PMLD SEND Teacher
Pay scale MPS / UPS all welcome to apply
SEND allowance paid – dependent on experience
Working hours and weeks: Full time (1 FTE)
Contract type Permanent
Start date 1st September 2024
Location Rowde Campus SN10 2QQ
THE ROLE:
We are looking for an enthusiastic and talented teacher to join a supportive team of professionals who are committed to raising standards and using innovative ways to enhance the learning experience of our pupils. We need an outstanding classroom practitioner who has a passion for ensuring all pupils achieve their potential. The teacher will be responsible for pupils aged within the secondary age phase with profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties and autism. The class follows a pre-formal and semi- formal curriculum, incorporating learning, therapy and heath needs and is supported by an experienced team of Teaching Assistants. The successful applicant will also be expected to be a key member of a curriculum team.
You will need to have an excellent understanding of child development, and experience of teaching pupils with SEND as well as experience successfully teaching pupils with complex needs, including ASD/SLD/PMLD. You will need to be a willing and inquisitive learner yourself and have the ability to work as a team with your own class and within the Silverwood School community.
Visits to the school are encouraged and warmly welcomed by prior arrangement.
ABOUT US:
Silverwood School is a maintained co-educational special school for pupils aged 4 to 19 years. We formed in September of 2020 with campuses in Chippenham, Trowbridge and Rowde:
We have an ambitious vision to create a truly integrated and inclusive system of outstanding education for all young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in Wiltshire. Wiltshire are investing in a £33 million new build at one site to create a state of the art centre for SEND education, health, and care and training focusing predominantly on pupils with complex SEND.
Our inclusive system of excellence will seek to re-balance and improve educational provision for all children and young people with SEND, including those currently in mainstream schools and resource bases or in other alternative provision. Offering local and community-based SEND provision across a wide area from its new inception. It will also deliver high quality training and expertise to a wide range of SEND settings across the county.
Employee Benefit:
- Local Governance pension
- 26 days holiday, plus public bank holidays
- Company Sick pay
- Access to store discount, Cycle to work scheme, discounted health care plans, child care voucher and more
- Access to Employee assistant programme
- Training and development opportunities
Silverwood School is committed to all aspects of personal development, it is inclusive and seeks to ensure every individual achieves. We provide a Local Government Pension Scheme, Wiltshire Employee Rewards, offer continuous professional development and a comprehensive wellbeing package. If you want to work with us, then we look forward to hearing from you.
Please note we cannot accept CVs and our standard application form must be completed.
This appointment is subject to enhanced DBS, medical and reference checks. Silverwood School is committed to Equal Opportunities and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils.
Completed applications should be returned by 5th April 2024.
Interviews to be held after 15th April 2024.
Please note if significant applications are received, interviews may be held earlier and the advert will be closed (Please note if significant applications are received, interviews may be held earlier and the advert will be closed)
Silverwood School is an amalgamation of 3 special schools in Wiltshire. The three campuses of Silverwood School are known as Chippenham Campus (formerly St. Nicholas School), Rowde Campus (formally Rowdeford School) and Trowbridge Campus (Formally Larkrise School) it also incorporates Popular College in Chippenham.
Silverwood School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.