Class Teacher

Job overview

Gloucester House forms part of the Tavistock Clinic and is managed by the North London Foundation Trust. It is a specialist school and CAMHS team which provides education and clinical services for up to 21 pupils aged 5-14 years who have social, emotional and mental health needs, often alongside other learning difficulties such as specific language or literacy difficulties and sometimes more general learning difficulties. Many of our pupils are neurodiverse.

Children and young people at Gloucester House have full-time education together with a clinical care plan that may include individual or group work. All families have a clinical case coordinator and Parents, and Carers are offered 1:1 and/or family interventions or group sessions as appropriate. The case coordinator also links with the wider professional network in the community. Placements are often between 1-3 years and Gloucester House works with the referring authority in identifying next placements supporting transition and integration. The school can offer long-term placements as required.

Main duties of the job

• To teach pupils assigned to him\her, and to exemplify a good standard of classroom practice.
• To lead and manage a small group of support staff in order to maximise children’s learning and behaviour for learning.
• To prepare and implement long, mid and short term planning, in line with National Curriculum requirements and the curriculum policy. This will include planning and preparing lessons in advance.
• To ensure children’s individual needs are catered for though knowing the child’s statement/EHCP and planning accordingly.
• To ensure appropriate differentiation/personalisation so that pupils of all ability levels are able to access the curriculum in place.
• To carry out assessment, recording and reporting procedures for all pupils assigned to him\her, including setting targets and writing annual review reports.
• To contribute to the Integrated Care Plan ensuring Positive Handling Plans are up to date and implemented, and to record progress in relation to these.
• To promote the general progress and well-being of pupils assigned to him\her.
• To maintain good order and discipline among the pupils and to safeguard their health and safety both on and off Gloucester House premises.

PLEASE SEE THE FULL JOB DESCRPTION FOR THE DETAILS OF THE ROLE AND RESPONSIBILTIES

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To create an attractive, stimulating and well-ordered classroom.
• To work closely with other professional members of staff to create an integrated programme for all pupils assigned to him\her.
• To be able to demonstrate reflective practice.
• To work as part of the multidisciplinary team demonstrating curiosity about emotional barriers to learning and how to work with these utilising expertise and input from clinical colleagues.
• To participate in meetings, including the Annual Review, curriculum development, education team meetings, whole team (i.e. educational and clinical team) meetings, consultation and supervision.
• To contribute to, and follow Gloucester House policies and procedures.
• To evaluate his\her own teaching and to participate in arrangements for his\her further training and professional development as a teacher, including appraisal.
• To participate in field study trips where required.
• To participate in assemblies/circle times.
• For TLR 2 a teacher is responsible for the management of an area of the curriculum, including writing and implementing Action Plans, monitoring and impacting progress in the subject area.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.