The SEND Team
At Dunbar Education, we are dedicated to delivering an exceptional SEN recruitment service. Our mission is to improve outcomes for vulnerable young people in the SEN sector, by connecting mainstream schools, SEN schools, pupil referral units, local authorities and alternative providers with qualified educators who have been trained to provide specialist support.
Our expertise and dedication allow us to give each child the care and attention they need as part of a service that is second-to-none.
Meet the Team:
Supporting Your SEN Goals
Targeted Recruitment
We match candidates to schools based on:
The needs of the pupil
The requirements of the SLT (senior leadership team)
The intricacies of the role
Pupil Outcomes
We can provide targeted interventions including:
One-to-one tuition
Small group tuition
Behaviour support
Pupil Safeguarding
We pre-vet so you don't have to:
Rigorous vetting standards
CPD courses
Safeguarding training
Nationally recognised accreditations
Serving special schools, pupil referral units, mainstream schools, and other educational institutions that care for children with special educational needs is something we have done for many years. Our SEN recruitment experts have a thorough awareness of the talents that these institutions require as well as their complex web of pastoral, pedagogical, and legal responsibilities.
We select and provide staff who recognise:
The need for pupils to have continuity in their learning environment
The requirements of pupils with special and often challenging needs
The significant benefits for all pupils of learning with a carefully-matched teacher or teaching assistant
Roles we recruit for:
Our SEND team supplies schools, PRUs, LAs and alternative providers with a diverse pool of educators across a large variety of roles including:
- SEN Teachers
- Learning Support Assistants
- SEND Teaching Assistants
- Occupational Therapists
- S&L Therapists
- Behaviour Mentors
- Support Workers
Our staffing solutions are created to assist organisations in achieving three main goals: Supporting SEN, Supporting Learning, and Supporting Behaviour.
To support you, we provide different types of contracts and roles:
- Short-term supply cover
- Longer-term temporary positions
- Pupil interventions
- SEN support
- Permanent roles
Compliance:
At Dunbar Education, we have a dedicated compliance team who are responsible for ensuring that all of our candidates are fully vetted and compliant in line with our safer recruitment and safeguarding policies.
Compliance for Day2Day & Long Term Assignments
For all assignments where Dunbar Education acts as the employment business(1), we will carry out the below checks:
• Candidate Interview/Registration
• Verified 5 Year Career History
• Enhanced DBS Certificate through Dunbar Education or on Update Service
• Overseas Police Checks
• Identity checks
• Prohibition and sanction checks
• Referencing
• Proof of address check
• Change of name check
• Qualification check
• Right to Work check
• Medical fitness to work check
(1) An employment business provides staff who are not employed by the hirer but who are seconded or supplied to a client employer
Compliance for Direct Placements
For all direct placements where Dunbar Education acts as the employment agency(2), we will carry out the below checks:
• Overseas Police Checks
• Identity checks
• Prohibition and sanction checks
• Referencing
• Qualification check
• Right to Work check
(2) An employment agency is one that provides staff who are then employed by the client employer.
For more information please read our Safer Recruitment Policy and our Safeguarding Policy found in the footer.
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