Job Details

Hours of work: Full time teachers' hours Working pattern: Full-time

Closing date: 12 Noon, Friday 29 September 2017

For more information and to apply for the above post, please contact:

New Horizons School (SABDEN) Beauchamp Road, St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex TN38 9JU 

Please note, we do not accept CVs.

About the Role

New Horizons School requires a Teacher/Instructor

“Nurture Learning Provision- NLP”

The Executive Head and Governors are looking to appoint an outstanding practitioner who has the experience and vision to lead our newest venture in supporting our most vulnerable learners.

The successful candidate will:

• Be an experienced teaching/instructor practitioner with a firm, purposeful and resilient approach both in and outside of the classroom
• Be committed to developing a personalised program for hard to reach pupils
• Have experience of delivering the curriculum
• Have excellent planning, differentiation and monitoring skills
• Be able to assess pupils on entry to identify education gaps
• Have a strong understanding and application of de-escalation techniques, strategies and physical intervention
• Be able to adapt the curriculum to support behaviour modification in a range of settings
• Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Be able to liaise effectively with external theraputic agencies
• Have an excellent analytical and solution focussed mindset

The school has a proven commitment to 'Equality of Opportunity' and actively promotes the welfare and safeguarding of young people. Successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced check from the Disclosure and Debarring Service (DBS).

This post is covered by the Childcare Disqualification Regulations 2009.

The school will need to ensure that they are not knowingly employing a person who is disqualified under the 2009 Regulations in connection with relevant childcare provision. Accordingly, the successful candidate will be required to demonstrate to the school, by completing a self-declaration form as part of the pre-employment checks process, that they have not been disqualified under the 2009 Regulations.

If the preferred candidate is found to be disqualified under the 2009 Regulations, the offer of employment will be subject to the application by the preferred candidate to Ofsted for a waiver and the receipt of a waiver from Ofsted.

Additional Information

Work Permits: we may be able to obtain a Work Permit for this post but this is subject to meeting the requirements of the UK Border Agency’s Points-based Immigration System. From 6 April 2011 the Home Office has placed a permanent restriction on the number of migrant workers that all Tier 2 (General) Sponsors can recruit. Due to the restrictions we cannot guarantee that individuals that meet the requirements of the Points-based Immigration System will be issued with clearance to obtain work permits. The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff will be expected to hold or be willing to obtain an enhanced DBS check or Enhanced check for Regulated Activity with the Disclosure & Barring Services (previously the Criminal Records Bureau).

All school based staff have the responsibility for promoting the safeguarding and welfare of children.  All school staff should be aware of the school’s Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy and work in accordance with this document at all times.