Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.8/5 and nearly over 1000+ reviews have 2 exciting Locum opportunities available for experienced Advisory Teachers to work in Kensington and Chelsea. One position is part-time (3 days per week) and the other is full-time. The hourly rate is £27.84 (paid to you via an umbrella company).
The hiring manager is specifically looking for someone who has taught at least 2 key stages.
Please note, this is not a virtual role and requires someone who is happy and able to travel to the borough.
The role:
Use extensive knowledge to make a positive impact on the achievements of children in care and previously looked after children.
Support, advise and challenge school leaders, social workers and school staff in order to identify barriers to children in care achieving in education by helping them to develop strategies to improve their educational attainment.
Delivering high quality training and support for carers and Designated Teachers in schools, you will ensure statutory duties and best practice standards are met.
Use a high level of technical knowledge in relation to all aspects of education, including Special Education Needs, exclusions, and behaviour management to focus on progress, needs identification, attendance, carefully targeted intervention and enrichment provision, which will meet academic, social and emotional needs.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide intensive educational casework for a designated cohort of children and young people looked after to ensure they are provided with appropriate, services and interventions involving multi-disciplinary work.
- To deliver the education vision for the Virtual School, reflecting local, regional and national priorities, legislation and good practice, with a strong emphasis on raising the educational standard of children and young people that have been looked after.
- Provide support and direction to the Virtual School team around key priorities in area/age group of specialism.
- Ensure high-quality Personal Education Plans are in place within agreed timescales for all children and young people looked after in the agreed area of responsibility, ensure that each child is receiving appropriate support with pupil premium being discharged purposefully in line with local authority policy.
- To undertake direct work with children and young people in educational settings, the community and at home/placement to ensure educational needs are fully met and any barriers identified, this would include observation, mentoring, tuition as appropriate. This will include travel across the country to wherever our children are placed.
Applicant Requirements:
- Qualifications: University Degree at grade 2:2 or above.
- Experience: 1+ year of post-graduate experience as a Teacher in the UK.
- Compliance: Proof of ability to work and live in the UK. QTS, DBS and 2 x references.
Regretfully we are only able to respond to experienced candidates who meet these requirements for this Advisory Teacher role as we need to meet our clients’ requirements, but please feel free to browse our open roles that may be more suitable for you.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work.
