Primary Teacher in Enhanced Resource Facility

Teaching Vacancies; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Secure parking

Cycle storage

Staffroom tea/coffee

Long service award

Eye care & flu jabs

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Springfield Primary School is seeking a Primary Teacher to join our Enhanced Resource Facility (ERF) team. You will be an enthusiastic, resilient educator committed to SEND, able to foster learning, communication and friendships for every child.

The role focuses on small, nurturing ERF classes and collaborative planning with colleagues, parents and the wider school. You will adapt teaching approaches, scaffold activities and maintain high standards of classroom management while contributing to a

Qualifications

• Knowledgeable about SEND and skilled at bringing out the best in all learners so they access learning and develop friendships.
• Calm and positive disposition with ability to build relationships with children, parents and colleagues.
• Skilled in adapting and scaffolding learning to engage all children.
• Reflective practitioner ensuring all children’s needs are fully met.
• Strong classroom organisation and behaviour management.

Responsibilities

• Teach in small, nurturing ERF classes with an emphasis on SEND.
• Foster positive communication with children, families and staff.
• Adapt and scaffold lessons to meet individual needs and ensure engagement.
• Reflect on practice to continually meet learners’ needs.
• Create a well-organised, orderly classroom and manage behaviour effectively.

Skills

SEND knowledge

Relationship skills

Adaptive teaching

Reflective practice

Behaviour management

Team communication

Job description

Primary Teacher in Enhanced Resource Facility

What skills and experience we’re looking for

We are, therefore, looking to appoint a teacher, who is committed, dedicated, determined and resilient - an individual who is knowledgeable about SEND and skilled at bringing out the best in all our learners so that they develop their communication and interaction skills, allowing them to successfully access learning and develop positive friendships with their peers.

We are looking for an excellent teacher to work with our small and nurturing ERF classes. This teacher will:

• Have excellent knowledge and understanding of SEND, alongside the unshakeable belief that all children can be successful in their learning when their needs are fully met
• Have a calm and positive disposition, able to build effective relationships with children, parents and colleagues
• Be skilled in adapting and scaffolding learning, ensuring that all children are engaged and supported
• Be a reflective practitioner, who strives to strives to ensure that all children’s needs are fully met
• Show high level of skill in classroom organisation and behaviour management
• Be an effective team player with excellent communication skills

What the school offers its staff

Springfield Primary School has a supportive working culture which is designed to support our employees. Together, we share a mission to improve educational standards, and work in collaboration to deliver on our goals. Above all, we understand that we all benefit from creating a working environment in which teachers and education support professionals feel valued and able to derive satisfaction from their work.

As part of this we:

• Recognise the importance of employee wellbeing, mental health and a managed workload, and the place that wellbeing plays in the recruitment and retention of employees.
• Encourage employees to undertake training and development including apprenticeship opportunities, and where appropriate, to explore new challenges within the Trust. Professional development is central to the annual professional performance review framework.
• Are open to ideas which help to improve the employee experience and encourage the sharing of good practice between schools.
• Are clear about our expectations of employees and offer a transparent and supportive working culture in return.
• Conduct regular employee wellbeing surveys and review feedback to celebrate our successes and monitor areas for improvement.
• Promote professional development including secondment options and opportunities for career development across our family of schools.
• Provide a Trust Newsletter and employee wellbeing updates.
• Provide guides to managing stress, support for symptoms of menopause and domestic abuse
• Recognise the importance of mental health champions in our schools and the provision of mental health training for managers.

At Springfield we offer a range of employee benefits, we believe that by involving, developing and valuing employees and by supporting them to look after their wellbeing that our employees feel a sense of belonging to our school.

Springfield offers free on-site secure parking and safe cycle storage.

We have a warm and friendly staffroom where you can help yourself to tea, coffee and whatever you need to brew the perfect cuppa at no cost to you.

A long service award for employees who have reached the goal of 25 years’ service across one or more of our schools.

Wellbeing Occupational sick pay: For those times when you are not well enough to be with us, we provide occupational sick pay to help you financially.

Eye care and Flu jabs: As a valued employee, you can claim reimbursement for an eye test for regular Visual Display Users (as defined by HSE), claims are limited to one claim per 12-month period.

We work with an occupational health provider to ensure that employees are safe and well in the workplace and that we are providing wellbeing support for employees wherever we can. Counselling and other therapies can also be secured through occupational health for employees where needed. Where our employees are unable to work for health reasons and meet specified criteria, we support applications for ill health retirement under the LGPS and TPS. For further information please visit their website;

Shopping discounts Discounts for Teachers, Cycle to Work scheme, Blue Light Card and Uni Days provide a variety of benefits and money saving opportunities for all Springfield employees.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.