SEN Teacher

SEN Teacher

School: Oaklea Grange School, Wrexham

Hours of Week: 40

Contract Type: Permanent – Full Time – Term Time Only

Salary: £33,406.11 – £46,195.25 per annum

About Oaklea Grange School:

Oaklea Grange School, near Wrexham, is a specialist independent school for young people aged 11-18 with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs. We provide a nurturing, trauma-informed environment where pupils are supported to thrive academically, emotionally and socially. Our personalised "stage not age" curriculum combines academic, vocational, outdoor and community-based learning, helping every young person develop the confidence, skills and qualifications needed to achieve their personal best and prepare for a positive future.

Members of the team say “I don’t see it as a job – it’s an opportunity to make a difference.”

Requirements:

• Qualified Teacher Status
• Experience in teaching a core subject at GCSE level essential.
• Substantial recent experience of teaching in a setting with learners with social emotional and behavioural difficulties (SEBD
• Evidence of successful teaching experience with vulnerable children.
• Good understanding of the Estyn Framework
• Good interpersonal skills and emotional resilience in working with children.
• Good awareness of and clear ability to safeguard children by developing appropriate relationships, personal boundaries and maintaining discipline.
• Ability to work well unsupervised and use initiative effectively.
• Able to build compassionate and appropriate professional relationships

As a teacher you will:

• Have empathy and understanding for young people with Mental Health & Complex Needs
• Ensure completion of all Safeguarding, Prevent, Foundations for Safer Care and mandatory training annually.
• Develop and share creative approaches which integrate individual student performance with well-being and inclusive approaches with attainment.
• Promote, develop and sustain strong partnerships beyond the classroom which include home, other agencies and community partnerships.
• Promote Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural opportunities within lessons at each opportunity

Benefits of Working for us:

• A rewarding career you can be truly proud of
• A supportive environment that is committed to helping you flourish and deliver excellent care to the people we support
• Competitive pay with pay progression opportunities
• Career development and training
• Internal progression opportunities
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental leave packages
• Employee assistance programme
• Free eye care vouchers

If this sounds like the role for you, apply now!

Young Foundations are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff to share this commitment. We adopt fair, robust, and consistent recruitment process across the company online with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, satisfactory reference, right to work checks and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

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