SEN KS1 Primary Teacher Location : Torton, Kidderminster Contract Type : Full Time - Permanent Hours : 40 hours per week - 5 days Annual Salary: £31,650 - £47,338 (M1 – UPS2) The Aurora Group The Aurora Group is an innovative provider of education and care for children, young people and adults with special educational needs and disabilities. As part of our growth strategy; we’re really pleased to have recently opened a brand ne w ASC/SEMH school, Wilden View School in Torton, Kidderminster, for students aged between 5-19. Amongst a number of other roles, we’re currently looking for a SEN KS1 Primary Teacher. It is an exciting time to be part of Aurora and this is a unique career opportunity to make your mark on our growing services. The role: We are looking for a passionate, inspirational and engaging SEN Primary Teacher to deliver high quality teaching and learning to children aged 7-11 with SEMH and other complex or anxiety related needs who may present with challenging behaviours associated with their diagnosis. Some pupils may have multiple learning difficulties. Experience in working with pupils with SEMH and/or ASC needs in a mainstream or specialist environment is essential. We are ideally looking for Teachers who are able to teach KS1 with the willingness to experience other key stages if required. Key duties: Contribute to the delivery and development of the curriculum, having regard to the educational, physical and social needs of the students within a learning environment. Work collaboratively with other members of staff as part of a multi-disciplinary team. Maintain and use short, medium and long term plans in delivering the curriculum. Set, monitor and review personalised targets that will optimise learning for each individual. Monitor, assess, review and report on the progress and work of students to parents, team members, senior staff, examination and funding bodies through reports and identified meetings as directed and as is required through school policies and procedures. Maintain knowledge through training and research where appropriate and take responsibility for own professional development. Develop lesson plans analysing and self-reflecting on the outcomes. Contribute to the review of Statements and EHC plans, PEP and LAC reviews. Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required. Please see the link below for our full job description: Job Description: SEN Primary Teacher Experience Essential: PGCE, Qualified Teacher Status or equivalent teaching qualification and evidence of in-service training Experience of working in a special school environment and/or in particular with pupils with SEMH or ASC needs or significant SEND, SEMH and/or ASC teaching experience within a mainstream environment Desirable: Postgraduate diploma in SEN Experience of successfully delivering a differentiated curriculum to pupils with a wide range of needs What’s on offer? Training and Development Within Aurora, we strongly believe that learning and development should not be limited to just the children and young people we support. We offer wide range of programmes and opportunities to all our employees to improve your skills and further your career. Save money on your bills With the cost of living rising we have a fantastic benefit through Perkbox to help with cutting costs and help make your money go further. Perkbox is a free app for you to use on the go wherever you are. You can get deals and discounts to save money on things like your weekly food bill, phone plans, internet, eating out, gym memberships, insurance and more. You can also use Perkbox for our cycle to work scheme and car scheme. Competitive Pay and Reward Every year we compare the market rates of pay and rewards to ensure they are comparable or better to other similar organisations. We also offer Enhanced Annual Leave, Company Sick Pay, Pension and Life Assurance. UK Health Cash Plan This plan can help cover your day to day healthcare expenditure such as optician and dental bills. You and your children are covered on this plan and you can also choose to upgrade and add a partner to enjoy the benefits with you. Employee Assistance Programme Your health and wellbeing is very important to us and we have support available on a wide variety of issues, helping you with online tools, information and via a freephone counselling service available 24/7. Refer a friend for £1,000 We’ll reward you for recommending friends and family to come and join the company (terms apply) How to apply? Please complete an online application form in full, remembering to include all employment and education details. If you need any assistance or would like any more information please contact Karen in the Aurora Group Recruitment Team at adele.richardthe-aurora-group.com. Within Aurora we support teacher professional development by offering Upper Pay Scale both to teachers joining the company and through our internal professional development and performance management process. To be offered a role on Upper Pay Scale we will expect you to: provide evidence that you are already receiving an Upper Pay Scale salary. Hold specific allocated responsibility, once you have completed your induction, that contributes to whole school improvement including the overall raising of standards in the school and demonstrate their ongoing commitment to their own CPD. Details of the relevant area of responsibility will be discussed with you at interview and further when you join the company. Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children. The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer. This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled. Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.