What skills and experience we're looking for
Requirements:
- Qualified Teacher Status
- Degree or equivalent
-Be a person-centred practitioner
-Have a commitment to all SEN pathways, including younger pre-verbal learners who require a sensory interactive curriculum, older learners following an adapted National Curriculum
and the willingness to find out about and support school leaders managing the pathway for children and young people with pathological demand avoidance
-Be able to lead a large team of staff who work across different sites
-Be outward looking and prepared to lead the school in its vision to be a flagship provision to support the needs of SEN children both locally and nationally
What the school offers its staff
Rewards & Benefits:
-Comprehensive training and development
-In-service teacher training delivered in partnership with Canterbury Christ Church University
-Opportunities to engage with internal professional networks
-Access to counselling advice and support via Health Assured (our employee assistance programme)
-Commitment to wellbeing supported by our occupational health service and mental-health first aiders
-Scope for career progression across nine college centres, 14 academy schools and Central Teams
-Generous annual leave and flexible working schemes in addition to bank and public holidays and a Christmas closure period
-As part of your contract of employment you will enrolled into a pension scheme, the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or Teachers Pension Scheme (TPS) both of which have life cover and financial protection for your family
-Enhanced parental leave schemes
-Cycle to work scheme
-Season ticket loans
-Employee referral scheme
-Discounted gym membership subscription including digital fitness
-Home electronics scheme
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.