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Unqualified Teacher – Aurora Brooklands School
Salary: £22,601 - £35,259 depending on experience and skills
Position Type: Permanent Full-Time
Location: Brooklands School
Hours: 40 hours per week
Additional Information: Closing date 12 noon 12th June
The Aurora Group
The Aurora Group is an innovative provider of education and care for children, young people and adults with special educational needs and disabilities. Our pupils are with us because for each of them, the nature of the mainstream provision that they have experienced, has not met their needs. They will have had a very fractured and or traumatic educational journey. We work with them and support them to build back their confidence and self-esteem, thereby re-engaging them in learning socially and academically. We focus on their strengths, helping them realise the opportunities that are there for them in their future.
Role
1. To contribute to the delivery and development of the personal development curriculum, having regard to the educational, physical and social needs of the pupils.
2. To work collaboratively with other members of staff as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
3. To maintain and use short, medium, and long-term plans in delivering the curriculum.
4. To set, monitor and review personalised targets that will optimise learning for each, individual.
5. To develop lesson plans analysing and self-reflecting on the outcomes.
6. To provide clear structures for lessons maintaining pace, motivation and challenge.
7. To assist in the development of the personal development curriculum offer.
8. To establish effective working relationships and set a good example through presentation and personal and professional conduct.
9. To take account of wider curriculum developments.
10. To work in child-centred holistic way to ensure individual needs are met.
11. To appropriately manage challenging behaviours within the school policy and procedures.
Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.
Essential:
12. Level 2 qualification Grade 4 and 5 above, English Maths and 3 other subjects
13. Level 3 qualification such as A Level
14. Degree
15. Willingness to pursue and study to QTS
16. An interest or experience in personal development
17. Level 3 Forest School Leader and Duke of Edinburgh qualification or willingness to undertake training
18. Experience of working with pupils with autism, ADHD as well as Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs.
19. To have experience and understanding of how to effectively support pupils' social emotional development
Desirable:
20. Experience of support pupils to achieve vocational qualification such as ASDAN
21. Experience of training to support personal development and SEMH
22. Driving Licence and willingness to drive school vehicles as and when required
23. Experience of taking groups of pupils off-site
24. Experience of working within a Special School environment
How to Apply:
For candidates that haven't worked in this sector before please be aware that for regulatory reasons the application process is far more detailed and thorough compared to other sectors.
Please complete the online application form in full, including all employment and education details, and provide a personal statement that makes us keen to speak to you.
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.
Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.
Safeguarding Statement
Aurora Brambles School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.