Job Title: SEN Class Teacher
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Location: Pilning, Bristol
Salary: £31,650 - £47,338 (M1 – UPS2)
Hours: 40 hours per week
We are currently seeking an SEN Teacher to join a specialist provision in Pilning, supporting young people aged 7 - 19 with a primary or secondary diagnosis of Autism and related social and communication needs.
The School offer life skills and a wide range of GCSE/ Functional Skills/BTEC accreditations alongside a functional skills/entry level pathway. Behaviours across the school are excellent.
We are particularly looking for a general class teacher with a strong background in teaching English, who can inspire and engage learners while helping them achieve their full potential.
The Role
You will be required to deliver high quality teaching and learning to children and young people with autism and complex needs.
Your role will be to provide high quality teaching that will enable pupils to make progress not just academically but socially and emotionally. You must be creative and have high expectations. An understanding of ASC would is essential to support the planning and delivery of a broad and balanced curriculum to enable our pupils to achieve their full potential in all areas.
To facilitate this, you’ll plan and deliver lessons that support young people achieving accreditation on a variety of academic pathways. You will be able to support the young people to be independent and resilient learners both in and outside of the classroom.
You’ll supervise and provide support and guidance to our Teaching Assistants and Higher Level 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. Additionally; you will also be expected to carefully monitoring the health, well-being and personal care of our pupils; informing Pastoral/clinical/ SEND support teams and any other relevant professionals of any concerns.
Successful candidates are likely to demonstrate:
* Qualified Teacher status essential
* Experience in achieving outstanding outcomes
* Thorough working knowledge of the curriculum and how to adapt this for pupils with SEN
* Experience of working with young people with ASD
* Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures
* Ability to create and maintain strong nurturing relationships with young people
* Experience of managing a range of approaches to learning, to include the students with anxiety.
* Knowledge of strategies and visual teaching methods to engage reluctant learners.
* A flexible approach, a high level creativity and the ability to adapt teaching to meet individual needs
* Experience of managing a small team of teaching assistants.
Benefits
* Life assurance
* Enhanced pension
* Enhanced annual leave
* 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.