Lead Teacher

Role: Lead Teacher (SEN)

Hours: Monday-Friday 40 hours per week – Term Time Only

Location: Cheadle, Stoke-on-Trent (ST10) May be required to support other Halliwell schools and have access to own vehicle.

Salary: £36,040 - £38,160 per annum (dependant on experience and qualifications). You will be paid 1/12th of your annual salary each month.

Closing Date: 31st August 2022

Would you like to be part of an employee-owned business where you can influence, shape and drive the company to excel in delivering Restorative Parenting®?

As a Lead Teacher you will be joining the company at an exciting and compelling time.  

Halliwell has recently restructured as an Employee Ownership Trust meaning greater engagement opportunities for all colleagues in the improvement of the business as well as greater benefits and rewards when the business performs well and achieves great outcomes for the children in its care.

We would like to hear from caring, enthusiastic and dedicated team players with a can-do approach who really care about the needs of young people. You will be respectful, empathetic, positive, accountable, reflective, engaged, nurturing and tenacious. You will enjoy working with children and young people and create a safe, caring and supportive place to live for the children that are part of the Restorative Parenting® programme.

Halliwell Homes is clinically informed practice encompassing educational, clinical and residential care services. Our objective is to enhance the psychological wellbeing of children within the care system through our Restorative Parenting recovery programme. 

What does the role entail:

You will be working with support teaching staff, residential therapeutic parents and social workers you will create the best possible educational outcomes for pupils. This post will provide an opportunity to lead, challenge and innovate whilst directing the school to continue its journey from 'Good' to 'Outstanding'. 

You will lead and manage a small school (Max. 10 children) with SEMH needs developing appropriate schemes of work, deliver engaging lessons and adapt school policies to enable the team to achieve the Halliwell Vision. Working as part of an integrated team with Residential, Clinical and Business to support transitions to other Schools as part of a planned approach.

The successful candidate will have the following Qualifications:

• Must hold teaching qualification such as QTS, PGCE, SENCO
• Must hold Post Graduate Certificate in Education or bachelor’s degree (at least 2:2)
• Must be DfE Registered

The successful candidate will have the following Requirements:

• Must hold valid Right To Work in the UK
• Must hold UK Manual Drivers Licence with access to own vehicle
• Knowledge of Independent School Standards
• Extensive experience working with Ofsted Inspections achieving a rating of “Good” or “Outstanding”
• Extensive experience working with children in an education setting
• Experience with challenging behaviours

What we can offer you:

• Becoming part of the Employee Ownership Trust with Halliwell Homes
• Paid for 1.5 hours for completed voluntary overtime on weekends and bank holidays
• Free annual GymPass Membership.
• Free access to Perkbox Account.
• Refer a Friend Scheme up to £1400
• Free access to Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Free access to your own personal Financial Awareness Planning
• Free access to a company laptop and Mobile phone (Role dependent).
• Free access to well-being initiatives
• Free on-site Parking
• Auto-Enrolment Pension Scheme
• We offer a highly competitive rate of pay and access to a career pathway including access to professional qualification studies fully funded up to Level 7 (Masters)
• Comprehensive training, professional development opportunities and the support of senior colleagues.

If you feel you have the skills and experience to join our team, please click ‘Apply now'

We would encourage you to apply early on as we reserve the right to close a job advert early where sufficient applications have been received without prior notice.

Halliwell is an equal opportunities employer and all applications received will be considered on the basis of their merit alone and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of background. All offers of employment will be conditional on the candidate having and securing satisfactory safer recruitment compliance checks.

Halliwell follows safer recruitment when recruiting employees for all roles within the organisation at it is paramount that all applications are aware of their responsibilities when working with vulnerable children. All post holders are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure Barring Services (DBS)