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Brookfields Special School, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 6SW

2 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  18 October 2024 at 8am

• Date listed

  9 October 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 33.75 hours term time - 0830-1630 Monday, 0830-1530 Tuesday to Friday term time plus INSETs and Twilights
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £19,690 to £20,970
• Additional allowances:

  SEN £1,456.40

What skills and experience we're looking for

Qualifications & Experience

- Relevant qualifications to include either GCSEs grades A to C, Sub level 2 vocational qualification, NVQ Level 2 (all to include English and Maths) - essential

- Demonstrable and relevant experience within a school based setting -essential

- 2 years’ experience within a school-based setting / learning environment - desirable

- Qualified First Aider - desirable

Skills and Abilities

- Proven skills in basic literacy and numeracy - essential

- Good planning and organisational skills - essential

- Ability to implement outcomes set by the Multi-Disciplinary and Behaviour teams - essential

- Able to communicate effectively with pupils, parents and other staff - essential

- Able to accurately record progress and keep class records up to date - essential

- Ability to make use of ICT to support pupils’ learning - essential

- Able to confidently and competently apply knowledge and skills acquired from training into a practical classroom context - essential

- Able to motivate and encourage pupils - essential

- Intuitive, imaginative and creative - essential

- Ability to recognise different types of behaviours and differentiate actions accordingly - essential

What the school offers its staff

What we offer you:

• Training: A full induction and on the job training with a commitment to supporting and coaching you towards excellent practice
• Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance with a supportive whole staff team and governing body
• A generous site in a well-established community location close to the river Thames and the beautiful surrounding countryside
• an exciting and challenging role
• a highly professional staff team
• onsite parking

Further details about the role

“Brookfields is a remarkably friendly and welcoming school. Staff are highly skilled. They know pupils exceptionally well. Staff understand pupils’ needs precisely. Pupils told us that they really like their school and described it as ‘the best’. They feel happy and safe here because they know that adults care about them” (Ofsted 2019).

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, creative and hardworking person to work 1-1 with a young girl who loves adult interaction and games. She has complex medical needs including Cerebral Palsy, Visual Impairment, Epilepsy and is gastrostomy fed. Experience within SEN is essential and high-quality induction and ongoing training will be provided.

Commitment to safeguarding

The school is committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are committed to securing genuine equality of opportunity in all aspects of our activities as an employer and education provider

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

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Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Brookfields Special School

• School type: Special school, ages 3 to 19
• School size: 229 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Brookfields Special School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: hr@brookfields.w-berks.sch.uk
• Phone number: 0118 942 1382
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/brookfields-special-school (opens in new tab)

SEN School catering for 3 to 19 year olds

Arranging a visit to Brookfields Special School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@brookfields.w-berks.sch.uk.

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