SEMH Service Lead Practioner
Wigmore Primary, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 9TB31 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January/February 2025
Closing date
13 December 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
8 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS plus TLR - Assistant Head
SEMH Service Lead Practioner job summary
The Orchard is a new SEMH service, based at Wigmore Primary School and serving the Eastern Partnership of Luton schools.
We are looking for a teacher who is committed and passionate about children with social, emotional and mental health needs to lead a team of professionals who believe in inclusion and success for all students, giving them the best possible prospects for their future lives. We are ambitious in striving to meet individual needs and improving students’ learning opportunities.
We have high ambition for the children in academic achievements as well as social and emotional resilience. The successful candidate will be responsible for planning a highly engaging, adaptive curriculum, which ensures needs are met and pupils are able to thrive and make progress.
You will be joined by a part time Family Worker, and four Specialist Outreach Learning Assistants, and supported by a part time Admin Assistant. As the Lead Practitioner, you will be responsible for the deployment of staff and timetabling which is best suited to the cohort.
We are proud of our culture and ethos, which we have achieved through high expectations, honesty and strong teamwork. We recognise that pupils need different pathways to ensure that they thrive and can see themselves as successful. We want pupils referred to the service to access mainstream lessons where appropriate.
As the Lead Practitioner, you will be welcomed into our supportive team to carry out the professional duties of a teacher outlined in the most recent Teacher’s Pay and Conditions document, including Teachers Professional Standards.
You will
Be a strong classroom practitioner;
Motivate and develop the children in your care;
Be passionate about seeing young people succeed.
We can offer you:
A supportive working environment;
A commitment to professional development;
An opportunity to work with a dynamic team.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for further information. If you are interested in applying for this post, please call the school office on 01582 616101 to speak to a member of the SLT and arrange a visit.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Wigmore Primary
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 604 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Wigmore Primary website (opens in new tab)
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