Unqualified Teacher

Unqualified Teacher 

Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent,

Hours: 40 hours per week, Mon - Fri,

Salary: £21,731 - £33,902 (UQT1 – UQT6)

Location: St Ives, Cambridge 

Aurora Fairway School  

Part of the Aurora Group, Aurora Fairway School in St. Ives, Cambridge is looking for an Unqualified Teacher to join our team. You will be delivering high quality vocational subject to children and young people with SEMH, ASD and other complex or anxiety related needs who may present with challenging behaviours associated with their diagnosis. Some students may have multiple learning difficulties. NB Experience in working with SEMH or ASD is essential.

Aurora Fairway is a specialist day school offering academic and therapeutic provision for students aged 11-16 with a range of complex learning needs including social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication difficulties and autism. The Aurora Group is an innovative provider of education and care for children, young people and adults with special educational needs and disabilities across England. 

Key Duties:

• To 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.
• To work collaboratively with other members of staff as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• To set, monitor and review personalised targets that will optimise learning for each individual.
• To 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.
• To develop lesson plans analysing and self-reflecting on the outcomes.
• To attend and contribute to all relevant meetings and maintain good lines of communication with other staff.
• To provide clear structures for lessons maintaining pace, motivation and challenge.
• To assist in the development of the curriculum offer.
• To work in a non-confrontational way to ensure individual needs are met.
• To appropriately manage challenging behaviour within the school policy and procedures.

Please note that duties will vary and you will be expected to contribute to the overall aims of CEC when required. Please see the link below for our full job description:

Job Description - Unqualified Teacher

Qualifications and experience: 

• GCSE pass above C grade 4 in English and Maths
• Evidence of previous experience is essential
• Postgraduate diploma in SEN is desirable
• Experience of working in a special school environment and in particular with students with SEMH is desirable
• Experience of successfully delivering a differentiated curriculum to students with a wide range of needs.

Knowledge:

• Excellent knowledge of the national curriculum
• Working knowledge of SEMH students with complex needs including ASD.
• Knowledge, understanding and experience of autism and associated co-morbid conditions and how these can affect learning.
• Curriculum development and implementation for pupils with SEN and in particular autism

Benefits and Additional Information

Be part of our successful team and also benefit from a generous package that includes:

• Life assurance
• Enhanced Pension
• Perkbox - offering high street discounts
• Employee assistance programme
• Car lease scheme
• Fully funded training and qualifications
• Bike to work scheme
• Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.

How to apply:

You can apply online by completing our online application form. For more information on this position please contact liz.hudson@the-aurora-group.com

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.

Closing Date: The role will remain open until it is filled - Please apply early as we may close the role when we have a suitable level of interest.

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.