Progressive is an Alternative Provision based in Coventry. We support students with special educational and social, emotional, health and wellbeing need across Primary, Secondary and Post-16 age groups. We cover a wide catchment across Coventry City and Warwickshire County Council.

Are you a teacher passionate about SEN? Are you confident teaching KS3,KS4 in Maths, and English? Do you have any experience in delivering vocational and personal development courses?
Teacher looking for a new position in September? Are you confident and keen to pursue a career within SEN? Would you be willing to assist students who require one to one support and emotional support in the classroom?

Would you like to join an Alternative Provision with an aim to being high quality, high
achieving local provision? You will be required to provide support on a one-to-one basis or
leading on a task for up to eight students.

A full school day - 8:30am to 4:00pm (35 hours per week/40 weeks per year)

Be confident and driven to work within our learning centre, providing support both in and out of classroom for students with special educational needs with a range of academic abilities and life skills.
 

We aim to support and engage young people who struggle to maintain attendance and
learning in a school environment. We deliver short term, personalised learning
programmes, as well as core education and post-16 opportunities. A combination of
classroom learning at our centre, direct home tutoring, online learning, and
outreach/community learning for pupils from ages 5 -21.

At PCT, our Teachers are supported by our Head and Deputy teachers, as well as our consulting SENCo and therapeutic team.
If you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people and enabling
them to shape their own future, then we want you to be part of our team.

Minimum requirements:
• QTS or QTLS Qualifications
• Have proven teaching and learning experience.
• Have up to date safeguarding and child protection qualifications/knowledge and
experience.

The ideal candidate will:
• Have the energy, passion, and drive to create exciting and engaging lessons for our
pupils.
• Possess good mentoring and behaviour management skills.
• Have initiative, vision, excellent planning, and organisational skills.
• Ideally have experience and a passion for working with students with SEN/SEMH in a
1-1 or small group setting

About the role:
• Assisting in educational and social development of students.
• Working with children with SEN and/or children who have struggled in a school
environment.
• Deliver 1:1 or small group lessons in our learning centre or non-school settings.
• Supporting children with learning and education based on their individual needs.
• Mentoring junior staff.

If you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people and enabling
them to shape their own future, then we want you to be part of our team.

Each pupil at our centre is to feel valued, being well supported by our team and have a sense of belonging within our centre community. You must be confident to hit the
ground running; this is a challenge yet very rewarding to the right individual. We are keen to meet with the right individual who can provide continuity, display enthusiasm and who is
confident to gain experience within a supportive Alternative Provision.

Progressive is committed to its employees, values the needs of our employees
and the people we support. We recognise the need to recruit, retain and develop highly
skilled staff, so we are committed to attract and retain talent who align with our values,
vision & mission statement. We value diversity, equality, and inclusion, offering equal
opportunities to all individuals interested in joining our organisation.

Candidates who meet the minimum required criteria of the person specification will be
guaranteed an interview under the disability confident employer scheme. During your
application process, you will be asked to complete an application form which will be used
through your recruitment assessment and onboarding journey. Please outline any
reasonable adjustments that can be made to support your application and assessment
process.

We are committed to safeguarding, the standards of safer recruitment defined under
Keeping Children Safe in Education, and enabling a safe culture; a culture that ensures that our employees and the young people in our care and education are safeguarded and
receive the right support that meets their individual needs We promote the welfare of
children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all employees, all visitors of
Progressive and partner organisations who support us to share this commitment.