English Teacher (Chesham House School)

English Teacher

Cambian Chesham House School

Location: Bury, Greater Manchester

Salary: £25,000.00 + Cambian Benefits

Contract: 40 Hours per Week Term Time Only – September 2021 start

The Cambian Group is one of the largest providers of specialist behavioural health services for children and adults in the UK. We are currently looking for an English/Humanities teacher to join our dedicated team that match our ethos of believing that every child or young person has the ability to achieve their personal best.

Cambian Chesham House School provides education for a range of students within the SEMH sector with extensive special educational and emotional / behavioural needs of secondary education age.

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

Candidates must be able to demonstrate excellent classroom and behaviour management skills and an understanding of the issues associated with emotional, behavioural and social difficulties. Ideally you will have the personality and determination to support children and young people aged 10 to 16 to re-engage with education. Experience of working with young people within a SEN/EBD environment would be an advantage, as would the ability to teach a range of subjects in addition to a Math’s specialism. All candidates should have relevant experience in working within a school setting with a good working knowledge of the National Curriculum.

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- You will receive a mentor and line manager to help you get the best start to your career at Chesham School.

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