Teacher, Special Needs ​/ Learning Disabilities

Requirements

• Qualified Teacher Status
• Experience in teaching a core subject at GCSE level essential.
• Substantial recent experience of teaching in a setting with learners with social emotional and behavioural difficulties (SEBD)
• Evidence of successful teaching experience with vulnerable children.
• Good understanding of the Estyn Framework
• Good interpersonal skills and emotional resilience in working with children.
• 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.
• Able to build compassionate and appropriate professional relationships

• Have empathy and understanding for young people with Mental Health & Complex Needs
• Ensure completion of all Safeguarding, Prevent, Foundations for Safer Care and mandatory training annually.
• Develop and share creative approaches which integrate individual student performance with well‑being and inclusive approaches with attainment.
• Promote, develop and sustain strong partnerships beyond the classroom which include home, other agencies and community partnerships.
• Promote Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural opportunities within lessons at each opportunity

Oaklea Grange School based near Wrexham is a residential school for children and young people aged 11 to 18. Our range of specialist services supports our ambition to provide every child with the care, therapy and learning they need to ensure they achieve their personal best.

• 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.

Oaklea Grange Sschool aims to meet the needs of children and young people across the continuum of care. Our range of specialist services supports our ambition to provide every child with the care, therapy, and learning they need to ensure they achieve their personal best. Our focus is on delivering clear outcomes for each young person we look after.