About The Service
Cardiff’s Emotional Health and Wellbeing Team are looking to an experienced, dynamic and enthusiastic teacher on a part time basis (1.5 days) to this well-established support service.
Working as part of Cardiff Education's Inclusion Service, the Emotional Health and Wellbeing (EHW) Team supports learners who have Emotional Health and Wellbeing difficulties. The team offers a wide range of advice, support and training to learners, parents/carers, schools and other professionals, and works closely with colleagues from across our schools, the Inclusion Service, Health and Children’s Services. We work in a wide range of settings with learners from Reception to Year 14 to support inclusion and ensure our learners achieve their full potential.
About the job
The successful applicant will join a team of experienced and enthusiastic EHW Specialist Teachers and Teaching Assistants. The role involves a wide range of different experiences, working in a secondary mainstream school, supporting learners with a range of EHW needs, their schools, families, and other professionals. Through the role you will contribute to raising awareness, increasing expertise and knowledge across the school, and model and support excellent inclusive practice in the field of EHW. Although there is some direct teaching, a large part of the role involves working with organisations to create change and to meet learners needs.
The successful candidate will receive MPS/UPS + 1 or 2 ALN points depending on their specific qualification in the area of ALN/EHW.
What We Are Looking For From You
We are looking for a teacher with a sound understanding of the range of needs of EHW needs and broad experience supporting learners with EHW. In addition, this post requires a person with excellent interpersonal and organization skills.
The successful candidate would need to be flexible, empathetic, with a strong understanding of what good quality teaching and learning looks like. They would need to be able to adapt their teaching and interactive style to suit a range of ages, settings and situations, and be able to build strong professional relationships.
A good understanding of ICT, competent ICT skills and the ability to analyse and evaluate data would be an advantage. They also need a good understanding of the way in which Additional Learning Needs strategies work within the wider educational structure.
The world of education is a fast-changing one, and the successful candidate would need to be able to take a positive approach to working in such an environment of change.
We are looking for someone who has:
- A sound understanding of the range of Emotional Health and Wellbeing needs and their implications for teaching and learning
- Evidence of ongoing CPD within the field of ALN and EHW
- A thorough knowledge of strategies that impact on learners with EHW difficulties
- Significant proven teaching experience of working with EHW learners and leading school-based improvement projects in this area.
- Secure knowledge and evidence of understanding both local and national initiatives and developments in relation to ALN/ emotional health and wellbeing needs including excellent time management and organisational skills
- Experience of multi-agency working including parents/ carers.
- Experience of applying person centred planning approaches
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with a range of stakeholders
- The ability to manage change, problem solve, use high levels of initiative and manage own workload effectively
Additional information
The part time post is temporary until April 2025. We are aiming to interview on February the 8th.
Internal candidates who wish to apply for this position on a secondment basis must obtain approval prior to application using Form SEC1 (4.C.081). Requests may only be approved by the relevant Director/ Assistant Director/ Chief Officer or senior nominated officer graded no lower than OM2 or in the case of schools based staff the Headteacher / Governing Body.
This post has a requirement for registration with the Education Workforce Council.
This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Safeguarding and Child Protection are key priorities for the Council. We aim to support children and vulnerable adults to ensure they are as safe as they can possibly be. Our services and schools are committed to ensuring the safety and protection of all children and vulnerable adults, and will take action to safeguard their well-being, and acknowledge that children and vulnerable adults have a right to protection. This is supported in the general ethos of the Council and all schools.
If you require further information about this post or would like an informal conversation, please contact Rhian Davies rhian.davies2@cardiff.gov.uk
We welcome applications in both English and Welsh. Applications received in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than English applications.
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