Teacher, Special Needs ​/ Learning Disabilities

Overview

Catch
22 is a social business, a not for profit business with a social mission. For over 200 years we have designed and delivered services that build resilience and aspiration in people and communities. Our 1600 colleagues work at every stage of the social welfare cycle, supporting 44,000 individuals from cradle to career. Today we deliver alternative education, apprenticeships and employability programmes, justice and rehabilitation services (in prisons and in the community), gangs intervention work, emotional wellbeing and substance misuse, and children’s social care programmes.

Catch
22 Include provides an alternative education option for young people, with over 700 vulnerable young people supported through independent alternative education schools or by tailored support programmes in school or off-site. Include schools offer an alternative to mainstream schooling for young people aged 5 to 11 years old where multiple barriers to learning have previously affected engagement and access to education.

Join us as a Teacher in our school and you could be playing a key role in providing an invaluable programme of education for vulnerable students who present challenging behaviours.

We are offering an exciting opportunity for an unqualified or qualified teacher to join our award-winning, Ofsted Good school team in supporting children with additional needs and social, emotional and mental health difficulties, often stemming from trauma. The work is intensive requiring flexibility, sensitivity, patience and resilience. Re-igniting pupils’ love of learning is central to what we do, therefore an ability to work with and engage all students with creativity and passion towards the primary curriculum is essential.

You will be working with a maximum of 8 upper key stage 2 students per class, supported by a teaching assistant, enabling you to build core relationships with pupils using the trauma-informed approach. If you are looking to gain experience in an alternative provision, work towards your QTS or would like to challenge yourself in an environment where you can be part of making a transformative positive impact in the lives of our vulnerable children, please apply to join our Include family.

As a Teacher in our school, your main accountabilities will include:

Teaching and learning:

• Creating an inspirational learning environment with high expectations of learner achievement, success and progression.
• Planning, producing and updating schemes of work to meet curriculum, inspection, and accreditation requirements, taking into account guidance from the DFE and other regulatory bodies to ensure compliance with all current requirements.
• Developing learning resources and learning routes that meet learner needs and the requirements of Catch
  22 and commissioner requirements.
• Preparing lessons for off-site students for support staff to deliver
• Supporting and guiding learners so that they can reflect on their learning, identify the progress they have made and set positive targets for improvement.
• Maintaining good order and discipline among the students, safeguarding their wellbeing.
• Building effective and supporting relationships with students and families/carers; embedding that trust and support within the education process. Liaising with outside agencies as appropriate.
• Undertaking relevant administrative tasks associated with the teaching function including examination/accreditation entries for learners, register taking and invigilation.

Other duties:

• Acting as a role model; champion Catch
  22 and the Education directorate’s vision and values.
• Comply with Catch
  22 policies and procedures including safeguarding, child protection, health and safety, data protection and confidentiality.
• Undertake personal and professional development activities and liaise with other staff so knowledge and best practice can be shared.

Additional Information

Salary: £26,096.00 and £43,493.00 FTE per annum (Depending on experience and qualifications)

Contract: 52 weeks of the year, 37 hours per week (8.30am - 16.30pm)

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22 Independent school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of…