Class teacher

Fixed-term up to one year

Young Epilepsy is the leading national charity working exclusively to improve the lives of children, teenagers and young people with epilepsy and associated neurological conditions. With over 100 years of experience, our unique Headquarters offers world-class services which include the provision of Residential Services, Education and Health Care to children and young people in the UK.

We also provide diagnostic, assessment and rehabilitation services to children and young people and work closely with distinguished organisations like Great Ormond Street Hospital and University College London.

We are looking for an individual, with a qualification in teaching young people who have special needs, to take responsibility for the teaching, learning and pastoral care of a class group.

You will plan and teach well-structured lessons to meet individual learning needs, using the appropriated strategies to demonstrate and monitor student progression. You will ensure that students will achieve in relation to their prior attainment, and make good progress, in-line with others in similar settings. You will also take responsibility for the line management of the staff team working with the class group.

As well as holding qualified teacher status or equivalent, you will have recent experience of working within a special or mainstream school, combined with a good working knowledge of the National Curriculum and its assessment. You will be an excellent classroom practitioner, able to communicate appropriately at all levels, with an excellent team work ethic. Early years’ experience would also be beneficial.

We offer an attractive range of benefits including pension scheme, subsidised dining room, gym membership options (on and off-site) and on-site accommodation (may be available for employees working unsocial hours).

For further details of this and other vacancies, please visit our website: www.youngepilepsy.org.uk/jobs  

Closing date: 7 December 2016.

For some roles we receive a high number of applications and, where this is evident, the post will be closed and we will put a limit on the number of applications that we are able to receive. If you do not hear anything within two weeks of the closing date, please assume you have been unsuccessful.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community and guarantee to interview all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check (formerly CRB) will be required.

We are a Two Ticks (Positive about Disability) organisation.

Young Epilepsy is the operating name of the National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy. Registered Charity No: 311877 (England and Wales).