Teacher

Young Foundations Limited; Bedlington; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Career development

Internal progression

Enhanced parental leave

Supportive environment

Job summary

Young Foundations Ltd seeks an enthusiastic and ambitious Teacher to join Howard House School in Bedlington, Northumberland. The role involves delivering an engaging, bespoke curriculum for pupils with SEMH and Autism, under EHCP guidance, at an independent day special school.

Ideal candidates have QTS and experience with vulnerable children, with a strong commitment to safeguarding, professional learning, and contributing to whole-school improvement.

Qualifications

• Qualified Teacher Status is required.
• Evidence of successful teaching with vulnerable children.
• Good interpersonal skills and emotional resilience.
• Knowledge of Local Authority and National SEND expectations (2014 Code of Practice).
• Ability to safeguard children and maintain discipline.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high standards in relation to the Teachers’ Standards.
• Be responsible for student attainment and progress.
• Ensure Quality First Teaching is central to practice and drives progress.
• Lead a curriculum area to raise school standards.
• Plan and deliver a bespoke curriculum underpinned by EHCP needs.
• Deliver a holistic, inclusive curriculum rooted in Positive Regard and pupil outcomes.
• Contribute to policy and practice; be a role model for the learning community.
• Make a significant contribution to school improvement.
• Engage with school systems to uphold the vision for excellence.
• Develop your CPD profile and strive to be the best.

Skills

QTS

Vulnerable children experience

Interpersonal skills

Safeguarding

Initiative

CPD

Job description

School: Howard House School, Bedlington, Northumberland
Full Time: 40 Hours per week
Salary: £30,888.35 – £40,343.96 per annum depending on qualifications and experience

Young Foundations Ltd are seeking an enthusiastic and ambitious Teacher to join our team. We are looking for the right person to work at Howard House School.

Requirements:

• Qualified Teacher Status
• Evidence of successful teaching experience with vulnerable children.
• Good interpersonal skills and emotional resilience in working with children.
• Up to date knowledge of Local Authority and National expectations for SEND including 2014 SEND Code of Practice including knowledge of EHCP and their implementation.
• Good awareness of and clear ability to safeguard children by developing appropriate relationships, personal boundaries and maintaining discipline.
• Ability to work well unsupervised and use initiative effectively.
• Confidence to review own performance and undertake continuous professional learning.

As a Teacher you will:

• Maintain consistently high standards in relation to all aspects of the Teachers’ Standards
• Be responsible for student attainment and progress.
• Ensure Quality First Teaching is central to your practice, accelerates progress and celebrates outcomes.
• To lead a curriculum area throughout school to raise whole school standards and aspirations.
• Plan, teach and deliver an engaging, bespoke, and personalised curriculum underpinned by EHCP need.
• Expertise in delivering a holistic, inclusive, and creative curriculum rooted in unconditional Positive Regard and pupil outcomes.
• Contribute positively to policy and practice.
• Be a role model for our learning community.
• Make a significant contribution and impact in all aspects of school improvement.
• Engage with all school systems professionally to ensure the vision for excellence is maintained.
• Use dedicated time to develop your CPD profile and be the ‘best you can be’.

What is the right type of person for Howard House School? For the School Team it is someone who will buy in to our ethos:

• to encourage intellectual curiosity, critical perception and respect for learning. We strongly encourage individual responsibility, self-esteem and confidence as well as care, concern and respect for others.

Our ethos is important, as we firmly believe that if you buy in to it your performance will meet the needs of our students and help them contribute to society effectively.

About Howard House School:

Howard House School is an independent day special school catering for pupils with SEMH and Autism. It is co-educational and can accept up to 40 pupils aged between 10 and 18 years. The school draws pupils from across the North East and provides an environment where pupils can begin to address many of challenges that may confront them. We aim to provide a safe non-threatening environment where issues of abuse, bullying and social exclusion can be addressed.

We are located in a semi-rural location, on the edge of Bedlington, Northumberland. The School is housed in a mix of historic buildings, which provide extensive facilities to support a developing curriculum. We take pride in providing a happy, safe and caring environment, where everyone is enthusiastic about learning. Staff are dedicated to meeting the individual needs of pupils and are committed to developing their ability to grow into resourceful young adults.

All of our staff are experienced in working effectively with vulnerable teenagers who have learning difficulties and/or social and emotional development issues caused by Adverse Childhood Experiences. Our skilled and dedicated staff tailor individual behaviour management strategies to improve students’ trust, self-esteem and confidence.

Our team provides therapeutic opportunities to enable students to unpick and think about their difficult feelings so that they can understand their behaviour and internal conflicts. This enables our young people to develop their ability to build relationships, understand their feelings, manage their own behaviour and eventually become motivated and enthusiastic learners prepared for a successful life beyond school.

The staff receive training in a variety of areas such as the effective use of attachment theory, systemic theory and mental health needs. Staff are also kept up to date with the importance that neuroscience has to play in our understanding of child development.

We pride ourselves in investing in the staff team by providing regular training both internal and external, offering supervision and support.

Benefits of Working for us:

• A rewarding career you can be truly proud of
• A supportive environment that is committed to helping you flourish and deliver excellent care to the people we support
• Competitive pay with pay progression opportunities
• Career development and training
• Internal progression opportunities
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental leave packages

Howard House School aims to encourage intellectual curiosity, critical perception and respect for learning. We strongly encourage individual responsibility, self-esteem and confidence as well as care, concern and respect for others.

We believe it is our duty to promote the development of personal values to help meet the challenges of a complex world and to encourage a commitment to contributing positively to the community and wider society.