Learning Coach

Learning Coach

Grade C - £26,017 - £27,110 FTE (depending on experience)

Actual Salary based on 37 hours per week - £22,314 - £23,252 per annum

37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time only)

Weekly working hours: Monday to Thursday 8.00am -4.00pm & Friday 8.00am - 3.30pm

Cams Hill School is a caring, supportive, and friendly school community with a strong commitment to collaborative working to achieve the very best for our pupils. We are seeking to recruit new members of staff to join a busy Special Educational Needs Department as a Learning Coach working with teachers to support pupils to access the curriculum in all subjects across the curriculum in Years 7 - 11.

Applicants should be good communicators, empathetic, creative, and passionate about education and maximizing potential. Applicants must be highly motivated and able to workindependently and as part of a team.

Previous experience working with children or young people, particularly with diverse needs, is desirable but not essential as training will be given.

Key requirements include:

Commitment to working to a high standard to support educational excellence for pupils

Excellent organising, planning and prioritising skills

Patience and assertiveness.

Ability to work well under pressure and to work to tight deadlines

Ability to relate well to pupils, parents/carers, staff and other professionals.

Good standard of literacy.

A “can do” attitude”

Ability to work constructively as part of a team.

About the School

Cams Hill School is a state comprehensive secondary school that has high quality teaching and learning opportunities along with a deep and embedded strong academic drive. These elements, coupled with a phenomenal co-curricular programme of activities, engage, challenge, inspire and develop highly qualified, confident, resilient individuals.

We are extremely proud of our school. It is a special place to learn and work and, at Cams Hill, it is definitely the people that make the place: pupils, staff; parents and carers. All staff are part of a culture of trust, autonomy, parity, respect and are regularly recognised for their contributions. All staff complete annual performance management reviews with the opportunity to receive progression through the pay scale and the potential to receive remuneration for exceptional performance.

Cams Hill School recognises the benefits derived from investing in our staff, and there are a number of additional benefits available to all staff:

• Local Government Pension Scheme
  
• Professional development opportunities
• Free parking for all staff
• Access to School Dining with Chef Manager
• Free use of the Fitness Suite
• Annual Flu Jabs offered via the onsite welfare team, free
  
• Assistance towards eye tests and glasses

If you would like to be part of a school which develops pupils to be positive contributors to society, and which values its staff, we would very much like to hear from you.

The Gateway Trust is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and Disclosure and Barring Service.