Literacy Intervention Instructor

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Job Title:       Literacy Intervention Instructor

Location:            Belmont Secondary School, Rawtenstall

Salary:         Up to  £21,000 per annum 

Hours:                37.5 hours per week

Contract:            Permanent; term time only

Are you a Literacy Intervention Instructor committed to improving the lives of children and young people?

As the Literacy Intervention Instructor, you deliver an affective literacy and phonics intervention program to help students bridge the gap on their peers developing key skills required to become competent in English/reading.

Qualifications Required: GCSE's grade C / 4 and above in English, Maths and Science.

Job purpose

• To ensure provision of an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for students studying in the curriculum area, in accordance with the aims of the school and the curricular policies, in relation to delivering literacy programmes.
• To contribute to raising standards of student attainment.
• To facilitate and encourage a learning experience which provides students with the opportunity to achieve their full potential.
• To develop and enhance the teaching practice of others in relation to supporting literacy in the classroom.
• To monitor and support the overall progress and development of students in terms of literacy progression.

About the School

Belmont Secondary is an independent, specialist day school for boys 11 to 18, catering for children with a wide range of needs. Our dedicated team, work together to ensure successful outcomes for pupils who often arrive at the school with a troubled view of education and life.

We pride ourselves in steering children in the right direction, nurturing aspiration to progress them both academically and socially to encourage them to take pride in their achievements. Socially, we build confidence in our students, so they are able to have a greater understanding of the wider community in which they live.

Acorn Care and Education is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education, foster care and residential care for vulnerable children and young people. As part of Outcomes First Group we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

Why join Acorn Education & Care? 

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the children and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All successful applicants will be subject to a fully enhanced DBS.