Job Opportunities

 

Pay Scale: Subject to qualifications and experience, + 1SEN

 

Required for April 2025.

 

Treetops Learning Community are excited to offer an opportunity for an experienced teacher to join our team. The successful could be asked to work across Key Stages 3, 4 and 5 as a classroom teacher. 

 

Treetops School was again judged outstanding in February 2020, while Treetops Free School, which officially opened in September 2022, was judged Good in its first Ofsted inspection in March 2024.

 

Students throughout Treetops Learning Community have complex needs varying from moderate to severe learning difficulties, which may include; speech and communication difficulties, autism and global developmental delay.  

 

There will be exciting career progression opportunities for all staff as the Trust develops and grows. 

 

We are looking for a qualified teacher who:

• Has a commitment and passion to work with students with a wide and diverse range of SEN

• Has excellent interpersonal skills

• Is versatile and able to deliver a high standard of learning to students of all abilities.

• Wants to be a member of a creative and dynamic staff team with high expectations for our students

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The successful candidate will;

• Have a proven track record in developing and implementing a successful curriculum incorporating independent living skills, personal development, CEAIG, PSHE, work-related and vocational learning aligned to the PfA outcomes

• Have knowledge and experience of current good practice and curriculum developments in SEND.

• Have some knowledge of how the Post-16 Programme of Study can guide curriculum planning.

• Be able to provide evidence of successful multi-agency working.

• Have a proven track record of embedding functional maths and English into the wider curriculum.

• Be able to provide evidence of supporting students to develop their emotional resilience and build strong professional relationships with peers and staff, to engage positively within the school and local community and promote aspirational destinations.

• Have a commitment to family partnerships in education, and developing links between school, home and the community.

 

We can offer you:

• The opportunity to work in a successful and supportive environment

• Motivated students who are willing to learn

• Well equipped and resourced classrooms

• Continued professional development

 

Visits to the school are strongly encouraged and can be arranged by contacting Mrs K Lambie on 01375 372723 or email klambie@treetops.thurrock.sch.uk .

 

An application form can be downloaded from our website under About Us and Job Opportunities and submitted either by hand, post or email marked for the attention of the HR Manager Kay Lambie along with a letter of application.

 

Closing date for applications:  6 January 2025

Interviews: week commencing 13 January 2025

No prior experience is necessary as full on the job training is given. 

 

Pay Scale: New Thurrock Local Government Scale, Band A point 2 plus SEN allowance (approx. £14,600)

27.5 hrs per week – 45.8 wks per year (1 extra paid week after 5 years of service)

 

Responsible to: Pre formal Pathway Lead

 

Duties & Responsibilities:    Tutors working within the Pre formal Pathway department of Treetops school will work under the direction of their class instructor; with support and on-the-job training provided by their class senior. 

  

• Assisting in the development of individualised programmes, underpinned by the science of ABA (applied behaviour analysis), with specific emphasis on pre formal pathway approach to language  

• Implementing these programmes on either a 1:1, 1:2, or small group basis, dependent on the needs of the student(s) they are assigned to work with 

• Preparing resources for the running of targets for each students’ programme 

• Collecting accurate data on both challenging behaviour and skill acquisition throughout the school day 

• Graphing daily data at the end of the school day and cumulative progress data at the end of the school week 

• Maintaining records in each students’ individual folder; archiving old data appropriately  

• Assisting class instructors and seniors in the running and set up of daily classroom activities 

• Supervising pairs or small groups of students at breaks and lunch times, encouraging independence, social play with their peers and appropriate behaviour, which is consistent with the school’s behaviour, value and aims documents 

• Reporting any safeguarding concerns to the class instructor, Pre formal Pathway Lead or safeguarding leads 

• Developing professional relationships with parents and providing accurate information daily in the home-school communication books 

• Co-operating with colleagues to ensure the aims of the school are achieved consistently  

• Forming and maintaining good relationships with the children and young adults of the school; based on mutual respect, trust and understanding 

• Assisting with the physical and self-care needs of the children and young adults as they require; including, but not limited to, any toileting procedures 

• Working across all key stages within the pre formal department on either a termly or bi-termly basis 

• Any other duties as deemed necessary by the Pre formal Pathway Lead or Headteacher 

 

All staff will be expected to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with the school’s values and expectations.

 

Please use the Support Staff Application Form link at top of the page to download an application form. There is no closing date for this post.

 

The governing body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check, a medical check and satisfactory references.