English Teacher in Rochdale

Location: Brookland School

Salary: In line with teacher pay scales depending on experience

Hours: Full time, 08:30 – 16:30, Monday – Friday (With expectation to stay late one night of the week for team meeting until 17:00)

Are you looking for a rewarding career? We are looking for a caring and committed Secondary English Teacher to help us change the lives of children who require our help and educational support.

We are looking for:

• A reflective practitioner, with high quality classroom skills.
• A teacher who relishes the challenge of reengaging disengaged learners through positive activities and outcomes including vocational, hands on, active learning.
• An ability to teach English in line with the National Curriculum.
• Someone who is an outstanding practitioner, effectively delivering both theoretical and practical elements of learning.
• Somebody who has excellent communication and interpersonal skills and a commitment to collaborative working.
• Experience of working with SEMH children is desirable, however we will consider candidates with an enthusiasm and willingness to promote effective, inclusive education for our children.
• Someone who understands a therapeutic approach or a willingness to embrace the Timeout approach into their teaching.

About Brookland School:

Brookland School is a dynamic and inclusive educational institution committed to providing a nurturing environment for all students. We are dedicated to fostering academic excellence, personal growth, and social development. Our school values diversity and is committed to supporting students with Social, Emotional, and Mental Health (SEMH) needs to ensure they reach their full potential.

What you will be doing:

As a dynamic and motivated English Teacher, you already have a passion for making a difference in the lives of children and young people. In this role, you will have every opportunity to live up to this ambition, responding to the needs of individuals and helping them flourish and thrive. You will plan and deliver engaging learning on a daily basis, developing exciting and innovative methods that stimulate interest and excitement in the classroom. You will be ensuring that literacy and numeracy are actively promoted in all learning experiences, taking opportunities to plan for their integration in the curriculum. The school's class sizes are small, so you are able to create a nurturing learning environment designed around each individual’s needs, spending quality time with each pupil.

Benefits:

• The opportunity to be a part of changing a child’s life and their future.
• Wellness programme (including free annual health screening, dental, therapy, podiatry, acupuncture, and option to include family members after 6 months).
• Expert clinical training delivered online and in-house throughout this role.
• Employee Counselling Service & Wellbeing and Advice.
• Regular Team Meetings to ensure your wellbeing, create stronger relationships and promote innovative ideas.
• A teaching team who works collaboratively to share expertise and workload.
• Celebratory awards with company events, your team, and children.
• Excellent work life balance.
• Free lunches.
• Employee of the Month scheme, a £50 voucher is issued each month to the employee with the most votes.

In addition, there are many ways we will reward you financially, including:

• Refer a friend incentive scheme, you will receive £50 once they are employed with us, and then a huge £350 upon successful completion of probationary period.
• Excellent salary increments in line with transparent grading systems.
• Fully funded enhanced DBS.
• Blue light discount card eligibility with access to more than 15,000 discounts.
• Mileage paid for at 38p per mile, as you will be using your own vehicle as and when required for some school trips.

About Us:

Timeout Children's Homes is a family run organisation which specialises in providing one to one therapeutic residential childcare for children aged 6 - 17 years who have suffered abuse and neglect in their lives, alongside with providing education to children including those in our care, focusing on the Therapeutic approach. We currently have three schools; Riverbank Primary School (Ofsted rated good with Outstanding features) which has children aged 6-11, Brearley Hall School (Ofsted rated good) and a recently opened Brookland School which is situated in a grand 19th Century Victorian house, both these secondary schools provide education to children aged 11-16. All schools have a reduced number of students to provide a 1-1 approach and provide the best level of care and education to help them excel and succeed after education.

For more information about who we are and what we do, visit our careers page below: https://careers.timeouthomes.co.uk/

Timeout is an Equal Opportunities Employer.