Sports Coach / Behaviour Mentor
required at The Fusion Academy - a brand new school for young people with communication & interaction difficulties/ autism aged 7-19 (key stages 2-5)
Salary: Grade 7
This equates to £16,991 per annum
37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Start date: ASAP
This role is comparable with a Senior Teaching Assistant, you will support children and young people with a wide range of needs to succeed at school focusing on the specific areas of sports and physical wellbeing or behaviour and emotional wellbeing. You will put in place strategies that support pupils to engage in the curriculum and will be responsible for planning learning sequences (with support from the teacher), preparing resources and directing classroom support staff.
You may be required to be involved with planning and delivering teaching for some sessions within the week in the absence of teachers for a short time or undertaking meetings within school time.
Your whole school responsibility in sports/ behaviour will be your main focus and part of your week will involve delivering 1:1 or group interventions in this area, as well as offering advice to other staff.
The successful applicant must be committed to providing the best possible education to children and young people with communication and interaction needs/ autism. They must be understanding of the complex difficulties our students face and passionate about breaking down barriers to give them the best possible chances in life.
We are looking for someone with a positive attitude who works well with others.
You must be confident in leading teaching sessions and running 1:1 and group sessions - demonstrating initiative, organisation, resourcefulness and flexibility
Skills and experience in communication and interaction needs/autism would be of benefit, however, there will be a full induction programme for staff when they start at the school. What is important to us is commitment to our overall ethos and approach.
As a result of their special educational needs, many of our students will struggle with emotional regulation and this can lead to significant challenging behaviours. Candidates need to be prepared to adopt a problem-solving approach to the challenges that those young people bring.
Recognising these strange times in which we are living recruitment is likely to be carried out using video links and online tasks. We will expect successful candidates to start their role under the direction of the headteacher and to be willing to undertake training prior to starting their new role. The post is subject to completion of a satisfactory 6 month probation period.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and subject to a check being carried out at an Enhanced level by the Disclosure and Barring Service regarding any previous criminal record.
The Fusion Academy shares a commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people. Our commitment is underpinned by robust processes and procedures that seek to maximise opportunity, minimise risk and continuously promote a culture that embraces the ethos of safeguarding amongst our workforce.
Application forms are available via Eteach or by contacting Sonia Garner-Jones at the school.
Closing Date: Friday 16th April 2021 at 5pm
Interviews: Monday 26th April 2021
Please note - if you have not heard by Friday 23rd April 2021 unfortunately you have not been shortlisted. Due to the number of applications we receive we are unable to give feedback to those who are not shortlisted.
The Fusion Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.