Teacher Curriculum Development (Bletchley Park School)

Teacher (Curriculum Development)

Cambian Bletchley Park School

Location: Bletchley, MK3 7EB

Salary: £35,500.00 + Cambian Benefits

Contract: 40 Hours per Week Term Time Only

The young people we educate and care for come to us with a huge variety of needs and difficulties. Our challenge is to help them build the hope, confidence, knowledge and skills to unlock their potential.

From innovative educational experiences to national curriculum programmes, supported by passionate teams of specialists and key workers, we actively enable each young person to achieve their personal best, all in an environment that best suits them.

Our growing family of 4,000 colleagues, supporting over 2,000 children is one of the UK’s largest and highest quality providers of specialist education and behavioural health services.

Bletchley Park is a 38-week specialist school providing quality therapeutic care and education for young people with Autism, challenging behaviour, communication difficulties and complex needs. The children and young people that attend school range between the ages of 7 - 19 years.

As a Teacher you will need to have a passion for working with young people and want to make a difference in their lives. You will be a highly motivated, well organised and resourceful individual who can demonstrate flexibility and good communication skills. You will be patient and energetic but also have a genuine concern to improve the quality of life for the young people in our care.

We are seeking dedicated and enthusiastic teacher to work with young people within our SEMH school who can often display behaviours that challenge.

Main Responsibilities:

To use effective teaching strategies and lesson structures to deliver the curriculum by:

· Being familiar with curriculum requirements and making full use of assessment information to develop, adapt and evaluate teaching strategies to give maximum benefit to students

· Identifying appropriate learning outcomes and developing a range of approaches which reduce barriers and help students to attain achievable targets.

· Thoroughly planning and preparing lessons and contributing to broader developments as requested

· Sequencing and structuring learning experiences and environments to develop organisational and problem-solving skills to encourage independent learning

· Selecting and managing resources, using specialised materials including ICT, as appropriate, to enable maximum access to the curriculum and to promote independent living skills.

· Being aware of the effects of attachment behaviours on learning, adjusting targets and approaches accordingly.

· Working collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams to make best use of expertise.

· To ensure a high standard of display to provide a stimulating and challenging environment.

· Working collaboratively with Teaching Assistants and other specialists to extend students’ listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.

· Working with parents/carers and other agencies to agree approaches to each student’s personal development

Person Specification:

· To hold Qualified Teacher status

· Knowledge of specific subject area(s)/key stage to be taught

· Knowledge of the learning process and good educational practice

· Knowledge of learning disabilities and/or special needs relevant to the establishment

· Knowledge of key aspects of health and safety legislation

· An understanding of actions or situations that might be considered as ‘discrimination’ and an understanding of how these can be prevented

In return we offer:

· Comprehensive ongoing training

· A rewarding and valued position

· Committed and supportive colleagues

· A unique opportunity to make a real difference to a young person’s life

Fully supported 6-month probationary period

We pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunities Employer. And we are committed to safeguarding and protecting the young people and service users within our care. All candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and reference checks.

If you want to learn from and work with a highly specialist, incredibly proud and integrated team that unlocks the potential of young people who will challenge you, stand up to you, ignore you, then trust you and ultimately move forward because of you, then please talk to us. We’d love to help you move forward too