SEN Year 7 Nurture Teacher

SEN Year 7 Nurture Teacher 

Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent,

Hours: 40 hours per week, Mon - Fri,

Salary: £28,000 - £42,131 (M1 – UPS2)

Location: St Ives, Cambridge

Start Date: Mid August

Aurora Fairway School  

Part of the Aurora Group, Aurora Fairway School in St. Ives, Cambridge is looking for a SEN Year 7 Nurture Teacher to join our team. You will be delivering high quality teaching and learning to children and young people with SEMH, ASD and other complex or anxiety related needs who may present with challenging behaviours associated with their diagnosis. Some students may have multiple learning difficulties. As a result of their needs, our children may be working at significantly lower levels than secondary age, so primary experience would be most useful.

Aurora Fairway is a specialist day school offering academic and therapeutic provision for students aged 11-16 with a range of complex learning needs including social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication difficulties and autism. The school opened its doors in September 2022. The Aurora Group is an innovative provider of education and care for children, young people and adults with special educational needs and disabilities across England.

For a full job description with duties, please contact liz.hudson@the-aurora-group.com 

Key Duties:

• To contribute to the delivery and development of the curriculum, having regard to the educational, physical and social needs of the students within a learning environment.
• To work collaboratively with other members of staff as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• To maintain and use short, medium and long term plans in delivering the curriculum.
• To set, monitor and review personalised targets that will optimise learning for each individual.
• To monitor, assess, review and report on the progress and work of students to parents, team members, senior staff, examination and funding bodies through reports and identified meetings as directed and as is required through school policies and procedures.
• To develop lesson plans analysing and self-reflecting on the outcomes.
• To contribute to the review of Statements and EHC plans, PEP and LAC reviews.
• To provide clear structures for lessons maintaining pace, motivation and challenge.
• To assist in the development of the curriculum offer.
• To take account of wider curriculum developments.

Skills and Qualifications

Experience: 

• PGCE, Qualified Teacher Status or equivalent teaching qualification and evidence of in-service training is essential.
• Postgraduate diploma in SEN is desirable.
• Ability to teach a range of subjects
• Experience of working in a special school environment and in particular with students with SEMH is desirable.
• Experience of successfully delivering a differentiated curriculum to students with a wide range of needs is desirable.

Knowledge:

• Excellent knowledge of the national curriculum
• Working knowledge of SEMH students with complex needs including ASD.
• Knowledge, understanding and experience of autism and associated co-morbid conditions and how these can affect learning.
• Curriculum development and implementation for pupils with SEN and in particular autism

Benefits and Additional Information

Be part of our successful team and also benefit from a generous package that includes:

• Life assurance
• Teachers’ Pension
• Perkbox - offering high street discounts
• Employee assistance programme
• Car lease scheme
• Fully funded training and qualifications
• Bike to work scheme
• Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.

How to apply:

You can apply online by completing our online application form.  For more information on this position please contact Liz on 07918 585258 / liz.hudson@the-aurora-group.com

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.