Assistant Lecturer

Assistant Lecturer – Skills for Adult Life

Shaftesbury is a disability charity offering care, education, vocational and rehab services. The charity also provides residential care, nursing, and supported living.

Within the education sector, Shaftesbury has one school, Shaftesbury Victoria School, and 2 further education colleges, Shaftesbury Millie College and Shaftesbury Nash College. The school is for students aged 3-19, and the colleges are for students aged 16-25. All students have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), as well as physical and/or intellectual disabilities, and some have profound and complex learning needs.

Nash College is a further education college for young people who have a range of diagnoses including Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) and Profound Multiple Learning Disabilities (with associated complex physical needs).

What we teach

Nash College teaches courses that provides our young people with skills for adult life including employability and functional skills. You need to be able to support the delivery of a personalised program of study using NOCN units to meet the EHCP expected outcomes of our young people.

Is this you?

As someone with an interest in learning, you will support the delivery of the individualised programmes that enable our students to lead purposeful and enriched lives on leaving Nash College. You will provide PPA cover for a class lecturer. You will be literate, numerate and highly organised as well as having the ability to demonstrate team leadership within a collaborative team.

You may be interested in obtaining qualifications to teach and opportunities are available for graduates interested in pursuing a career with us.

Shaftesbury is an inclusive organisation that welcomes applications from all sections of the community in which we work. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

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