Are you looking for a new challenge? We are looking for a passionate and inspirational Semi -formal Curriculum Autism/SEND Teacher to join our team at The Springfields Academy.

Post: Semi – formal Curriculum Autism / SEND Teacher

Location:  Curzon Street, Calne. Wilshire, SN11 0DS

Contract Type: Permanent, full time

Salary Range:                                                 FTE Salary Range: Main Pay Scale/ Upper Pay Scale + SEND Allowance

About the Role:

The role of Semi – formal Curriculum Autism SEND Teacher is an exciting role working with our team in Calne to support our growth in pupil numbers. The core purpose of the role is to develop and deliver a holistic academic, social communication and life skills curriculum for our autistic pupils. It is a unique opportunity for the successful candidate to create a developmental learning experience that not only enables the pupils to thrive within our setting but maximises opportunities to develop the skills for a ‘safe, independent life’ using autism enablement structures and systems.

The role requires the successful candidate to be passionate about enabling our learners to achieve their potential and have aspiration beyond expectation for each individual. Alongside this they will have an understanding/commitment to understanding the theories of autism and how they can be applied in practice to meet individual need; in addition to creativity, flexibility, resilience and a commitment to meeting the needs of our pupils through innovative provision and pedagogy.

The Springfields Academy is a Reach South Academy for autistic young people aged 4-19, we are proud to hold the NAS Advanced specialist award and to be recognised as an Ofsted good school. We have 250 pupils attending our provision. Our goal is to build safe independent lives for autistic young people through support, understanding and enablement.

Part of the excitement of teaching at Springfields is the broad range of individuals that you will care for. A key aspect of working at Springfields is taking the time to get to know pupils and their individual needs, and given their complexity, being able to create a safe, stimulating and supportive learning environment is crucial.

You will be joining a happy, hardworking and well-established team. You will also work in partnership with our multi-disciplinary therapy team as part of our therapy first culture.

The Person:

We are looking for someone with:

·         A passion for making complex concepts accessible for the autistic learner.

·         A child-centred practitioner who responds to the individual needs of each child.

A teacher with a commitment to developing a good knowledge and understanding of autism and social communication needs and appropriate strategies to support pupils with this need. E.g. TEACCH

·         A creative and flexible approach to teaching that builds success through challenge, personalisation and innovation.

·         The confidence and skills to build positive relationships that help to break down barriers, build self-esteem.

·         A commitment to enabling all our pupils to overcome their challenges and achieve their potential both socially and academically.

·         Experience of primary, secondary, or specialist provision beneficial.

What we can offer you:

·         The opportunity to make a difference to the lives of our autistic pupils.

·         The chance to deliver an engaging and creative functional curriculum that builds independent life skills.

·         A close-knit team of professionals who work in a supportive and inspirational environment.

·         An outstanding learning community that engages pupils and develops positive attitudes to learning.

·         The opportunity to be involved in wider-school life through trips, clubs, collapsed timetable days, Duke of Edinburgh etc.

·         On-going, specialist professional development.

·         A comprehensive CPD package with opportunities for individual development and development of knowledge linked to good autism practice

·         A commitment to ‘Healthy Working Lives’ through a comprehensive trust Employee Assistance programme

·         A work laptop

·         Small class sizes

About the School:

The Springfields Academy is an academy based in Calne. We aspire to build safe independent lives for autistic young people through support, understanding and enablement. Additionally, we hold the National Autistic Society Advanced specialist award and are recognised as an Ofsted good school.

We are an acknowledged centre of excellence for Autism; we are highly reflective in our practices, and are continually working to improve our provision and practices. We provide a personalised curriculum journey that enables our autistic learners to develop skills in areas of need and to overcome their barriers to learning.

The drive to build ‘safe Independent lives’ shapes this curriculum and everything else that we do. The Academy has a PAN of 250.

About the Trust:

Reach South is a young and developing Trust which operates across the South West of England with the aim of delivering all through 3-19 education. We operate 17 academies in Plymouth, Bournemouth, Dorset and Wiltshire. We are building this Trust on a clear set of values, behaviours and curriculum principles. At the heart of those values and principles is a belief in our young people and a determination to support them to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes to become the successful citizens for today and all of their tomorrows.

Our core business is delivering exceptional education for children and young people with a mission to help all pupils aspire to achieve beyond the expectations that others put on them. We do this through the development of a talented and committed workforce. In order to deliver exceptional opportunities for learning, we need highly motivated staff across all parts of the organisation.

Those we recruit are able to demonstrate that they share our values, are highly motivated to work with colleagues, within and beyond their school, to continuously develop their skills and pursue professional excellence.