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Do you want to join an exciting new SEND school at the very beginning! Do you enjoy working in an environment that is exciting, dynamic and provides frequent opportunities for career and skills development? If this is you then keep reading!
Chatten School opens in September 2021 and we are looking for passionate talented SEND teachers to join our team.
Chatten School is a brand new SEND free School for pupils with severe autism. We are part of the Hope Learning Community (HLC), a fantastic group of of SEND schools in Essex. Most of the pupils at Chatten will be pre-verbal and will display highly challenging behaviour. The school will use applied behaviour analysis as one of its primary interventions. The building is custom built with exciting, innovative resources including; shopping mall style hall, horticultural area and VR suite.
The core purpose of the school is to teach individual pupils skills which will mean they can lead a happy, fulfilling life! Every day will be different and every day you will make a difference.
Successful candidates will lead a team of up to ten tutors so demonstrable leadership skills are an advantage in applying. If you have experience of autism challenging behaviour and/or ABA this is also highly beneficial.
We highly recommend you visit our website to learn more;www.chattenfreeschool.co.uk
We are happy to accept applications from Teachers who are on the UPS scale or the UQT scale.
Please see attached Recruitment pack for full details of the post, the school and what you can expect working for the Chatten Free School
Information about the School
We are a specialist day free school in Witham, Essex working with children and young people who are severely affected by their autism and associated learning difficulties. Our pupils are ages 4-19. Most of our pupils are pre-vocal or in the early stages of developing communicative skills.
We believe that through a consistent and individualised curriculum, using effective and evidence based learning techniques we can ensure that our pupils leave us as independent as possible and with life-long socially significant skills which will enable them to access the world around them in a rich and meaningful way.
Our primary vision for Chatten pupils is: Happiness, Independence and Respect.
We have high expectations of our pupils and believe that they can achieve great things. Our primary focus is to provide all our pupils with an effective form of communication which they can use throughout their lives. We also aim to teach them important tolerance, life and academic skills which will be functional in their real lives beyond school.
Chatten provision includes access to individualised curriculums based on input in the areas of; applied behaviour analysis (ABA), speech and language therapy (SALT), occupational therapy (OT) and qualified teacher (QTS) level educational interventions. We use evidence based interventions and monitor progress meticulously to ensure that methods are effective for the pupil.
We are very excited to be able to offer some amazing facilities at our school which are outlined in the pages on specialist areas.
Most importantly of all we will have a staff team who all share the same vision for our school and your children. Our strongest shared desire: to enrich our pupils lives with the shared aim of Happiness, Independence and Respect.
To learn more about our school visit our website (www.chattenfreeschool.co.uk) or watch our recruitment video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgdvD1JHQL4&t=24s