Community Teacher
COMMUNITY TEACHER/MPS/UPS (£32,916 - £51,048) + 1SEN (£2,787). FULL-TIME PERMANENT POSITION – TEACHERS PAY AND CONDITIONS. COMMENCEMENT as soon as possible (2 Vacant Posts)
The Bridge School is a KS3 & KS4 Pupil Referral Unit. KS3 students, receive intervention and development programs, focussed on reintegration or transition. KS4 students attend The Bridge School as part of a wider Alternative Provision timetable, challenging them to achieve appropriate accreditation in line with their abilities, and preparing them for their next steps post 16.
The school is looking for two competent and enthusiastic Community Teachers who can deliver all the core subjects (Eng/Maths/Sci) and who will ensure all youngsters develop skills and knowledge in line with their abilities and potential. You will have the ability to fire up the motivation and engagement of our young people and lead them in the direction that builds a love for learning, and meaningful accreditation.
The successful applicant will have resilience, personality and skills to engage and develop students, who may have struggled within their previous educational settings. You will be keen to identify specific strengths or barriers to learning, implementing innovative and creative strategies to remove these barriers, and invigorate participation. You will be expected to provide valuable accredited pathways which reflect individual student competencies from Foundations Level, to in most cases GCSE.
Importantly, this member of the staff team will be expected to, and required to, deliver and develop other areas of the student's overall well-being, be responsive to the emerging needs and profile of the students. Therefore, willingness or experience in teaching wider curriculum areas would be highly desirable. This role will predominantly be off-site but there may be times that you would be required to work in the school setting. Experience of writing off-site risk assessments is something that this role will require as there may be a few settings being used to deliver schoolwork.
You will have skills and personality to develop strong, professional and sustainable relationships with students, being positive, calm, resilient, consistent and reliable. Although off-site, you will be a visible participant in a team approach. Your individual and group management and communication skills need to be of a high competency. This post has responsibility for supporting the daily development of student’s social, emotional and mental health needs. You will work closely with Key Workers to support each individual student assigned to you.
This is a fantastic opportunity to develop teaching, and the individual students, within a small school setting, and to have a significant impact on the life outcomes of the young people in our care.
You should note that, if successful you will be required to obtain a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check or Enhanced DBS Check for Regulated Activity (formerly Criminal Records Bureau). Further information about DBS checks can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its students and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
An equal opportunities organisation which welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
Visits to the school are welcome, as are informal discussions with the Headteacher, Aarron Stafford
If you are successfully shortlisted , please note as part of the short-listing process schools and colleges will carry out a basic online search using the search engine 'google' as part of their due diligence on shortlisted candidates (KCSIE 22).
At Halton Borough Council we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce and a vital part of this is to encourage diversity in all respects. We are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and tailored to best suit the needs and strength of the individual. This includes making adjustments for people with a disability, neurodiversity or with long-term health conditions. If you require accommodations, please reach out during the recruitment process so that we can make this the best possible experience for you – resourcing@halton.gov.uk
Salary range
- £32,916 - £51,048 per year