Call/email Alisdair at Integritas Education Recruitment to get an application form to complete and also a full job description.
Lead English Teacher, SEMH/SEN school
Location: Midge Hall, near Leyland, Lancashire
Salary: M1 - UPS2 plus Expert payment of £1,500 per annum in addition to current salary
Hours: 40 hours per week - Term Time Only
At this school they support young people aged 9-16 who face various challenges associated with social, emotional and mental health needs, including those who face communication and behavioural challenges associated with Autism Spectrum Conditions.
This school is part of a group of over 15 SEN schools across the UK. They are the sixth-largest provider of specialist educational services in the country, supporting over 900 children and young people, and employing over 1,000 staff.
Lead Teacher - English, Literacy, Phonics & Careers Education Information, Advice & Guidance (CEIAG)
Key duties in addition to standard SEN Teaching role:
- Lead, organise, and coordinate English within the whole school.
- Manage and lead relevant approaches and subject information including assessment of progress in English, literacy, phonics
- Ensure literacy and phonics interventions are co-ordinated, delivered and tracked
- Develop English as a specialist and successful dimension of the academic curriculum offer; reflected by improved progress and outcomes for all pupils.
- Provide training to staff as and when required
- Provide relevant progress and teaching/learning quality information to SLT as required
- Act as Careers Officer ensuring compliance with the Gatsby Benchmarks
Qualifications:
- PGCE, QTS, Cert Ed or equivalent teaching qualification and evidence of in-service training.
- Relevant knowledge and experience of pupils with SEN, SLD/PMLD and ASD
- Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures
- Experience of managing a range of approaches to behaviour, including managing behaviours that challenge
Successful candidates are likely to demonstrate
- Experience of successfully delivering a differentiated curriculum to students with a wide range of needs.
- Experience of working in a therapeutic environment
Benefits:
Training and Development
This schools group strongly believe that learning and development should not be limited to just the children and young people they support. They offer a wide range of programmes and opportunities to all employees to improve your skills and further your career.
Save money on your bills!!
With the cost of living rising they have a fantastic benefit through Perkbox to help with cutting costs and help make your money go further. Perkbox is a free app for you to use on the go wherever you are. You can get deals and discounts to save money on things like your weekly food bill, phone plans, internet, eating out, gym memberships, insurance and more. You can also use Perkbox for our cycle to work scheme and car scheme.
Competitive Pay and Reward
Every year they compare the market rates of pay and rewards to insure they are comparable or better to other similar organisations. They also offer Enhanced Annual Leave, Company Sick Pay, Pension and Life Assurance.
UK Health Cash Plan
This plan can help cover your day to day healthcare expenditure such as optician and dental bills. You and your children are covered on this plan and you can also choose to upgrade and add a partner to enjoy the benefits with you.
Employee Assistance Programme
Your health and wellbeing is very important to this Group and they have support available on a wide variety of issues, helping you with online tools, information and via a freephone counselling service available 24/7.
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Integritas Education Recruitment Ltd is acting as an employment business for this position.
Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search**.**
Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and we are therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
As a result of the volume of applications, If we have not contacted you within two weeks of your application being received, then regretfully your application will not be taken forward on this occasion.