Beaucroft School & College
Special Needs Teacher
Start date: Autumn Term 2024
Beaucroft School and College are continuing to expand. Consequently we are looking for passionate and experienced teachers to join our wonderful staff team.
We have an excellent track record in developing staff with an extensive internal professional training schedule.
This is a fantastic time to join our fabulous Beaucroft team and play a part in the next exciting stage of our expansion.
Beaucroft Foundation Special School and College caters for children and young people between the ages of four and nineteen who are experiencing learning difficulties, including complex needs, and those with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Our pupils’ needs range vastly and we are dedicated to giving the very best education to the children that they deserve.
Beaucroft is a special place, where children feel valued and staff ensure that learning needs are met. In addition to the National Curriculum, it offers a personalised, innovative curriculum to meet particular learning needs, focused on practical, community based learning, creating a friendly, caring environment where children positively thrive.
This is an opportunity to join our creative, enthusiastic and inspiring team! We are seeking a motivated, skilled and resilient teacher who has experience of supporting young people with SEND including those on the autistic spectrum. They will have a flexible approach, exemplary communication skills and be able to meet the challenging needs of our young people.
We are recruiting across the school and college and therefore welcome applications from teachers who wish to work on either site.
Salary – Teachers’ pay scale + SEN Point
Experience of working in a SEN environment is desirable - a ‘can do’ attitude is essential!
We can offer you:
1. Ongoing CPD support including Dorset Steps (TADSS)
2. Wellbeing package
3. The opportunity to work within a school where all can thrive and staff are highly valued.
If you have not been contacted by 12.03.24 you have unsuccessful on this occasion.
We value the diversity of our workforce and welcome applications from all sectors of the community.
Beaucroft School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.
This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
We will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.
Closing Date: Wednesday 6th March 2024.
Interview Date: Thursday 14th March 2024.