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Special School

Vertical

Co-Educational

Catholic

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70

Yes

An internal panel of suitable applicants may be set up to fill vacancies which may occur within a specific time period (four months for teacher posts and the duration of the school year for SNA posts) from the date on which the Board approves the successful candidate.

St. Vincent's Special School is a co-educational school that caters for pupils, ages 5 - 18 years, who, on psychological testing, are found to be functioning within the level of Moderate General Learning Disability. Many of our pupils have multiple disabilities.

Essential criteria
• The successful candidate must have experience working with children with communication difficulties
• Extensive experience using Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC)
• Experience of using positive approaches to respond to behaviours that challenge.

Candidates must be positive, flexible and work well in a team environment. The successful candidate must be willing to engage in relevant CPD, have a strong work ethic and respect the ethos of the school. Duties may include assisting pupils in the swimming pool and assisting on out-of-school visits, walks and similar activities. The successful candidate might be required to assist in catering for the purpose of a specific pupil. Candidates may be required to administer medicine, if a child requires adult assistance to administer medicine and when the extent of assistance required would overly disrupt normal teaching time. Candidates may be required to assist with feeding; including PEG feeding, where a child with special needs requires adult assistance and where the extent of assistance required would overly disrupt normal teaching time. Training will be provided to successful applicant.

Only applications via email will be considered. The standard application form can be found online at www.educationposts.ie and must reflect how candidates meet the essential criteria. Appointment will be subject to current Garda vetting requirements, Occupational Health Screening and satisfactory references.