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Complex Needs Teacher - SEN School

Complex Needs Teacher - SEN School

Highshore School

Southwark

  • £32,157 - £42,624 per year
  • Expired
Salary:
Main Scale M1-M6 (Inner London), UPS available, SEN1 allowance available
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2021
Apply by:
4 May 2021

Job overview

VACANCY for an TEACHER OF COMPLEX NEEDS at an Excellent Special School

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Highshore School for a teacher of complex needs with an interest in teaching Life Skills. 

Highshore is a mixed 11-19 school for pupils with complex mixed needs. We have 146 pupils on roll who have a variety of needs including Down’s syndrome, Autism, ADHD and complex medical needs. Many have significant learning difficulties. The majority of our pupils have speech and language difficulties. A growing number of pupils need support with activities of daily living. We use Makaton signing in many of our classes to facilitate communication. We are a happy and creative school.

Successful candidate will

  • Be a confident, passionate teacher preferably with SEN experience
  • Have a strong interest and enthusiasm in developing further as a teacher in this setting
  • Have an interest in teaching Life Skills
  • Be a teacher with experience of working with pupils working below the Year 1 curriculum
  • Be a person who loves working with children and can offer skills that will help our pupils make excellent progress

We offer

  • Children who are enthusiastic, well behaved and eager to learn
  • Tailor-made training opportunities and career development to enable rapid progression
  • Professional, friendly and supportive staff
  • The chance to work in a well-resourced school that is within close proximity to central London
  • Strong school leadership

Successful candidate must

  • Be an excellent practitioner who can provide evidence of good or outstanding teaching
  • Have high expectations of all children
  • Be committed to professional development
  • Be dedicated and able to motive and engage pupils

We welcome visits to the school. Further information about this post and arrangements for visits can be made by contacting the Headteacher, Eileen Ollieuz, via headteacher@highshore.southwark.sch.uk or 0207 708 6790.

Closing date: 4th May - 12 noon

No agencies and C.V.’s are not accepted

Highshore School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our recruitment processes follow the guidance in the DfE document, Keeping Children Safe in Education 2018. All posts are subject to pre-employment checks, references will be sought and successful candidates will need to undertake an enhanced DBS check.   Highshore School is an equal opportunities employer.

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About Highshore School

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+44 20 7708 6790

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Highshore is a complex mixed needs special secondary (age range 11 – 19) school situated in Camberwell, in the London Borough of Southwark. We have 156 pupils on roll. Every pupil has an Education Health Care Plan.

Our Vision

You are on a great adventure and we are right here with you.

There are many exciting places you will discover and explore.

When you’re ready, you’ll be able to set out on your own.

Our Values

At Highshore we are all equal

We are fair

We are kind

We treat others as we want to be treated

Our Aims

Our core aims at Highshore are for our pupils to develop their:

Communication

Self-help skills

Independence

At Highshore School we enable our pupils to gain the skills, confidence and opportunities needed to progress to employment, meaningful voluntary opportunities and training. Our pupils tell us that they want to make a contribution to society. We are a central London school and expect our pupils to be active citizens.

All of our pupils have severe or moderate learning disabilities (SLD/MLD) and come from a mix of Southwark Primary and Special schools. Our school is oversubscribed. In addition to our teaching staff one full time and one part-time Speech and Language therapist, one day a week Occupational therapy, Family worker and a Full-time work experience coordinator. We also have strong links with CAMHS, the School Nursing Service and with the Early Help team.

Our pupils have a range of needs, including: Complex medical needs,  Downs Syndrome, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Speech, Language and Communication difficulties, ADHD and Physical disabilities

Key Stages 3 and 4:

In Key Stage 3 our pupils start the day with Literacy and Numeracy, usually taught by their form teacher. We teach subjects such as Social Communication and Lego therapy, which your child might not have encountered in primary school, as well as the full range of National curriculum subjects. All our Key stage 3 pupils have regular swimming in addition to their PE lessons. In Key Stage 4 pupils work towards a variety of accreditation including Entry Level and Functional Skills.

Key Stage 5

Our Sixth form programme includes one day a week college link and for many pupils one day a week work experience placement. The focus of the sixth form is allowing our pupils to gain as much independence skills as possible. Travel training forms part of our programme for those pupils who are not independent travellers. Highshore has a Specialist dyslexia team who support pupils both in and out of class.

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