Swim Instructor
Chellow Heights Special School, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD9 6ALThis job expired on 4 October 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
4 October 2023 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
20 September 2023
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 32. 5 hours per week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 8.50am to 3.45pm, Wednesday 8.50am to 4.45pm, Friday 8.50am to 3.15pm, with a team meeting once a week starting at 8.15am – day of the week TBC) Term time plus 5 days
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- £20,373 - £22,341 per annum (pay award pending)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Job Summary
Swim Instructor for Hydrotherapy Pool
Chellow Heights is a generic special school catering for children with a wide range of learning, physical, medical, sensory, social, emotional and behavioural needs aged 2 to 11 years.
We are located across two sites, in BD9 (Heaton) and BD6 (Low Moor).
The role is 32.5 hours per week (Term time only + 5 days)(Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 8.50am to 3.45pm, Wednesday 8.50am to 4.45pm, Friday 8.50am to 3.15pm, with a team meeting once a week starting at 8.15am – day of the week TBC)
Job Information
The Swim Instructor will work under the direction and control of the senior leadership team, a classroom teacher or designated supervisor. In the role you are expected to support the ethos of the school and work supportively with teachers and class based support staff in their responsibility for the development and education process by providing care and supervision to primary age children who have special educational needs, by utilising a good standard of practical knowledge and skills.
The role will involve a range of activities including hydrotherapy pool/swimming support, classroom support, 1-1 or small group working, supporting with specialist interventions, and lunchtime supervision / support.
Chellow Heights iscommitted to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful staff will be requested to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
Closing Date: 12 noon, 4th October 2023
What the school offers its staff
Mission Statement:
At Chellow Heights we are working towards our goal of providing an outstanding, world class educational provision and an exciting, specialist learning environment.
We endeavour to use innovative solutions and specialist technology to develop new ways to support children and families through research and development in order to tackle the challenges facing learners, families, staff, and communities in a modern society.
As such, we will be fulfilling the wider Bradford Vision for special schools ofeducation, co‑location, co‑operation.
Our Purpose
Is to enable learnersto be happy, healthy and enjoy life, to develop as fully as possible their self help, independence, communication and social skills to be confident and able to make decisions and achieve personal goals. We will do this through a learning environment which enables everyone to feelsafe, secure, valued and happy.
Our Values:
Inclusive, challenging, holistic, patience, tolerance, innovation, confidentiality, curiosity, dignity.
Our approach is:
Inclusive, challenging, holistic, compassionate, professional, encouraging, consistent, energetic, happy, innovative.
Awards
We are very proud to have gained a number of awards for our work in school.
Further details about the role
Chellow Heights is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful staff will be requested to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check and where applicable a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants as part of our overall vetting checks.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provides that when applying for certain jobs, certain spent convictions and cautions are protected and they do not need to be disclosed to employers. If they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website and further information about filtering offences can be found in DBS filtering guide
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.
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About Chellow Heights Special School
- School type
- Special school, ages 2 to 11
- School size
- 254 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hradmin@chellowheightsschool.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01274484242
Chellow Heights is a generic special school for learners aged 2 – 11 years. We are based on two sites. The main site is in the west of Bradford, located within a campus of schools, Heaton Primary, Belle Vue Girls High School, Beckfoot Upper Heaton Academy and High Park School an all age school for Communication and Interaction. Our second, smaller site is in the south of Bradford at Low Moor. It is not co-located.
Our pupils come from across Bradford and reflect the diverse population of the district. Pupils attending Chellow Heights School are learning at levels below those expected of their mainstream peers and their needs can best be met in a special school rather than a mainstream school. Our pupils usually have a Statement of Educational Needs or an Educational Health and Care Plan (EHCP) which names Chellow Heights as an appropriate school. A minority come to us on an assessment placement before a Statement or EHCP has been issued or finalised. All pupils are placed with us by the Local Authority.
The vast majority of pupils also have a range of physical, medical, sensory, communication and social, emotional and mental health needs needs which may impact on their ability to learn and may result in the need for additional support through one or more of our Intervention Teams. For many pupils their additional medical needs also impact on their ability to attend school. We have close links with the NHS.
The school opened in April 2010 with 54 pupils we now have over 250 children on roll over the two sites. The west site is built on two floors and has 17 classrooms and other specialist rooms The south site is a single story building designed for 49 pupils and has 74 on roll. It also has some specialist areas. We are still developing both sites with new areas to help our pupils develop and learn our main focus this year is to develop a small animals pet area in our field on the South, Low Moor Site and to further develop the Sensory Gardens on both sites and the Forest School area on the south. A new five year business plan will be published shortly showing our priorities future developments.
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