It’s an exciting time to join the Lawnswood Campus family as we embark on our journey to become ‘The Leading Light for Alternative Provision education in the UK’.

We require a passionate and committed General Subjects Teacher at The Midpoint Centre to deliver at Key Stage 4 including GCSE and Functional Skills qualifications.

Lawnswood Campus is a Federation of 3 Pupil Referral Units, a Home and Hospital Service and an Integrated Therapy Service, a Lawnswood Learning Link Service, an Outreach Service and a STARNet Service providing the schools and City of Wolverhampton as part of a city wide strategy to promote inclusion and positive behaviour in safe, secure, child centred, positive and nurturing environments with high quality teaching and learning via vibrant curriculum and intervention

programmes that meet the needs of our young people.

•  The Braybrook Centre: KS3 young people with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties and includes access to the LITS, Lawnswood Learning Link Service, STARNet Service and Outreach Service
• The Midpoint Centre: KS4 young people with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties and includes a dedicated skills block and access to the LITS, Lawnswood Learning Link Service, STARNet Service and Outreach Service
• The Orchard Centre: KS3 to KS4 young people who require social, emotional or mental health support and has access to the LITS, Lawnswood Learning Link Service, STARNet Service and Outreach Service
• Nightingale Home and Hospital Service: A specialist home and hospital service that works in partnership with key agencies to offer appropriate intervention to KS2 to KS4 vulnerable young people with medical and mental health needs in a supportive and structured setting and includes a hospital school room at New Cross Hospital and access to the LITS
• LITS Lawnswood Integrated Therapy Service: A specialist provision consisting of Counselling Psychologists and trained Counsellors offering a range of therapies which include Humanistic, Cognitive, Behavioural, Health and Psychodynamic and Systemic modalities. The clinical work is underpinned by evidence based practice programmes. The Behaviour for Learning programme is designed to support young people who are struggling with their behaviour. This programme gives the young people the tools they need to support, change their behaviour, the programme also includes Maths, English and PE lessons and a relationships and team building activity. The Building Emotional Resilience Programme is designed to support young people who are struggling with their emotions, self esteem and resilience. This programme gives young people the tools they need to understand and self regulate their emotional responses, improve their self worth and develop their ability to bounce back, the programme also includes a weekly relationships, health and team building activity with a therapy specialist
• Outreach: Is a bespoke service to meet the complex needs of individual young people for whom provision on site is currently not appropriate due to health and safety reasons. All young people are discussed weekly and their learning and engagement journey is monitored carefully as the aim of the service is to build up their education provision over time

Wherever possible teaching venues are allocated within the locality of the young person’s home to further promote engagement

• STARNet: Is an inclusion service on Lawnswood campus which provides a learning and intervention space for our young people away from the Centres. There are 2 STARNets on Lawnswood Campus: It is used as an alternative to a Fixed Term Exclusion, Alternative to a Modified Timetable, 1:1 Intensive Behaviour Mentoring, Support for Complex SEMH Needs, Restorative Conversations, Listening, Reflection, Calming Space and Keep Up
• CPD suite: We have 2 large rooms which support a range of CPD programmes for staff and a valuable community resource
• Sports Hall and Fitness Suite: We have a 1.5 million Sport Hall and a dedicated fitness suite for PE and sport and fitness programmes for young people and staff and provides a valuable community resource.

We offer a full time education with excellent facilities, where young people can take advantage of opportunities given to them to improve their life chances;

We provide specialist teachers, teaching assistants and pastoral support managers and offer wideranging support, observation and intervention to develop self esteem, confidence, social skills.

We assess the needs of each individual child and young person and apply consistent strategies and interventions that support young people to overcome barriers to learning in order to effectively re-engage and reintegrate them back onto their learning journey.

We work in partnership with a range of mainstream schools, special schools, therapists and agencies in order to support each individual child and young person in achieving their maximum potential and enable a love of learning by providing a rich and meaningful curriculum and individualised programmes to target the young people’s personalised needs.

We communicate closely with parents, carers and school staff to help them to overcome the difficulties experienced by their child or young person and provide opportunities for them to work with their child or young person in reflecting on their behaviour, identify coping strategies and identifying how giving time and praise helps the behaviour change process.

Lawnswood Campus prides itself in having a STAR (Support, Trust, Achieve, Respect) ethos and is committed to striving for the highest quality and standards in Safeguarding, Leadership and Management, Quality of Education, Behaviour and Attitudes and Personal Development all of which are underpinned with a holistic approach, kindness and empathy. Lawnswood Campus has a Management Committee of education professionals, staff representatives and community representatives. You can obtain further information about Lawnswood Campus by visiting www.lawnswood.org.uk

All Lawnswood Campus staff passionately believe in giving all young people a new chance to be successful and encouraging them to make a positive success of their lives. Lawnswood is a happy place to work and a happy place to learn.

Applicants will be expected to have:

• experience of working with students with SEMH and particularly challenging behaviour
• a proven track record of good communication and organisation
• an interest in all aspects of the Key Stage 4 curriculum and inspirational ways to deliver it
• an understanding of health and safety and a willingness to attend training

You will create and deliver engaging lessons to a diverse groups of students at all levels taking into account group and individual needs and learning styles. To inspire, motivate and promote enthusiasm for learning and for the subject, adhering to national curriculum standards. The teaching role forms a central part of the work within the subject area and you will work closely with colleagues to support, develop and further extend the work of the subject and the experiences of the students.

Duties and responsibilities:

• teaching students based on national curriculum guidelines within the specialist subject area
• adapting and reassessing lesson plans to meet specific student needs, complying with newly implemented guidelines or frameworks, and to update relevant information which may include new developments in education
• adapting the curriculum to meet student needs while maintaining overall class progress
• assessing and reporting on academic levels, identifying gaps in learning and areas for improvement/intervention
• delivering appropriate qualifications to meet the needs of students and ensure entries are relevant to maximise student outcomes
• encouraging student participation in lessons and in other school related activities
• providing a safe, positive learning environment for students, promoting safety and respect for all.
• supporting the leadership team to implement the Centre’s development plan
• assessing and reporting on the behaviour and SEMH needs of students
• providing educational and social guidance to students and/or signposting them to specialist areas of advice where appropriate
• engaging in opportunities to boost personal learning and continuous professional development (CPD)
• communicating with parents and other relevant professionals where appropriate

Lawnswood Campus is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and 2 references from your current or previous employment.

CLOSING DATE TUESDAY 1 DECEMBER, 2020 AT 12PM

INTERVIEWS W/C MONDAY 7 DECEMBER, 2020

To apply, visit www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/jobs. Email completed application form to

Mrs Rachel Bain, e-mail rbain@lawnswoodcampus.co.uk

Website https://www.lawnswood.org.uk/