The Cambian Group is one of the largest providers of specialist behavioural and mental health services for children and young adults in the UK. Our services have a specific focus on individuals who present with high severity needs. We provide a broad range of specialist services. These services include specialist education schools and colleges for both day and residential learners, residential care homes and a therapeutic fostering services.

Cambian Dilston College

Cambian Dilston College consists of our main college building, four cottages, five apartments and a community house in a nearby town of Hexham making up our 9 acre rural campus located in Dilston, Northumberland.

The College caters for young people and adults that have additional learning needs and associated complex behaviours that may challenge. We’re now looking to increase the provision of 52 week care placements that can be offered to students. With this development, we are looking to recruit committed, resilient, empathetic and engaging youth support workers to the team. These support workers will deliver a model of positive behaviour support to empower our young people. Alongside this, implementing positive change to their lives, gaining self-regulation skills and developing greater lifelong independence

As a key part of the dedicated teams we allocate to every child, you’ll have a vital role in helping children learn and develop skills for life. You don’t need any special qualifications for this role, but you do need to share our passion to help children be the very best they can be.

In return, our new and improved training programmes will help you develop your professional skills. And you’ll also learn from some of the most dedicated and inspirational people in our profession and, just like our residents, you will be learning all the time through our on-going mentoring and support.

Main Responsibilities

• To create and follow high quality and ambitious curriculum plans, from long term curriculum overviews to individualised schemes of work.
• To create high quality session plans, demonstrating effective differentiation to meet diverse students’ needs.
• To act as a personal tutor to small groups of students, supporting them to achieve EHCP outcomes related to independent living skills, personal resilience and engagement in learning.
• Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, collaborating with all college colleagues in care and education, aiming to expand the horizons and improve the skills of young people.
• Delivering education with therapeutic approaches whilst incorporating opportunities for staff and students to experience the fun side of life.
• Ensure a high standard of classroom environments and display to provide a stimulating and challenging environment.
• Maintain a high standard of education in accordance with the Ofsted Education Inspection Framework (EIF) and the college intent.
• Recognise, value and raise the achievement of students by ambitious goal setting and approaches.
• Implement and develop individual Education Plans (IEPs) effectively, ensuring that specific targets and approaches prescribed are used.
• Maintain accurate records of student progress, achievement, attendance and any other information that may inform termly progress reports or Multi-Disciplinary meetings.

Requirements

• Post-Graduate Certificate in Education
• Degree in relevant subject (transferable to the college curriculum)
• At least 1 years experience as a qualified teacher.
• Knowledge and understanding of Ofsted Education Inspection Framework (EIF)

Cambian is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Cambian is committed to Safeguarding and protecting the young people and service users within our care. All candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and reference checks.

Cambian will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will be purely based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination a person who will not be on the appointment panel will conduct the search and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.