Job Description
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Castledon School are looking for someone who has a passion and / or experience of working with pupils with either ASD or social / emotional needs.
Would you like to be part of a community and build your career within a school that is passionate about every individual child as well as their families? Are you willing to be mentally, emotionally and physically challenged knowing that your input is making a lasting impact in a child's life? Do you have a sense of humour to be positive even when you actually want to hide? Do you have or want to develop as a specialist in autism or behaviour? We are a committed team that thrives to deliver a curriculum to equip our pupils to "learn to live" and "preparing for adulthood" as well as become as independent and resilient as possible within our society. We provide a supportive and safe environment to allow you to foster a "growth mindset", be continually challenged and encouraged to try new class strategies.
Successful candidates will have:
● A few tricks up their sleeves - you never know when you might have to come up with a new lesson because that plan you spent hours working on is just not going down well…
● Spandex - being resilient and flexible is key when you have researched every classroom strategy and your class is still not engaged…
● An array of footwear - running club, Gruffalo woods, the orchard, farm animals - one needs to be equipped for all our areas of learning!
● Lightbulb moments - we are always looking for new ideas to improve our curriculum, clubs, social activities and fundraising initiatives…
The Role:
We are looking for a proactive Job coach to help people enhance their strengths and improve their job skills. You will be working with young people who have complex needs and learning difficulties that need a varying amount of support to be able to learn the skills necessary to have a successful career. A job coach must be a mentor eager to support their colleagues, work placements and students. You must be able to discover people's strengths and weaknesses and tell them what works best for them. Having communication skills partnered with critical thinking are prerequisites for this job.
Key Responsibilities:
● Develop effective job coaching by ensuring both the students and work placements are supported and that the experience is positive for both parties.
● Communicate with students to understand their goals and ambitions
● Use student passports to ensure seamless use of strategies that have been identified to support them
● Assist students to discover and overcome their personal barriers
● Assess the strengths of individuals via the skills builder programme and support them to learn the soft skills needed for work.
● Guide students within the workplace, in learning to complete job tasks
● Assist people with disabilities in developing social and life skills
● Advice work placements of the ways they can make accommodations for people with disabilities
● Monitor and evaluate the progress of students
● Keep records and documentation
● Be proactive in finding new work placements and agencies that can support our students
● Represent the college in the community professionally
● Delivery of the Achieve programme (Princess Trust)
Qualifications:
● Relevant knowledge and experience of pupils with SEN, SLD, MLD and ASD
● Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures
Successful candidates are likely to demonstrate
● Proven experience as job coach
● Experience in working with people with disabilities
● Experience in developing employment plans
● Ability to adhere to regulations and standards
● Working knowledge of computers
● Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
● Excellent organisational and problem-solving ability
● Ability to inspire and motivate
● Experience within a school environment
● Ability to be adaptable and creative
Hours: 9.15am - 3.30pm (30 mins unpaid lunch break)
Hours per week: 28.75
Weeks per year: 38
Salary: Scale 4 (6-7)
Information about the School
Castledon School is a Special School for pupils with Moderate Learning Difficulties and additional complex needs from Year 1 - Year 14.