Job Description
Grade: Qualified Teacher (Upper Pay Scale) Salary: £57,632 – £62,496 + 2SEN Allowance (£5,497) Salary is Pro rata due to Part Time Hours Contract Type: Part Time (0.6 FTE, 3 Days per week, 19.5 hours per week), Permanent Closing Date: Sunday 17th May 2026 Interview Date: Thursday 21st May 2026 About Haringey Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture. Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents. About the Role This is an exciting opportunity to join a well-established, successful, and supportive team – Haringey Sensory Support Team. The peripatetic role provides advice, information & support for children, young people, families and professionals in a range of settings to ensure that all children and young people with a vision impairment (VI) are sensitively supported to reach their full potential. This is a peripatetic role. About the Team We are a small team of QTVIs and a Habilitation Specialist. We support children with a diagnosed vision impairment, both in the home and a variety of educational settings. We become involved with families and children from their diagnosis. Our work includes supporting and advising families/carers and professionals throughout the child’s developmental and educational journey into adulthood. About You We are looking for a qualified teacher of the visually impaired. You must be an enthusiastic, motivated, and passionate professional who is interested in developing their skills further. You will need to demonstrate considerable knowledge and successful experience of working with VI children and young people. This job will require you to work across the age range 0 – 25years. The role as a QTVI requires excellent interpersonal skills, flexibility and the ability to work independently as well as contributing to the wider Education Inclusion Team. The ability to be well organised and to meet deadlines is essential.
