Teacher of Food Technology (Hospitality, Food and Nutrition)

This is an exciting opportunity for a practical hands-on enthusiastic candidate. The successful candidate with have the unusual opportunity to support the running of a local charitable café as the ‘9th classroom’ of Cotswold Chine School. The school’s Halfway Café is designed to teach children through practical work experience to develop social skills, practical food preparation, hygiene and nutrition skills in order to prepare them for adulthood.

The school itself is a trauma informed school for children (aged 7-19).

The candidates would join a supportive team who welcome teachers from all backgrounds and levels of experience looking to begin a career in special educational needs teaching. We specialise in trauma-informed, attachment-focused relationship based, therapeutic approach to teaching. Our schools provide a nurturing environment for teachers to develop their existing experience or build on their teacher training as an ECT.

The successful candidate will work as a team with another food technology/hospitality teacher a food technician and with the support of existing Cotswold Chine teachers to establish this new style of Food Technology and Hospitality classroom. They will also have the support of an established therapeutic team.

Experience in special needs is not essential as training will be provided. The ability to form relationships with young people, reliability, resilience, and a flexible approach to working with others are important.

 At our schools the successful candidate will teach and nurture a small class group of 4-8 students and with an experienced co-teacher. The co-teacher usually plays a mentor role for new teaching staff when they first join the school before forming a longer-term partnership to teach their assigned class.

 All applications will be considered on an individual basis, and we highly recommend visiting us so that we can work with you to consider where you would fit within the school.

 If you value being part of a team, are keen to learn about trauma and attachment and would like to play a role in supporting students to overcome early life challenges to achieve personalised outcomes then this is the opportunity for you.