SEN Teacher
St Joseph's Specialist Trust, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 7DH26 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
29 July 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
1 July 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3
Working pattern
- Full time: School hours are 36 per week: Monday 08.30-16.00, Tuesday - Thursday 08.30 – 16.15 and Friday 08.30 – 15.45 plus thirty minutes admin time.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £29,350-£42,688
Additional allowances
St Joseph’s allowance of £2,270
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Common Sense: you will need to work in a team and dynamically risk assess challenging situations to keep yourself and others safe.
- Excellent Communication skills: you will need to be able to communicate effectively with all staff, children, families and professionals and make your classes engaging and interesting.
- Patience: you will need to adapt to the pace of each individual young person and be able to remain calm when faced with anxious, emotional or frustrated behaviours
What the school offers its staff
- We have a beautiful 23 acre site in Cranleigh, on the edge of the Surrey Hills, one mile from the village
- Delicious and healthy free hot lunches are provided to all during term time
- Medical cashplan (after qualifying period)
- **£1,000 Retention bonus - £250 after 1 month, £250 after 1 year, £500 after 18 months at Trust
- Ample free on-site car parking
- Have consistent 1:1 line manager support and opportunity for personal development
- Be provided with an Employee Assistance Programme (confidential, professional wellbeing and counselling 24/7 service for yourself and your family)
- Gain Mental Health and Wellbeing support through a team of on-site qualified Adult Mental Health First Aiders
- Complete on-site Team Teach training with our specialist Inclusion Team, refreshed every 2 years
- Access a full induction programme
Further details about the role
St Joseph’s Specialist Trust are looking for a dynamic class teacher to join our team. Having been reviewed by Ofsted Education in February 2023 we are currently rated Outstanding, we are also accredited by the National Autistic Society and hold the Autism Education Trust Schools Licence for Surrey. St Joseph’s is pleased and proud to provide opportunities for teachers to develop and build their expertise in the field of SEND.
Applicants should be qualified teachers, ideally with experience in a SEN setting. We will accept applications for NQTs and ECTs. You will lead a class alongside Therapists, of up to 14 students supported by a dedicated team including Higher Level Teaching Assistants and TAs. Our education team, working with our integrated therapy team, enable the students to access and enjoy therapy-based education.
This is an excellent opportunity if you are approachable and professional with empathy and understanding for the needs of our students. You will be encouraged and supported to further develop your skills and knowledge by undertaking regular CPD opportunities. All Teachers with QTS may be asked to take on leadership of a subject and this will be discussed on an individual basis at interview.
St Joseph’s is a registered charitable trust comprising specialist school, college and registered children’s home working with vulnerable children and young people with complex needs and two supported living houses for young adults. Our 70+ students are aged 5 to 19 years old with complex learning disabilities and severe social communication and behavioural issues, many with autism.
All our staff need compassion and empathy and the drive to make a real difference to the lives of our young people. If you are recruited, you will be required to complete Team Teach positive behaviour support training as part of your induction before employment. Physical and mental resilience are essential qualities in all our employees.
Commitment to safeguarding
St Joseph’s Specialist Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This position requires an enhanced DBS disclosure and take up of references.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below
About St Joseph's Specialist Trust
- School type
- Special school, ages 5 to 19
- School size
- 73 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- St Joseph's Specialist Trust website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@st-josephscranleigh.surrey.sch.uk
St Joseph’s Specialist Trust is an independent non-maintained specialist school and college, registered children’s home with two local adult supported living houses nearby. The St Joseph’s community consists of approximately seventy five students at the school and college, twelve tenants resident at the Supported Living Houses who are supported by almost 270 staff.
We cater for young people aged 5 – 19 with complex and severe learning difficulties, many of whom are on the Autistic Spectrum, and other associated difficulties. We use an embedded therapies approach and focus on access to the community for all, irrespective of their challenges.
St Joseph’s 22 acre site is situated on the outskirts of Cranleigh in the Surrey Hills between Guildford and Horsham. There are bus connections but we do not have a railway station. Due to the semi-rural location it is advantageous to have a car.
Arranging a visit to St Joseph's Specialist Trust
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@st-josephscranleigh.surrey.sch.uk.
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