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College Life Skills Teacher

College Life Skills Teacher

High Oaks

Hounslow

  • Expired
Salary:
MPS plus SEN point
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
ASAP
Apply by:
28 October 2019

Job overview

                      Teacher - Life Skills Pathway

Great Oaks College is a new specialist independent college that is co-located within Oaklands School’s new state of the art, purpose built premises located in Gresham Road, Hounslow. We are close to Osterley Tube Station and public transport routes and just 15 minutes walk from Hounslow bus station. The college provides further educational opportunities to post 19 students that have severe, profound and multiple learning difficulties or autism. 

The college is split into 3 pathways; Vocational, Life Skills and Sensory. Life Skills is a two year course for young people who need to remain in education to develop skills for adult life. Students will work within their ability to become as independent as possible in everyday tasks and in accessing community facilities. The course consists of a core curriculum delivered two days per week, and the life skills programme delivered two days per week. 

Due to our rapid and continued expansion we are looking to appoint a creative, enthusiastic teacher to work on the like skills pathway. As well as having a good sense of humour, you will need to be well organised, calm, patient and passionate about teaching students with special educational needs. We believe that all of our students are capable of making outstanding progress and we want to appoint individuals who share our belief and have the desire and motivation to make this happen. Please refer to the job description and person specification for full details of the role.

We value our staff and offer excellent training and support, membership of the Teachers Pension Scheme, employee assistance programme and other wellbeing benefits.

Great Oaks College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young adults and anyone applying to work at the college is expected to share this commitment. This position is subject to a satisfactory fully enhanced DBS check and references being received. All positions are subject to the satisfactory completion of a 26 working week probation period.

Details of this post are available on the Oaklands school website: www.oaklands.hounslow.sch.uk or greatoakscollege.com

Visits to the college are welcomed. Please contact Rany Kalsi, HR Manager for an appointment on 0208 560 3569. 

If you believe you have what it takes and would like to join our friendly and supportive team, please complete and email the application form to HR@oaklands.uk.net  Please ensure that you explain clearly in your application how you meet the person specification. 

Closing Date: 9am on Monday 28th October 2019

Interview Date: Friday 1st November 2019

Start Date: ASAP

Contract Type: Full time and permanent  

Pay Scale: MPS plus SEN point (dependent upon relevant skills and experience in special education)

CVs will not be accepted. No agencies please.




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About High Oaks

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  • High Oaks
  • Gresham Road, Hounslow
  • Middlesex
  • TW3 4BX
  • United Kingdom
+44 20 8560 3569

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Oaklands is an ‘outstanding’ special school serving the London Borough of Hounslow that provides specialist education to students with severe learning difficulties, profound and multiple difficulties and autism aged 4-19. We have a Primary school (New Oaks), and a Secondary school (High Oaks). We are based across two different sites with both our school buildings offering state of the art facilities for our students and we serve a socially and ethnically diverse population, with children coming from within Hounslow and the surrounding Boroughs.

We are interested to hear from qualified teachers (QTS/QTLS) who are already working in special education and looking for a change,  NQT's  and those who work mainstream but are considering branching out into special education.  All teachers are invited to come along and see our school and find out more about what its like working here.

We value our employees and offer excellent training and support along with a pension scheme,  Employee Assistance Programme and other well-being benefits.

Call or email Rany Kalsi HR manager on 0208 560 3569 rkalsi@oaklands.uk.net to discuss career opportunities. 

Careers at Oaklands School

Can you make a difference to children and young people’s lives?  We have opportunities for people who wish to develop a career working with students with learning disabilities.

We need to employ many more staff over the coming years and would like to hear from anyone looking to develop a career in special education.

Oaklands secondary school moved to its current location in 2018 and boasts excellent facilities to provide a secondary and preparing for adulthood curriculum. Facilities include a sports centre, which is hired during evenings and weekends and outside term time under a planning condition.

Oaklands holds both an Ofsted Outstanding grade and also an advanced level accreditation from the National Autistic Society.

At Oaklands we aim to work closely with Hounslow’s special educational needs department to provide for the needs of Hounslow borough and are strongly committed to meeting the needs of Hounslow’s children and young people. We work with a school partnership established with schools in 3 boroughs, and with the Hounslow Education partnership. Oaklands provides training to a range of local provisions.

Oaklands believes that all of our students are capable of making outstanding progress and we want to appoint individuals who share our belief.

Career Opportunities

Apprentice Teaching Assistant

Relief/Bank Learning Support Assistants

Education Support Assistant (ESA)

Teaching Assistant (TA)

Teachers

Lunchtime Classroom Assistants

The application form, job descriptions and person specifications can be found for all positions on our website https://www.oaklands.hounslow.sch.uk/page/?title=Vacancies&pid=16  

Upon completing their apprenticeship, our staff will gain a level 3 qualification. 

We offer teacher training sponsorship.

We would like to offer work experience placements to students interested in pursuing a career in special education and are always keen to hear from those wanting to volunteer in our school.

Benefits of Working for Oaklands School

•Membership of Pension Scheme

•Extensive CPD training programme for all staff

•Employee Assistance Programme (Counselling, information and support)

•Well-being 

•Childcare voucher scheme

•Annual flu jab

If you would like to find out more about working for us, please get in touch with Rany Kalsi our HR Manager on 0208 560 3569 or email rkalsi@oaklands.uk.net

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