Resource Base Teacher

Wmjobs; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee wellbeing package

Professional development opportunities

Supportive, collaborative team

Job summary

Paget Primary School is seeking an exceptional teacher to join our ASC Resource Base and support pupils to achieve their potential. The role focuses on understanding autism and adapting teaching to meet individual needs within an inclusive school community.

You will work closely with teaching assistants and the SENDCo to ensure high-quality provision, engage with families, and contribute to EHCP processes as required.

Qualifications

• Experience working with pupils with autism or complex SEND is desirable.
• Ability to adapt teaching to individual needs and maintain high expectations.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver engaging, appropriately challenging learning adapted to individual needs.
• Use a range of assessment approaches to monitor progress and inform planning.
• Contribute effectively to annual reviews and set meaningful outcomes for pupils.
• Support pupils’ communication, independence and emotional regulation.
• Collaborate with teaching assistants, SENDCo and external professionals to support pupils.

Job description

Paget Primary School is looking for an exceptional teacher to join our ASC Resource Base and play an important role in supporting our pupils to achieve their potential.

We are looking for someone who sees the child before the diagnosis and believes that every pupil should experience success, belonging and a genuine sense of achievement. You will bring warmth, patience and high expectations to your work, creating a calm, supportive environment where children feel safe, understood and valued.

The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) and how autism can affect communication, interaction, sensory processing, emotional regulation and access to learning. You will be an excellent classroom practitioner who can adapt teaching, curriculum, environment and communication approaches to meet individual needs, while maintaining high expectations for every pupil.

Experience of working within an ASC Resource Base, specialist provision or with pupils with complex SEND would be desirable. However, we are equally interested in teachers who demonstrate the right values, commitment and willingness to develop their specialist expertise.

You will play a key role in understanding and responding to each pupil's individual needs, strengths and aspirations, ensuring these are reflected in their provision and learning experiences.

Key responsibilities:

• Plan and deliver engaging, appropriately challenging learning that is adapted to individual needs.
• Use a range of assessment approaches, including PIVATS and the Engagement Model where appropriate, alongside observation and classroom-based assessment.
• Use assessment information to identify progress, strengths and areas for development, adapting teaching and provision accordingly.
• Contribute effectively to EHCP annual reviews, helping to set and review meaningful short- and long-term outcomes.
• Support pupils to develop their communication, independence, emotional regulation and readiness to learn.
• Work closely with teaching assistants to ensure consistent, effective and purposeful support.
• Develop strong partnerships with parents and carers, ensuring their views and knowledge of their child are valued and reflected in planning and provision.
• Work collaboratively with the SENDCo, school leaders and external professionals, ensuring advice and recommendations are understood and acted upon.
• Support pupils to be part of the wider school community, providing meaningful opportunities to learn, play and participate alongside their peers wherever appropriate.

We are looking for a teacher who is:

• Warm, patient and relational, building trusting relationships with pupils, families and colleagues.
• Ambitious for every child, recognising individual strengths while maintaining high expectations for learning, communication and independence.
• Skilled in adaptive teaching, able to break learning down, scaffold effectively and use a range of approaches to make an ambitious curriculum accessible.
• Confident in supporting communication, including for pupils who use alternative or augmentative communication approaches.
• Attuned to sensory and emotional needs, creating calm, predictable and supportive environments that enable pupils to regulate and learn.
• Reflective and responsive, using observation and assessment to understand what is working and adapt provision.
• Committed to effective EHCP practice, able to contribute confidently to annual reviews and use evidence to demonstrate progress and inform next steps.
• A strong team player, able to work effectively with teaching assistants, the SENDCo, school leaders, families and external professionals.
• Committed to inclusion, ensuring pupils in the Resource Base are connected to the wider school community and have meaningful opportunities to participate alongside their peers.
• Resilient, solution-focused and positive, remaining calm and purposeful when faced with challenge.
• Committed to professional learning, with a genuine desire to develop your knowledge and expertise in autism and inclusive practice.

We offer

• A supportive and collaborative working environment.
• Opportunities for professional development and career progression.
• Access to high-quality CPD and professional learning.
• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and employee benefits package.
• A competitive pension scheme through the Teachers' Pension Scheme.
• Professional development and wellbeing opportunities.

We reserve the right to close this advert early should sufficient applications be received or the role be successfully filled.