 39 weeks per year.

The Service

At Surrey County Council, our Advisory Teachers for Vision Impairment (VI) are part of the Physical and Sensory Support (PSS) Service. This specialised teaching service supports the specific needs of defined and vulnerable children and young people in Surrey, ranging from 0 to 25 years old, as well as their educational establishments. Whether it's their school or even their home during the early years, we ensure that individual and organisational needs are identified and met.

Operating within a dynamic and fast-paced environment, PSS focuses on supporting children and young people who have complex additional needs, disabilities, and vision impairments. We collaborate closely with their families, schools, and educational settings, including further and higher education institutions, as well as other professionals and organisations involved in their care and development.

Our service plays a crucial role in supporting statutory duties and provisions while promoting achievement among the students we support. If you have a passion for making a positive impact on the lives of VI children and students, then this is the role for you!

The role

As an Advisory Teacher for VI, you'll bring extensive knowledge of additional needs, disabilities and the provision required to meet those needs.

We are seeking a Qualified Teacher for Vision Impairment (QTVI) with exceptional verbal and written communication skills, a strong understanding of assistive technology for VI and effective case-management abilities. With these skills, you'll be equipped to deliver a comprehensive service within a complex statutory framework, focusing on high-risk and high-need groups. Your current and substantial experience will include working with braillists, particularly at secondary-school level, as well as experience of working with VI children and students as an onsite QTVI in resourced provision and as a peripatetic QTVI.

About you

To be considered for an interview, your application should include a supporting statement that clearly explains your interest in and commitment to working with VI children and students, particularly braillists, including those with additional needs and disabilities.

Additionally, please provide evidence of your:

• Teaching qualification and mandatory Post Graduate Diploma (PG Dip) for Teachers of Children and Young People with Vision impairments
• Extensive knowledge, skills, and experience of working with VI children and students, particularly braillists at secondary-school level, some of who have additional needs and disabilities.
• Successful collaboration within an advisory/peripatetic team and experience in resourced provision for VI, specifically at the secondary-school level

At Surrey, our values and behaviours are just as important as our skills and abilities. They shape who we are as an organisation. Find out more about the values we follow.

For more information, please find the job description below. We also invite you to read our Life at Surrey handbook to see insights of the culture at Surrey and how as a valued employee, you can help shape our Council.

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 19/07/2023 with interviews to follow.

An enhanced DBS ‘Disclosure and Barring Service’ check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children’s and Adults’ Barred List checks will be required for this role.

Contact Details

For any additional information, please contact Peter Abbotts on mobile 0779171242 or via email at [email protected].

Benefits

For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit MyBenefits for Surrey County Council staff.

Our Commitment

Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where:

• The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
• The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form

Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role.

We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.

We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.