Would you like to join SEMH School with the biggest heart and an amazing team?

This is a fabulous opportunity to join a school where we care about people, both staff and students. Come and work where you are appreciated and can make a difference.

Who we are: Cambian is one of the largest providers of specialist behavioural health and care services for children in the United Kingdom. Its children's services comprise specialist education, specialist residential care, foster care, and specialist mental health services.

The school: Cambian Chesham House School is an independent, DfE-registered, co-educational day school, providing specialist education for up to 20 students, aged 10-18 years.

The School is non-denominational and has a secular ethos, but respect the cultural needs and religious beliefs of all. The School specialises in developing a culture of high expectation and achievement for all students where they are encouraged to enjoy learning, progress in their studies and exceed expectation.

Our well qualified, experienced and passionate team work together to promote our school as a community and ensure our students success both within our school and beyond. We offer a rich and varied curriculum that we are able to tailor to individual students needs and interests offering a range of both academic and vocational elements. Timetables are tailored to each individual to ensure they have the best opportunities available to them to make good progress and fulfil their potential. We continually monitor and improve our offer, embracing opportunities to further build and expand on the learning experiences of our students.

Candidate Profile:

We are looking for somebody with a caring nature, who has drive and vision and is passionate about the teaching profession. If you have an interest in working with pupils who have special educational needs this is an ideal place to use your skills in this highly rewarding and challenging field of education. Our teaching takes place in small class sizes and always with Teaching Assistant support.

Working as part of a committed team, we are looking for someone who can cater for the diverse needs of our pupils.

The successful candidate will:

• Have achieved a Degree in Teaching.
• Primarily teach Mathematics/ICT throughout the school.
• Be adaptable and able to teach across the age and ability range of our pupils.
• Have knowledge of the full curriculum and be able to deliver in more than one curriculum area.
• Have an understanding and experience of working with young people with SEMH difficulties and be able to use an empathetic approach to engage learners.
• Identify appropriate learning outcomes and develop a range of approaches which reduce barriers and help pupils to attain achievable targets.
• Able to facilitate a safe and positive learning environment and de-escalate any aggressive behaviour.
• Have high expectations for all students and be able to raise attainment level and keep standards high.
• Have good IT skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office including Excel, Word, Outlook & PowerPoint.
• Have good interpersonal skills and will be able interact with and communicate confidently with staff and pupils.
• Be a team player, with a positive, can do, attitude.
• Have a sound understanding of Safeguarding practices and procedures.
• Have de-escalation knowledge and restraint training, or be willing to undertake full training provided by the school.

Your main responsibilities will include teaching Mathematics/ICT lesson planning, creating medium and long term plans, assessing individual pupils’ abilities and supporting pupils with special educational needs. You will also be required to teach some other subjects which you are passionate about and this can be discussed during your interview.
We deliver the full curriculum to our pupils whilst incorporating lots of opportunities for further experience through trips and activities outside of the classroom environment to enable pupils to become well rounded citizens in the future.
We will consider applications from ECT candidates.

Why work for us:

✔ Competitive salary.
✔ Opportunity to progress in your career.
✔ Training opportunities either face to face or online.
✔ Wellbeing- Your wellbeing matters to us, and we are committed to ensuring you get all the support you need.
✔ Supportive management and senior leads.
✔ We offer full induction, paid for DBS, friendly family atmosphere and the opportunity to progress with one of the UK`s biggest care providers.