Assistant Head Teacher - Full-time - Special Needs Position

Greenfields School, Biddenden

• Ref:KCC886-6084-62T
• Posted:23/11/2018
• Pay:Leadership range 1 to 3 £39,965 - £41,989 pa
• Start Date:Jan 2019
• App Close Date:07/12/2018 at 23:00
• Interviews:17 December 2018

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Greenfields is our residential therapeutic community and associated therapeutic services for up to fourteen young people with complex, emotional needs. 

The school is part of the Greenfields Therapeutic Community which includes two residential children’s homes. The community is managed by Childhood First, a charity which has a long history of working with emotionally traumatised children and young people through psychodynamic therapeutic practice.

We are currently looking for an exceptional candidate for the position of Assistant Head Teacher, with responsibility for Lower School.

Based within the Lower School site but working in close collaboration with the whole school community, the post holder will play a key role in maintaining the existing provision. The successful candidate will work toward developing links with teaching alliances and the wider community in order to enhance teaching and learning and the children’s personal development.

The ideal candidate will have experience of working successfully as a middle or senior leader within a small SEMH Primary School environment.  Experience of working with KS3 SEN would be beneficial.

As an open and reflective practitioner, you will be able to draw on your understanding of individual needs as well as sensitivity to emotional factors inherent in the learning experience to enable teachers to best support young people with complex barriers to learning.   Representing education within the integrated system the post holder will be able to demonstrate an awareness of collective thinking between care, education and therapy.

As part of Greenfields therapeutic community the school offers several reflective spaces to develop clinical thinking around the children/young people as well as to provide support through individual supervision and group dynamics for the staff.

Information about the school

Childhood First enables children and young people to recover from early life abuse and relational trauma, to enjoy life and to achieve their potential. We do this through the provision of specialist therapeutic residential care, education and treatment, together with family and network support. We are also a UKCP Training Organisational Member accredited with Middlesex University, providing in-house clinical training to its clinical staff.

Greenfields School, provides therapeutic education placements for up to 23 children and young people aged between 5 to 16 years on admission. Childhood First believes that relationships, inclusion, and respect for difference are central to therapeutic care.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce and warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities, cultures, and lived experiences.

We believe diversity strengthens our organisation and enhances the care and support we provide to children and young people. We are committed to fair and safer recruitment practices, equality of opportunity, and making reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process where required.

All roles will be subject to background vetting, a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check (which may include overseas checks) which will be maintained by Childhood First for the duration of their term.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Shazia Malik
• Address:210 Borough High Street, London, Greater London, SE1 81JX
• Telephone: 020 3326 4756
• Email: SMalik@childhoodfirst.org.uk