The Westleigh School is seeking a dynamic and passionate Teacher of Health and Social Care to join our successful department. This is an exciting opportunity to inspire and engage students in a subject that prepares them for careers in health, social care, and childcare sectors.
Key Responsibilities:
- Plan, deliver, and assess engaging lessons in Health and Social Care at Key Stages 3 and 4.
- Support the development of students’ skills in understanding health issues, care practices, and the social care industry.
- Contribute to the development of schemes of work, assessments, and department resources.
- Provide pastoral support and monitor student progress to help them achieve their full potential.
- Engage students with real-world issues and the professional requirements of working in health and social care fields.
Our ethos is ‘Aspiring and Achieving Together’. Whilst we
are committed to ensuring that every student makes excellent progress, this
concept stretches well beyond academic performance. We firmly believe that
every aspect of school should equip learners to be successful in all areas of
their lives, both now and for their future. Indeed, every single decision or
action taken improves the life chances of all our learners. This is underpinned
by ensuring The Westleigh school is a safe, nurturing and happy environment:
put simply, The Westleigh School is a great place to learn and a great place to
work.
Uniting with The Shaw Education Trust brings with it new
opportunities and a wealth of resources to supplement our mission to improve
outcomes for all our students. Colleagues will have access to a large range of
well-established training opportunities, such as a fully funded L5 Instructional
Coaching qualification or Accelerated Leadership training, for those aspiring
to Middle Leadership. Outstanding teachers will also achieve Trust Professional
Advocate designation, which provides exciting opportunities to support
colleagues within both The Westleigh School and across other SET schools to
share best practice. With this brings the opportunity to engage in the
cross-trust peer review and Trust CPD programme.
Shaw Education Trust are a thriving mix of diverse and growing schools including Primary, Secondary and Special Schools all working together to improve the lives of young people in our communities. We are sponsored by Shaw Trust a charity organisation that focuses on transforming lives. We’re a growing group of dynamically awesome academies providing education to children of all ages and abilities. Staff across our team of schools are dedicated to ensuring that every child has the opportunity to be successful, whatever their starting point in life.
Shaw Education Trust offer the following employee benefits with your Teaching or Support Staff employment:
- An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff)
- Support Staff only based on working full time, all year - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days holiday rising to 39 days after 5 years’ service including Bank Holidays)
- Electric Car Scheme: Environmentally friendly vehicles with our electric car scheme.
- Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan: Enjoy health services designed to support your well-being.
- Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Support and Teaching), Exclusive discounts to save money with a wide selection of discounts and exclusive offers from hundreds of the biggest brands.
- Free Eye Tests
- Cycle to work scheme
- Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust.
We know our people are the key to our success and so we’re committed to ensuring the employment experience at Shaw Education Trust is a rewarding one.
Colleagues within the Trust benefit from:
- Access to a full range of courses both in-house and professionally accredited. These courses include all of the National Professional Qualifications – NPQH, NPQSL, NPQEYL, NPQLL, NPQLT, NPQLTD, NPQLBC are all delivered by the Shaw Education Trust as a delivery partner for Ambition Institute. In addition, we provide access to the NPQEL for Executive Leaders.
- Experienced leadership and subject-specific support.
- Guidance from former HMIs and serving Ofsted Inspectors within the Trust.
- Access to the Trust’s Institute of Education and SCITT.
- Opportunities to work with different schools within the Trust as a Professional Advocate.
- Participating in peer reviews.
- Access to a suite of online courses.
- Placement projects within our family of schools.
Salary: M1 – UPS3 - £30,000 - £46,525 (TLR will be considered) - Pay Award Pending
Working hours: 32.5 hours per week, All year – Monday to Friday
The Westleigh School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including an online checks and criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions.
All shortlisted candidates will undergo an online search as part of Trust safer recruitment.
We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date as we review applications on an on-going basis and interviews may be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, therefore, we encourage early applications.
We are an Equal Opportunities employer and will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.
In accordance with our safer recruitment policy CV’s alone will not be accepted.
We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date, therefore, we encourage early applications.
Successful candidates will be subject to a fully Enhanced DBS check along with other relevant employment checks.