Are you an experienced and skilled classroom practitioner with a passion for supporting students with SEMH and ASC needs? Are you nurturing, understanding and resilient? Do you want to feel valued, supported and part of a team?
Hampton Bridge School, due to open in Spring 2025, is a specialist independent school for pupils aged 6 to 19 years, set on the edge of Northampton City Centre. Our creative, individualised approach to learning is centred around well-being and skills for independence. From the time our students arrive, we start thinking about where our students will be moving to after they leave us to ensure they are well prepared to achieve their goals and succeed.
We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Relational Support Lead who is open to learning a modern approach to teaching pupils with social, emotional, mental health needs. This is a term time only post.
Our Relational Support Leads play a critical role within our baserooms; using their knowledge and expertise in building effective relationships and meeting the needs of young people with barriers to learning, they create and deliver programs and interventions that optimise students' wellbeing and engagement with learning.
Working closely with our teaching teams, they proactively support our students throughout their school journey with us, by working directly with students, parents, and colleagues. They support our teaching assistants in developing their skills and knowledge about meeting needs and understanding behaviour as a form of communication.
Relational Support Leads partner with our curriculum coordinators and teachers on practical aspects of student journey and progression such as reviews, risk assessment, record keeping, and communicating with external third parties and parents.
They also play a key role in developing and delivering a bespoke RSE and PSHE curriculum designed to meet the needs of their students.
This is a diverse and rewarding role, with opportunities for development and to engage in training.
Minimum Requirements:
Candidates should have significant experience of working with students with ASC and SEMH needs in a classroom environment. They should have a clear understanding of safeguarding and wellbeing support, experience and knowledge about proactively and reactively meeting the needs of students. They should be dynamic, resilient, and creative.
This post would suit an HLTA, experienced teaching assistant, or behaviour and engagement specialist.
We understand the importance of building meaningful relationships with pupils and families to nurture growth and development of relational milestones such as building trust and sharing enjoyment. Care and making connections are at the heart of our ethos, and we work hard to ensure that all staff feel cared for too.
We are strongly committed to providing high quality professional development for all our staff. As part of a new and growing group, we will be able to offer significant opportunities to work in collaboration with colleagues from across the group in order to develop innovative teaching practice.
The wellbeing of our staff is an important priority; therefore, we provide opportunities to ensure we value their hard work and dedication and promote a healthy work-life balance. We are constantly reviewing our practices to ensure that our staff can focus on what matters: providing a rich environment in which children and young adults can learn and thrive.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent, term time only
Please note that early application is encouraged as we may appoint prior to the closing date.
If you would like further information about the role, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
For more information please have a look at the Hampton Bridge School and Spaghetti Bridge websites: Hampton Bridge School, Spaghetti Bridge.
Spaghetti Bridge Ltd is committed to Safeguarding; therefore, all employees working at this school must have the ability to work in a way that promotes the safety and wellbeing of our children and young people. All applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding checks appropriate to the post, including checks with the Disclosure & Barring Service and employment references. We will request references from where you have worked with either children or adults at risk and will undertake an online check. Please be aware that references will be requested prior to interview for roles within our schools.
This post involves working with children and young people considered to be at risk and therefore is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Spaghetti Bridge undertakes not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a criminal record check on the basis of a conviction or other information revealed.
As an equal opportunities employer, Spaghetti Bridge is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination.
We are a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £27,300.00 per year
Benefits:
* Casual dress
* Company events
* Company pension
* Sick pay
Schedule:
* 8 hour shift
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 09/02/2025
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