Cover Supervisor

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Job title:       Cover Supervisor

Location:      Reddish Hall School, Stockport, Greater Manchester

Salary:           £22,864.16 per annum

Hours:           37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8.00am - 4.00pm

Contract:      Permanent, Term time only

Start date:   November 2024

UK applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.

As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for a Cover Supervisor to join our close-knit team at Reddish Hall School located in Stockport.

About the Role

The main purpose of the Cover Supervisor role at Reddish Hall School is to provide high-quality teaching and learning cover across the school. The Cover Supervisor will be responsible for leading whole classes, managing challenging behaviours, and ensuring all pupils remain focused and on track to meet their lesson objectives. This role is crucial in maintaining consistency and continuity of education for the pupils, particularly when teachers are absent or engaged in other school activities.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

• Lead whole-class teaching and learning during cover lessons, and support duties as required.
• Manage challenging behaviours in the classroom, using a calm and positive approach to maintain a supportive learning environment.
• Ensure all pupils are focused and on track to meet the lesson objectives, providing additional support to those who are struggling.
• Prepare the classroom for lessons, ensuring it is set up and materials are ready for teaching.
• Undertake any other duties as delegated by the Senior Leadership Team.

Essential Skills and Competencies:

• Excellent ability to engage and motivate pupils with complex needs, including SEMH and ASC.
• Knowledge of curriculum subjects
• Strong behaviour management skills and the resilience to work with pupils who display challenging behaviours.
• Flexible and adaptable approach, able to quickly adjust lessons and teaching strategies to meet the diverse needs of pupils.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, able to build positive relationships with pupils, colleagues, and parents/carers.
• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils.

Desirable Skills and Competencies:

• Experience working in a school setting, particularly with pupils who have special educational needs.
• UK QTS (highly desirable)
• Creativity and innovation in developing learning opportunities that are tailored to pupils' interests and learning styles.
• A relevant qualification in education or a related field (e.g., Teaching Assistant qualification).

About The School

Reddish Hall is an independent SEMH school situated in Stockport, meeting the needs of students with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties. The aim of the school is to encourage pupils to achieve and succeed personally, academically, socially and develop their self confidence that will enable them to cope in everyday situations and manage the transition from school to college or work environments. By rebuilding self-esteem and forging positive relationships, our pupils replace failure with success.

Reddish Hall School is based in Reddish, Stockport. The school is commutable from Manchester, Stockport and Surrounding areas.

We are part of Acorn Education and can promise you plenty of challenges, and a rich variety of opportunities to develop your career. Acorn Education is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education for vulnerable pupils and young people. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running

Why join Acorn Education? 

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover
• Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support. 

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.