SEMH Teacher

Cury School; Helston; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Cury School in Cornwall is seeking an exceptional classroom teacher for a primary SEMH provision. You will work with the leadership team to drive school improvement and provide students with outstanding education, while supporting the SEMH needs of the pupils.

The role requires experience in special education with QTS and a commitment to helping all children achieve outstanding progress, including those with SEN in mainstream or special settings.

Qualifications

• Experience of special education with QTS and proven track record.
• SEMH experience would be an advantage.
• Desire and motivation to make a difference to students' lives.
• Belief that all children can make outstanding progress.
• Experience with children with SEN in mainstream or special provision.

Responsibilities

• Carry out duties set out in the current School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document.
• Have responsibility for a class group (unless otherwise directed by the Headteacher).
• Plan and deliver the curriculum with breadth, depth, relevance and cross-curricular opportunities for all learners.
• Lead teams and deploy teaching assistants to support pupil learning, therapy and care needs.
• Organise and maintain the classroom, resources and displays to provide an inspiring learning environment.
• Assess and record pupil progress and document progress using school systems.
• Write reports for Annual Review for all pupils taught.
• Maintain pupil information and liaise with multi-professional team including therapies.
• Write reports for other agencies on request and maintain communications with families.
• Attend Reviews and Case Conferences as required and participate in professional development.
• Keep up-to-date with developments in educational thinking and contribute to school policies.

Skills

QTS

SEMH experience

SEN experience

Job description

About Cury School:

Cury School is a new primary school catering to students with Social, Emotional, and Mental Health (SEMH) needs. Cury school is situated in a beautiful and inspiring part of Cornwall and is a satellite provision of

Nancealverne School in Penzance. We pride ourselves on providing tailored support and education to empower our students to thrive academically, socially and emotionally.

Role Overview:

We are seeking to recruit an exceptional and inspirational and innovative classroom teacher for a primary SEMH provision in Cornwall. The successful candidate will work with the school leadership team to drive school improvement and to provide students with an outstanding education. You will need to possess the and young people and believe that all of our students are capable of making outstanding progress.

• We would love to hear from teachers with experience of special education with QTS and a proven track record.
• SEMH experience would be an advantage.
• You should have a real desire and motivation to make a difference to the lives of students.
• You should believe that all children are capable of making outstanding progress.
• You should have experience of working with children who have SEN in either a mainstream or special school provision.

Key Responsibilities:

Carry out duties set out in the current School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document.

To have responsibility for a class group (unless otherwise directed by the Headteacher).

• Carry out duties set out in the current School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document.
• To have responsibility for a class group (unless otherwise directed by the Headteacher
• To be responsible for planning and delivering the appropriate and relevant curriculum and to ensure the curriculum offers breadth, depth, relevance and cross- curricular opportunities for all learners.
• To lead teams and deploy teaching assistants to support pupil learning, therapy and care needs
• To organise and maintain the classroom, resources and displays to ensure the environment meets pupils’ needs in order to provide an inspirational and stimulating learning environment.
• To assess and record pupil progress and to record assessment appropriately and collect evidence of progress made using school systems.
• To write reports for Annual Review for all pupils taught.
• To maintain pupil information.
• To liaise with the multi-professional team in respect of the education of the pupils. To ensure that therapy programmes are incorporated in teaching and carried out in liaison with professionals and families
• To write reports for other agencies on request as the need arises.
• To maintain clear effective communication with parents, carers, the school management team, colleagues, Governors and supporting agencies.
• To maintain positive relationships with families, communicating with them regularly via home/school diaries, telephone calls and meetings.
• To attend Reviews and Case Conferences when required, mainly during school hours, but sometimes out of school hours.
• To keep up-to-date with developments in educational thinking.
• To support the Head teacher in the implementation of all school policies and procedures.
• To manage class and curriculum budgets (as appropriate) according to school policy and practice.
• To carry out risk assessments with respect to activities both in and out of school.
• To participate in own professional development, working with a line manager to evaluate and develop own performance and co-operate with the school’s Performance Management Procedures.
• To attend training as identified in both the school development plan and the teachers own review plan.
• To attend relevant courses, self-directed learning and research related to the subject and disseminate information to colleagues.
• To carry out any other reasonable duties that are requested by the Head teacher

The Special Partnership Trust recognises the importance of developing a properly implemented People Strategy to underpin the overall strategic aims of the Trust.

Our People Strategy is designed to help us attract prospective high calibre candidates, as well as drive engagement, productivity and retention of our high performing and high potential employees. It reflects our belief in putting our people first. This does not mean putting our learners second. It is based on the philosophy that if we create a positive and rewarding work environment, if our staff feel motivated, well managed and well supported, they in turn will provide the best possible outcome for our learners.

We recognise that our total reward offer, has got to consist of more than just money. We seek to provide our staff with a diverse range of benefits that support their day to day needs both at work and outside of work. These include generous leave entitlements and pension scheme as well as access to health/wellbeing tools, training & development, career pathways and opportunities to ensure they feel valued.

Please visit the Special Partnership website, www.specialpartnership.org for further information about our Trust, or to learn more about our People Strategy and Benefits.

Safeguarding:

The Special Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to the satisfactory completion of checks and references, including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. In accordance with guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education; the Trust will undertake an online search of all shortlisted candidates.