Internal Only - Head of Education at Vinney Green Secure Children's Home
South Gloucestershire Council
Internal Only - Head of Education at Vinney Green Secure Children's Home
Salary Not Specified
South Gloucestershire Council, Blackhorse, South Gloucestershire
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 4 days ago, 26 Jun | Get your application in now to be included in the first week's applications.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 32d46df2db3b48318395cdbda4a54489
Full Job Description
- Daily, you will ensure the home is delivering the National Curriculum and vocational learning to all young people.
- As a member of the Senior Management Team, you will ensure that effective policies and procedures are in place.
- It will be key for you to coordinate and monitor the educational provision for the young people in the home. This includes initial assessment and curriculum planning, accurate record keeping, and developing a teaching programme that can lead to external accreditation.
- It will be your responsibility to provide effective management for teaching and support staff within the home.
- You will help ensure the strong working relationships between teaching and care staff within the home are maintained.
It is essential for you to hold qualified teacher status (QTS) along with teaching experience teaching mainstream curriculum areas working with pupils who present emotional and behavioural difficulties. - You must have extensive experience within secondary and/or curriculum development
- It is a requirement that you have proven experience of effective behaviour management practices.
- It is essential that you have previous experience of managing and leading a team.
- We invest in the careers of our people and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps our people make the greatest long-term difference in their work.
- What's special here is the strength of the team ethos, the support and the training.
- We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Ensuring all our staff are given right skills, knowledge and support to recognise and respond effectively to potential abuse or neglect.
- As part of our benefits package you will receive generous annual leave (pro rata), employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of staff discounts, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities
- We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.
- We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of
- We're working with the most vulnerable in our community to help them achieve what they want in life
- We're investing in our schools to ensure every child and young person in South Gloucestershire achieves their full potential.
Please note that due to the nature of this role it is a requirement of employment that an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is obtained for this post.
How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different
Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.
We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.
The salary is plus a Secure Unit allowance of £2,583 per annum and enhancements for Sunday and Bank Holiday working.
The Home is a secure, closed facility and movement is governed by the controlled unlocking of electronic doors. The environment can become tense and anxiety provoking, given that the young people are detained. Young people can present physically threatening behaviour and surveillance cameras are used in most areas of the building.
Vinney Green Secure Children's Home is a no smoking environment and there is no provision to facilitate smoking.