Specialist Outreach Teacher

senploy; Leigh; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 46,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid planning time

Flexible, part-time hours

Bespoke Nurture Curriculum & resources

Specialist SEND support

Termly Nurture Teacher Days

Professional autonomy

Opportunities to develop specialist实践

Job summary

SEND Inclusion Support is seeking an experienced Specialist Outreach Teacher in Leigh to exercise professional judgement and tailor education to each learner’s needs. Sessions may take place at home, in the community or other suitable settings, with paid planning time and a supportive network of specialist colleagues.

You’ll support young people with autism, SEMH, EBSA and other needs, using a bespoke Nurture Curriculum and collaborating with families and professionals to drive meaningful

Qualifications

• QTS or equivalent teaching qualification essential.

Responsibilities

• Assess starting points and plan learning tailored to SEND/SEMH needs.
• Adapt sessions using interests and strengths to boost engagement.
• Record, evaluate progress and report to families and professionals.
• Work with families and other professionals to support progression.
• Deliver sessions at home, in the community or other suitable settings.
• Establish routines to make education feel manageable and meaningful.
• Collaborate with a wider Nurture Teacher group for resources and support.
• Contribute to planning time and curriculum development.
• Follow the bespoke Nurture Curriculum and adjust pace/content for learners.

Skills

QTS or substantial teaching experience

SEND and SEMH experience

Curriculum and teaching knowledge

Adapt learning significantly

Relationship-building with families

Calmness and consistency

Professional judgement

Independent working

Communication with families and pros

Education

QTS or equivalent teaching qualification

Job description

We don't want you to stop being a teacher. We want to give you more freedom to teach.

There are plenty of roles outside mainstream education where qualified teachers can work with young people. But sometimes the teaching gets lost.

At SEND Inclusion Support, we're looking for an experienced Specialist Outreach Teacher in Leigh who wants the freedom to use their professional judgement, adapt education properly and decide what meaningful progress looks like for the young person they're supporting.

You'll have structure, a curriculum and have specialist colleagues around you.

Start With the Young Person

The children and young people we support have found mainstream education difficult to access.

That could be because of autism, SEMH, anxiety, Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) or other additional needs.

So before deciding how you're going to teach, you'll need to understand who you're teaching.

What can they already do? What have they disengaged from? What makes them anxious? What interests them? How do they communicate? What does successful education realistically look like for them right now, and where are you trying to help them get to next?

From there, you'll build learning around the individual.

Use Your Professional Judgement

Your role will include:

• Assessing individual starting points
• Planning appropriate learning
• Adapting sessions around SEND and SEMH needs
• Using interests and strengths to develop engagement
• Supporting academic development alongside communication, confidence and independence
• Establishing routines that make education feel manageable
• Recording and evaluating progress
• Working appropriately with families and other professionals
• Supporting progression towards the young person's next educational pathway

Sessions may take place at home, in the community or within another suitable environment, depending on the individual provision. Your planning time is paid.

A Curriculum You Can Adapt - Not a Script You Have to Follow

You’ll have access to SEND Inclusion Support’s bespoke Nurture Curriculum.

It’s a semi-formal curriculum developed specifically for young people who may currently be unable to access mainstream education.

Think of it as your framework rather than your script.

It gives you somewhere to start while allowing you to adjust the pace, content and approach around the learner.

Where appropriate, learning can also feed into the National Curriculum and formal education pathways.

Independent Doesn’t Mean Isolated

Outreach teaching naturally gives you more independence than working within a conventional school, but you still need somewhere to share ideas, discuss challenges and learn from other specialists.

You’ll be part of a wider team of Nurture Teachers and SEND professionals, with opportunities to share resources and experience.

There are also termly Nurture Teacher Days, bringing teachers together to reflect on practice, collaborate and develop their specialist knowledge.

This Could Suit You If you're an experienced teacher who still loves teaching - but perhaps no longer loves everything that surrounds conventional classroom teaching.

You enjoy working creatively.

And you don’t measure every pupil against exactly the same definition of progress.

You’ll ideally bring:

• QTS or substantial relevant teaching experience
• Experience of SEND and/or SEMH
• Strong curriculum and teaching knowledge
• The ability to adapt learning significantly
• Excellent relationship-building skills
• Calmness and consistency
• Sound professional judgement
• Confidence working independently
• Strong communication with families and professionals

Experience supporting autism, EBSA, anxiety, SEMH or within Alternative Provision would be particularly valuable.

What SEND Inclusion Support offers

• Paid planning time
• Flexible, part-time hours
• Bespoke Nurture Curriculum and resources
• Specialist SEND support
• Termly Nurture Teacher Days
• Professional autonomy
• Opportunities to develop your specialist practice

Teach the Young Person in Front of You

Sometimes you’ll follow the plan, sometimes your professional judgement will tell you that today’s plan needs to change.

We’re looking for a teacher who knows the difference.