Intervention Lead - Inclusion Unit - The Kingsbrook School

Intervention Lead - Inclusion Unit - The Kingsbrook School

Location: Bierton with Broughton

Salary details: Bucks Pay Range 4 - actual salary £25,794 - £27,691 (equivalent to £30,361 - £32,594 for full time)

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: 37 hours per week, 39 working weeks per year (term time + training days)

About us

The Kingsbrook School is a new school that will grow year on year and has an SEMH ARC provision.

The post is based at the Inclusion Unit (The ARC) at The Kingsbrook School, which is a specialist Inclusion Unit catering for young people with Education Health Care Plans and who have SEMH as their primary need. There are 20 students currently placed in The ARC, and a further 4-6 will be placed each academic year until the provision reaches its maximum capacity of 32.

The Interventions Lead (Inclusion Unit) will lead and co-ordinate a range of interventions to support students who have communication and interaction needs in our Inclusion Unit provision. The role will involve supporting students in lessons and social time, delivering a range of specific interventions to support students' learning, SEMH and regulation needs, training and leading other assistant teachers in the provision, and leading small-group, project-based learning.

About you

This is a crucial appointment for the school. The right candidate must have a strong presence as well as excellent behaviour management techniques and the ability to build effective relationships with students with SEND needs. You must be committed to student progress and be able to inspire those individuals.

Applicants should have previous experience of supporting students in an educational setting, an excellent knowledge of working in a school environment or with children, and an ability to build effective relationships with students and parents. Previous experience of special school and/or supporting students who have experienced disruption to attachment/trauma and/or SEMH needs is desirable.

Other information

Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below. Please send completed application forms to the email address below.

The Insignis Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified deadline if a suitable candidate is found.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

1. All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
2. All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete a self-disclosure form and return it prior to the interview.