ICT Teacher

TreeHouse school is an Ofsted 'Outstanding' non-maintained special school, providing education to 100 autistic pupils aged 3-19. Our Ambitious approach ensures that through our curriculum and delivery, we focus on delivering quality of life outcomes for our children and young people.

We have a brand new opportunity for an ambitious ICT (Sensory Learning) Teacher to join the team. We are looking for somebody with strong ICT skills and a good understanding of ICT curriculum as you will be assisting in writing an ICT curriculum for our school.

Your day to day role will include:

• Delivering creative and person-centred ICT lessons to up to 8 learners within our Primary or Secondary phase.
• Working with pupils to ensure they receive a service that delivers the outcomes specified in their individualised learning, person-centred plans.
• Developing our ICT curriculum and looking at new schemes of work
• ICT accreditations with pupils
• Building a bank of assistive technology systems (and implementing new ways for our learners to work on their iPads)
• Upskilling teachers on new practises and reflecting learning for teachers

This is an exciting role which will give you autonomy to implement brand new ideas and be innovative in your approach. (ECT's will be considered for this role).

Our learners are mostly pre-verbal or use assistive communication systems to make their needs understood and follow different pathways depending on their needs and strengths, these are pre, semi and formal and you can read more here https://treehouseschool.org.uk/learn-with-us/how-we-deliver-our-curriculum

Why join us?

• The role itself is very rewarding both through the freedom of creativity and seeing first hand, our learners develop and progress through their goals and aspirations.
• 11 weeks annual leave per academic year.
• Excellent CPD including a wide-range of in house and external training courses.
• To collaborate and work with leading experts in the autism and learning disability field.
• Annual staff recognition awards.
• Cycle to work scheme up to £5000 and Season ticket loans.
• A wide range of wellness programmes both in person and online including: virtual yoga & zumba classes, running club, art & cooking classes.
• Employee Assistance Programme, to help you balance your work, family, and personal life.
• Access to physiotherapy.
• On-site parking. 

Closing date: Friday 9th of June 2023

Shortlisting: W/C Monday 12th of June 2023

Interviews held: Wednesday 14th and Thursday 15th of June 2023

Start date: After half term October 2023

Assessment: We will ask you to complete a written task prior to interview, a formal interview (45 minutes - 1 hour) and you will conduct a Micro Teach (20-30 minutes) with a group of pupils. 

Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit.

Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. 

The Safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification.

Whether the post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendment to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2021. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS Filter Guidance.