SEN Teacher

School: Edan Court School, Huddersfield
Full Time: 40 Hours per week

Contract type: Permanent
Salary: £33,406.11 – £46,195.25 per annum depending on qualifications and experience

Requirements:

• Qualified Teacher Status
• Substantial recent experience of teaching in a SEN setting using Makaton (during the past 3 years)
• 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’.

At Edan Court school we foster a nurturing, inclusive and inspiring educational experience for all of our students, providing them with a safe, supportive space to thrive academically, socially and emotionally. With a strong emphasis on the emotional wellbeing of our pupils, a curriculum driven by holistic and therapeutic practices, allows our pupils to reach their full academic potential as well as providing them with the necessary skills to prepare them for adult life.

• 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
• Employee assistance programme
• Free eye care vouchers

Young Foundations are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff to share this commitment. We adopt fair, robust, and consistent recruitment process across the company online with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, satisfactory reference, right to work checks and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Edan Court is an independent school offering specialist provision for children and young people with special educational needs between the ages of 8 and 18. We foster a nurturing, inclusive and inspiring educational experience for up to 24 students, providing them with a safe, supportive space to thrive academically, socially and emotionally.

With a strong emphasis on the emotional wellbeing of our pupils, a curriculum driven by holistic/ therapeutic approach allows our pupils to live their educational journey fully allowing them to reach their full academic potential as well as providing them with the necessary skills to prepare them for adult life.