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Location: Bucknall, Stoke on Trent
Contract Type: Full-time, Temporary until Christmas with possibility to extend
Hours: 40 hours per week
Salary: £30,000 to £44,870 (M1 UPS2)
We are currently looking for anexperienced SEN Teacherto join an Outstanding rated specialist provision supporting young people aged 6 - 19 with ASC, communication and sensory needs in Bucknall. This is a class of 6 with a minimum of 1 TA.
The Role:
As a Class Teacher, your role will be to provide high quality teaching that will enable pupils to make progress not just academically but socially and emotionally. You must be creative and have high expectations. An understanding of ASC would be useful to support the planning and delivery of a broad and balanced curriculum to enable pupils to achieve their full potential in all areas.
To facilitate this, youll plan and deliver lessons that support young people achieving accreditation on a lifeskills pathway. You will be able to support the young people to be independent and resilient learners both in and outside of the classroom.
Youll supervise and provide support and guidance to the Teaching Assistants and Higher Level Teaching Assistants and play a key role in their Professional Development Reviews.
Naturally, you will take responsibility for implementing school policies and practices, including those relating to safeguarding and equality of opportunity. Additionally; you will also be expected to carefully monitoring the health, well-being and personal care of the pupils; informing Pastoral/clinical/ SEND support teams and any other relevant professionals of any concerns.
The ideal candidate will have experience of delivering outcomes for young people who are of secondary age but working below age related expectations and on a life skills/ functional pathway. Experience of teaching a range of subjects at KS2/KS3 or 4 and/or experience of delivering entry level and functional skills maths and English, or any other accreditation e.g. Princes trust would be advantageous.
Experience:
- Qualified Teacher status
- Experience in achieving outstanding outcomes
- Thorough working knowledge of the curriculum and how to adapt this for pupils with SEN
- Experience of working with young people with ASD
- Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures
- Ability to create and maintain strong nurturing relationships with young people
- Experience of managing a range of approaches to learning, to include the students with anxiety.
- Knowledge of strategies and visual teaching methods to engage reluctant learners.
- A flexible approach, a high level creativity and the ability to adapt teaching to meet individual nee
