SEND Teacher - SEMH, trauma, ADHD, ASC

Elementa Support Services Ltd; Bristol; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization in education is seeking a Primary SEND Teacher to join a new special school in Bristol. This full-time role requires a qualified teacher with SEND experience, offering an opportunity to inspire young learners facing educational challenges by providing tailored support and a creative curriculum.

Benefits

Bright HR - online HR management portal

Employee Assist - independent healthcare perks

Free role-specific training

Employee Support Assistant

Pension scheme

Qualifications

• Qualified primary teacher with experience in SEND.
• Understanding of SEMH and trauma-related challenges.
• Experience working with vulnerable children in an education setting.

Responsibilities

• Deliver an adapted Primary curriculum tailored to students' needs.
• Provide high-quality, engaging lessons to all learners.
• Support learners to develop language and literacy skills.

Skills

Empathy

Creativity

Perseverance

Collaboration

Tenacity

Education

Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)

Education-relevant qualifications

Job description

Primary SEND Teacher: SEMH, trauma, ADHD, ASC

Location: Fishponds, Bristol

Start date: ASAP

Type: Full-time, Temp-to-perm contract, 8:30am - 4:00pm, Monday to Friday

Salary: £133.33 - £230.80 per day during trial (£26000-£45000 perm salary, experience dependent)

Our brand new special school for primary-aged learners (KS1, KS2 + Yr7) opened in September 2024 in the Fishponds area of Bristol and we're recruiting for a Primary SEND Teacher to join our new school & staff team from September 2025.

Elmtree Grove School is open based on the successes of learner outcomes at our 6 Elmtree Learning Partnership AP sites since 2022 www.elmtree-learning.org.uk . Initially, we will be supporting up to 28 learners with a view to gradually increasing learner capacity in the future.

All of the learners we support are vulnerable and have an EHCP to define their additional needs or an EHCP in progress. Creativity, perseverance and an empathetic approach when working with them is key to engaging them in education and ensuring their progression.

We are inviting applications for a Primary SEND Teacher to join our new team and inspire our learners. Our learners need enhanced support to develop their language & literacy skills. Often, our learners have missed significant periods of education so require an empathetic, patient approach with enjoyable & accessible lessons.

This role will involve:

• Delivering an adapted Primary curriculum across our school
• Delivering high-quality lessons to all learners across the school
• Ensuring that all activities are accessible to individual learners who, across the school, have a wide range of needs
• Understanding and supporting the challenges of our learners
• Motivating & inspiring our learners to engage & achieve
• Providing practicalresources & strategies for colleagues to use & integrate into other lessons
• Helping to champion the work of our learners

For the Primary SEND Teacher we're looking for a qualified (QTS) primary teacher with good SENDexperience. Applicants best suited to this rolewill have previous experience of having worked with learners that have SEND relating to SEMH & trauma who also have other barriers or challenges to their education.

ECTs can be considered for this role however, currently, ECT induction cannot be supported until early 2025.

We're building our next great team so if you love working with people who are dedicated to supporting young learners that strive to support their development in a positive setting, this is the role for you.

Every Child, Every Opportunity, The Right Opportunity

Our approach is to offer a bespoke and relevant learning program for each learner. Integration into standardised education opportunities and social integration is everything we do. No child should have their future negatively affected or be excluded in their later life due to the lack of access or support for education opportunities that are appropriate to their abilities & strengths.

We believe strongly in people and look for people that have:

• Education-relevant qualifications in supporting teaching & learning
• goodexperience insupporting young people in an education setting
• understanding and expertise in supporting learners with SEND
• skills & strategies in supporting emotional wellbeing
• tenacity & resilience to manage, influence & effect positive behaviours & decisions in learners
• the ability to present a strong role model for young people, including having fun!
• collaborative and pro-active working practices
• a strong sense of responsibility & work ethic

Working with our organisation is a rewarding experience. We offer an enjoyable workplace with additional employment benefits:

• Bright HR - online HR management portal also offering partner discounts
• Employee Assist - independent healthcare perks
• Free training - role specific & relevant, accredited training
• Employee Support Assistant - dedicated colleagues to support our employees
• Pension scheme

Applications are welcomed from candidates that meet the vast majority of the above job & person criteria. We also recognise that many people who are interested in such a role may not have specific experience as detailed so we would still welcome an application from those that have substantial experience of supporting young people with SEND or other challenges in education.

All applications will be managed by Elementa. Successful applications will have a full-prescreen, interview, ‘insight session’ and visit to one of our Alternative Provision sites. Any appointment will be subject to a successful interview process, satisfactory references, DBS Enhanced Disclosure (which may be chargeable at £62.70 unless you have a DBS subscribed to the Update Service) and successful completion of employment trial period.

Please apply with your full up to date CV. All applicants will be promptly responded to.