Senior Teacher

Teach. Champion. Empower. Safeguard

Salary: £41,600 to £46,000 per annum (TCES Salary Band 4)

Location: Create in the Community, main hub (E16 3NR) and other community learning settings.

Contract: Permanent, Term time only

An inspiring opportunity to take your career to the next level and help shape the lives of our most vulnerable young people.

We are seeking an experienced teacher who models best practice and leads teams of teachers and support staff to deliver the highest standard of outcomes for our pupils, building on academic progress, self-identity, social and behaviour skills, independence and the ability to access future training and employment. You will lead a team of teachers and therapeutic practitioners to provide the necessary bespoke learning programmes in community settings, supporting pupils with very complex neurodiverse needs, including Autism (ASC) and/or Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs, who require intensive nurturing and therapeutic approaches to enable them to gain positive learning and social outcomes. You will champion the TCES Way and ensure, through collaboration with staff and the senior leadership team, the delivery of high standards of our education and pastoral provision and SEND practice.

The Complete Education Solution (TCES)

TCES is an independent social enterprise, providing specialist education based in London supporting exceptional neurodiverse children and young people aged 7 to 19 who have special educational needs and disabilities typically associated with autism, social emotional and mental health needs and associated disorders. Most of them will have experienced multiple placement breakdowns and significant trauma, often resulting in behaviour that challenges. On average pupils will have been excluded from other provisions up to three times before reaching us and had significant periods out of education. 

TCES pupils learn at one of our two schools, Create in the Community service or within our Home Learning service; Create in the Community and Create Learning Primary support our most complex and vulnerable pupils, with TCES East London and TCES North West London supporting those who are able to access learning within a school environment. When they are ready, we aim for pupils to step down from Create into one of our main schools, TCES Sixth Form, and mainstream provision.

TCES Create in the Community deliver bespoke learning and therapeutic interventions to neurodiverse pupils, who have a range of complex needs, and who demonstrate behaviours linked to tier 3 / 4 traumas. Pupils are encouraged to find and express their creativity and provided opportunities to achieve awards, alongside traditional subjects, as they move from dependence on others to independence through intensive therapeutic interventions.

Essential requirements to be successful in the role are:

• Experience of managing neurodiverse young people, including those with ASC and/or SEMH, with an understanding of the implications for communication, learning and behaviour patterns.
• Qualified Teacher (holding QTS, QTLS or equivalent) with multiple years experience as an outstanding practitioner.
• Resilient, committed and a hard worker - able to keep going in the face of adversity and never giving up.
• Experience delivering peripatetic learning programmes, or delivering virtual learning through online platforms or Microsoft software.
• Substantial experience of modelling and coaching for staff to reflect and improve on their own practice.
• Working knowledge of the National Curriculum, SEND Code of Practice, and the impact of trauma and safeguarding requirements on delivery of education.

In return we offer:

• An opportunity to make a real difference and join a leading provider of specialist education, directly contributing towards positive outcomes for pupils with SEMH and ASC.
• Excellent CPD opportunities with all staff provided an individual Learning & Development Plan to support career development, including education qualifications at all levels (QTS / QTLS / NPQs) and options to take progressive Ofqual registered Level 3 – 5 qualifications in Therapeutic Education.
• Comprehensive induction process, including all pupil-facing staff supported in receiving the Level 3 Award in Therapeutic Education and Group Process.
• Regular half termly staff wellbeing days.
• A range of employee support and wellbeing benefits including our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), counselling and contributions towards medical costs and an exclusive rewards platform.

Closing date 12 October 2022

To apply:

To apply, please complete an application here. For more information please contact recruitment@tces.org.uk

TCES is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and expects all staff to share this commitment. The appointment is subject to all relevant checks such as references, medical clearance and a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure.

The Complete Education Solution is an equal opportunity employer.