SEN Teacher
Compass Community School Vicarage Park
Worcestershire
- £25,869 - £35,000 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 28 June 2022
Job overview
The Compass Community School Vicarage Park is an innovative new provider for 8-18-year-old pupils with Special Educational Needs located in Stottesdon. We are a small special school, which provides a personalised education for up to 12 pupils with severe complexity of needs, primarily learning disabilities but also associated health or physical disabilities, and other behaviours which challenge. We strive to deliver a holistic education experience which helps children develop personal qualities, which are valued in British society such as thoughtfulness, honesty, respect for difference, moral principles, independence, and self-respect.
We are currently seeking to recruit a Qualified SEN Teacher to join our team of professionals. It all starts with you!
About the role
As our SEN Teacher your role will be to provide high quality, challenging and personalised educational activities and sensory experiences through the teaching of a broad and balanced curriculum to a small classroom of ASD and LD students, aged 8-18, to enable them to achieve their full potential in all areas of learning. To facilitate this, you’ll be expected to support the Head Teacher and Deputy Head Teacher to plan and deliver lessons following the curriculum that’s tailored to each student and assist with the day to day running of the school. Additionally, you’ll supervise and provide support and guidance to our Unqualified Teachers, Higher-Level Teaching Assistants and Teaching Assistants and play a key role in their Professional Development Reviews. Naturally, you will take responsibility for implementing school policies and practices, including those relating to safeguarding and equality of opportunity and will be expected to work in partnership with all school staff, parents, carers and other agencies in providing for the academic, spiritual, moral, social, emotional and cultural well-being of students and their families. Like many SEN environments; your duties are likely to vary and therefore candidates will need to be flexible and be able to lend a hand whenever required.
About you
The successful candidate will have:
Qualified Teacher status
Thorough working knowledge of the curriculum and how to adapt this for pupils with SEN
Experience of working with young people with LD, ASD and complex needs
Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures
Ability to create and maintain nurturing relationships with young people
Experience of managing a range of approaches to learning, to include the students with anxiety and ASD/SEMH
Knowledge of strategies and visual teaching methods to engage reluctant learners important.
A flexible approach and a high level of creativity
The rewards
Full training and continued support
Life assurance and flexible pension
Enhanced occupational sickness scheme
Car lease scheme
Bike to work scheme
Employee benefit service with access to wellbeing services,
Salary sacrifice schemes,
High street vouchers,
Free parking
Attached documents
About Compass Community School Vicarage Park
- Compass Community School Vicarage Park
- The Old Vicarage, The Bull Ring, Stottesdon
- Kidderminster
- DY14 8UH
- United Kingdom
We are a small special school in Stottesdon, Nr Kidderminster, Shropshire and we provide a personalised education for up to 14 pupils with severe complexity of needs, primarily learning disabilities but also associated health or physical disabilities, and other behaviours which challenge. Our children may have been in previous settings where their needs may not have been met and may exhibit one or more of the following :
- Moderate or severe learning disabilities.
- Complex social and emotional needs Autistic Spectrum Conditions.
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
- Obsessional Compulsive Disorder.
- Downs Syndrome Specific Language/Communication.
- Difficulty Sensory Integration Difficulties.
- Behaviour which challenges (such as selfinjury).
- Aggression towards others.
- Transitional difficulties and PICA
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