SEN Teacher Health and Social Care - Maternity Cover

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Job

Title:

SEN Teacher Health and Social Care - Maternity
Cover
Location:
Syon
Manor College, Isleworth, London, TW7
5AJ
Salary:
Up to
£45,000.00 per annum (salary
negotiable)
Hours: 37.5
hours per week | Monday to Wednesday 8.30am – 4.30pm | Thursday and
Friday 8.30am –
4.00pm
Contract:
Fixed Term
(Maternity Cover until August 2027) | Term Time
Only
Start:
April
2026
Essential:
Full UK
Driving Licence
UK applicants
only – this role does not offer
sponsorship

About
the Role

We are seeking a
committed and compassionate SEN Teacher (Health & Social Care)
to join the team on a maternity cover basis at our Syon Manor,
Isleworth campus.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to
deliver high-quality, inclusive education to pupils with a wide
range of academic, social and emotional needs, ensuring every
learner is supported to make meaningful progress from their
individual starting points.

The successful post
holder will work flexibly across tutor groups, contributing to a
positive, trauma-informed and nurturing learning environment that
reflects and strengthens the wider ethos of the
College.

Key
Responsibilities

Teaching
and Learning

• Plan and
  deliver engaging, high-quality lessons aligned to Pearson
  examination boards.
• Adapt curriculum content
  and teaching strategies to meet the needs of pupils with SEND, SEMH
  and low prior attainment.
• Create a calm,
  consistent and emotionally safe classroom environment rooted in
  mutual respect.
• Apply trauma-informed and
  attachment-aware approaches to support pupil regulation and
  engagement.
• Implement individualised learning
  strategies, including structured routines, visuals and practical
  activities.

Curriculum
Delivery

• Deliver the
  College curriculum in an accessible, relevant and meaningful
  way.
• Teach Entry Level English and Health &
  Social Care in line with College development
  plans.
• Work creatively to integrate learning
  across subjects where appropriate.
• Support
  thematic, topic-based or cross-curricular learning
  models.
• Maintain high expectations for both
  academic achievement and personal
  development.

Assessment
and Progress

• Assess,
  track and record pupil progress using formative and summative
  assessment methods, including EFL.
• Provide
  clear, constructive feedback to support pupils’ next steps in
  learning.
• Contribute to pupil progress reviews,
  reports and relevant
  meetings.

Behaviour and
Pastoral
Support

• Establish clear
  routines and boundaries that promote positive behaviour and
  engagement.
• Apply College behaviour policies
  consistently using restorative and relational
  approaches.
• Support pupils’ emotional wellbeing
  within a safe, structured and nurturing
  environment.
• Work closely with pastoral and
  SEND teams to ensure coordinated, wrap-around support for
  individual learners.

This role is
well suited to an SEN professional who is adaptable, reflective and
passionate about supporting pupils with additional needs to succeed
both academically and
personally.

About
Us

Syon Manor College is a new
post-16 provision for young people with autism and complex needs.
The college will offer a broad curriculum of academic, vocational
and life skills learning including BTECs, GCSEs, Functional Skills
and ASDAN accreditations which will work towards Employability or
Independence and Duke of Edinburgh
qualifications.

For over 19 years Options Autism
have provided care and education to pupils, young people and adults
with autism, complex needs and learning difficulties. We are a
leading provider of education for neurodivergent young people and
young adults. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our
sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide
measurable outcomes for those in our care.

We are
really proud to say that in 2025, Outcomes First Group were
officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the sixth year
running.

Why join Options
Autism?

We place the outcomes of
the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart
of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that
your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of
others.

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