SEN Teacher of PSHE and Health & Social Care

SEN Teacher of PSHE and Health & Social Care

Permanent /Full-time

MPS/UPS + SEN allowance (Outer London)

Required September 2024

Salmons Brook School is a specialist SEMH (Social Emotional and Mental Health) school for young people aged 11 – 18. We have 70 places for young people. We opened in September 2022 for 40 young people in Year 7 – 10. Our vision and core purpose is to improve the quality of life for our school and wider community by nurturing potential. We are focused on developing positive character traits within our students and approach this through a shared commitment to our ‘CREATE’ values (Community; Relationships; Enrichment; Aspirations; Trust and Education).

Salmons Brook is a specialist SEMH school, and so knowledge and experience working with young people with SEND and SEMH is a requirement. We are a trauma-sensitive school which adopts a restorative approach to behaviour. We have developed a unique approach to teaching and learning that is designed to meet both the academic and SEMH needs of our students. Our teachers will need to embrace our ‘four-element’ curriculum model, as well as integrating our CREATE values and ‘Circles of Intervention’ into a holistic way of working within their subjects.

We are looking for an SEN teacher, who will be able to develop and deliver our KS3 and KS4 PSHE curriculum. At SBS this curriculum is of vital importance to our young people. Our PSHE curriculum is known as our ‘CREATE and Character’ curriculum, which is our PSHE/Careers/Religious Education and Personal Development curriculum combined with the development of our school values and character traits (community and fairness, relationships and kindness, enrichment and teamwork, aspirations and commitment, trust and honesty and education and curiosity).

In September 2024 our post 16 provision opens, and this role will include the development and teaching of our Health and Social care option group and the development of the core curriculum regarding work and life skills for the whole of the Post 16 provision. This will include exploring work experience and community engagement opportunities for our Post 16 learners, as well as the acquisition of qualifications relevant to both the Health and Social care sector and qualifications specifically exploring work and life skills. Our Post 16 provision will include pathways ranging from level 1-level 3 and this will change each year, depending on the cohort.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Secondary trained teacher, a SEN teacher or a teacher who has worked within a college setting who would relish the opportunity to work with Secondary aged young people with SEMH needs.

As a specialist SEMH school, knowledge and experience working with young people with SEND and SEMH is a requirement. We are a trauma-sensitive school which adopts a restorative approach to behaviour. We have developed a unique approach to teaching and learning that is designed to meet both the academic and SEMH needs of our students. Our teachers will need to embrace our ‘four-element’ curriculum model, as well as integrating our CREATE values and ‘Circles of Intervention’ into a holistic way of working within their subjects.

As well as subject and curriculum expertise, our teachers will be calm and sensitive at times of potential dysregulation. They will be experienced in de-escalation techniques and have a working and practical knowledge of key frameworks such as emotion coaching, nurture principles and zones of regulation. They will need to be committed to our core purpose and desire to improve the quality of life for our community and will have to develop a curriculum and learning experience that enables our young people to achieve, both in the short and long term. 

Salmons Brook School is a unique school community and so we are looking for someone who will complement the existing staff team and who can work collaboratively with our young people, families, and staff to make an impact.

 Apply online direct through TES or download an application pack from the school website at www.edact.org.uk or email us at ECSRecruitment@edact.org.uk 

Applications are to be received no later than 9am, Thursday 09 May 2024 and will be processed as received.

Interviews to be held week commencing Monday 13 May 2024

CVs will not be accepted as formal application