SEN Teacher

SEN Teacher

Location: Salwick, Nr Preston, Lancashire 

Salary: M1 – M6 dependent on experience

Hours: 40 hours per week 

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. 

We are looking to recruit an experienced Teacher to join our team within our calm and nurturing environment at Aurora Keyes Barn School. We are an 'Good' rated specialist provider of education and care, supporting boys aged 5 - 12 who face challenges associated with additional social, emotional and mental health needs.   

The Role:

To deliver high quality Key Stage 1 and 2 teaching and learning to young people with range of complex needs associated with SEMH. The class size will be 8 students and you will have the support of 2 Teaching Assistants. Students may also be on the autistic spectrum and have mental health and anxiety related conditions. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• To carry out the professional duties of a Teacher as outlined in the Professional Standards for Teachers.
• To take responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils according to the school’s policies, including safeguarding and PREVENT.
• To plan and deliver lessons following a broad and balanced curriculum according to DfE guidance and the school’s policies including reflective practice.
• To be responsible for the day to day running of the class and assist in other relevant aspects of the day to day running of the school.
• To assess, record and report pupils’ progress according the school’s policy in order to monitor and foster pupils’ progress in all areas of learning.
• To attend and contribute to teachers’ meetings, multi-disciplinary meetings and any other relevant staff meetings.
• To ensure a high standard of personal care for the pupils, carefully monitoring the health and well-being of pupils informing the care staff, medical staff, behaviour support team and any other relevant professionals of any concerns.
• To manage and delegate classroom responsibilities of teaching assistants and assist with their professional development.

A full job description can be viewed here: Keyes Barn JD - Teacher.docx

Essential Qualifications: 

• PGCE, QTS, Cert Ed or equivalent teaching qualification and evidence of in-service training. 

Ideally successful candidates are likely to demonstrate:

• Experience of working in a primary school environment in both Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2, ideally in specialist education.
• Experience in Primary setting in both Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2
• Relevant knowledge and experience of pupils with SEN, SLD/PMLD and ASC
• Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures
• Experience of managing a range of approaches to behaviour, including managing behaviours that challenge
• Experience of successfully delivering a differentiated curriculum to students with a wide range of needs.
• Experience of working in a therapeutic environment

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. 

• FREE Lunch! All staff are able to take advantage of school lunches whilst onsite, at no cost
• 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 insure 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. 

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 karen.barnfield@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.

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.