Sessional SENCO

A forward-looking social business, Catch22 has more than 200 years’ experience of providing public services that help people turn their lives around. 

Our Catch22 College is the collective name for 7 sites we have across the country delivering academic and vocational training programmes for young people aged 16+ who, for whatever reason, are not suited to a mainstream college setting. Our College Site provides learners with a highly supportive environment where they have access to opportunities to build up their confidence and self-belief, and to gain new skills and experiences that will help them to achieve their goals in life.

• You may be required to attend multi agency meetings, CAF’s and Annual Reviews
• Support on the completion of Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) and the securing of higher needs funding to meet identified needs
• Work with senior colleagues to ensure that the service meets its responsibilities under the Equalities Act (2010) with regard to reasonable adjustments and access arrangements
• Ensure that service policies, procedures and practices relating to SEN are adhered to
• In partnership with senior colleagues, monitor and evaluate the quality of teaching and learning
• Help colleagues to evaluate the impact of their teaching on learners.
• Ensure continuity and progression through the analysis of learner performance data
• Liaise with external agencies, commissioners and other stake holders to communicate strategy and progress in relation to SEN particularly in preparation for Ofsted
• Ensure that the service keeps the records of all learners with SEN up-to-date
• Liaise with the designated safeguarding lead where there are issues relating to a learner with SEN
• Advise on the deployment of the service’s delegated budget and other resources to meet learners’ needs effectively.

Recording and Assessment

• Work with colleagues to identify and set challenging targets for raising achievement among pupils with SEN
• Ensure that robust tracking systems are in place to collect and interpret specific pupil level assessment data, allowing the service to identify ‘value added’ resulting from teaching and intervention strategies
• Manage systems for screening learners at ‘point of entry’, identifying, assessing and reviewing provision
• Attend review meetings, parent consultations and other meetings relating to provision for SEN when required
• To undertake any other duties that can be reasonably expected of you within your job grade

Read about the skills needed here 

Contract: Sessional

Hours per week: Flexible

Salary: £25 PH

Specific Requirements

Willingness to work flexibly and remotely across all sites 

Commitment to upholding and promoting Catch22’s values

Commitment to promoting quality in every way, and to celebrating the diversity of our students, staff and partners. 

See the benefits of working for Catch22 here.

Unless otherwise stated, interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised.

At Catch22 we value equality, diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day, working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them, a purpose, and a good place to live.

Catch22 is committed to rigorous safeguarding and safer recruitment practices; ensuring that every individual within the organisation has been safely and appropriately checked.

Please note, we will conduct an online search as part of our due dilligence checks for successful candidate(s). This will involve a search of all publicly available information online and in social media.