Creative Lead (Art & DT) - SEND: SEMH, trauma (Primary)

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Creative Lead (Art & DT) - SEND: SEMH, trauma (Primary)

Location: Fishponds, Bristol

Start date: September 2024

Type: Full-time, TTO, Permanent (8:30am - 4:00pm, Monday to Friday, term-time only + 10 days)

Salary: up to £25,000 pa, experience dependent

Our brand new special school for primary-aged learners (KS1, KS2 + Yr7) opens in September 2024 in the Fishponds area of Bristol and we're recruiting for our new staff team. Elmtree Grove School will open based on the successes of learner outcomes at our 6 Elmtree Learning Partnership sites since 2022. Initially, we will be supporting x20 learners with a view to gradually doubling learner capacity in the future. 

All of the learners we support are vulnerable and have an EHCP to define their additional needs. Creativity, perseverance and an empathetic approach when working with them is key to engaging them in education and ensuring their progression.

We are inviting applications for a Creative Lead to join our new team and inspire our learners. Our learners often demonstrate incredible ability & expression in terms of their creative work. Whereas they may not have a high level of attainment in terms of academic studies, their ability to be successful in other areas is key to their education development and supporting their self-esteem and emotional wellbeing.

This role will involve:

Delivering a creative curriculum across our school
Delivering lessons to all learners across the school
Ensuring that all activities are accessible to individual learners who, across the school, have a wide range of needs
Understanding and supporting the challenges of our learners
Motivating & inspiring our learners to engage & achieve
Providing creative resources for colleagues to use & integrate into other lessons
Helping to brighten up, display and champion the work of our learners

For this Creative Lead we're looking for someone with previous experience of delivering creative sessions, either in a school setting or perhaps community projects. A formal teaching qualification isn't necessary but you must be able to demonstrate the ability to:

lead sessions
effect positive behaviours
create high quality sessions
create a programme of activities and engaging activities

Experience of having worked with learners that have SEND (mainly SEMH & trauma) who have experienced other barriers or challenges to their education would be highly advantageous. We're building our next great team so if you love working with people who are dedicated to supporting young learners that strive to support their development in a positive setting, this is the role for you.

Every Child, Every Opportunity, The Right Opportunity

Our approach is to offer a bespoke and relevant learning program for each learner. Integration into standardised education opportunities and social integration is everything we do. No child should have their future negatively affected or be excluded in their later life due to the lack of access or support for education opportunities that are appropriate to their abilities & strengths.

We believe strongly in people and look for people that have:

Education-relevant qualifications in supporting teaching & learning
good experience in supporting young people in an education setting
understanding and expertise in supporting learners with SEND
skills & strategies in supporting emotional wellbeing
tenacity & resilience to manage, influence & effect positive behaviours & decisions in learners
the ability to present a strong role model for young people
collaborative and pro-active working practices
a strong sense of responsibility & work ethic

Working with our organisation is a rewarding experience. We offer an enjoyable workplace with additional employment benefits:

Bright HR - online HR management portal also offering partner discounts
Employee Assist - independent healthcare perks
Free training - role specific & relevant, accredited training
Employee Support Assistant - dedicated colleagues to support our employees

Applications are welcomed from candidates that meet the vast majority of the above job & person criteria. We also recognise that many people who are interested in such a role may not have specific experience as detailed so we would still welcome an application from those that have substantial experience of supporting young people with SEND or other challenges in education.

All applications will be managed by Elementa. Successful applications will have a full-prescreen, interview, ‘insight session’ and visit to one of our Alternative Provision sites. Any appointment will be subject to a successful interview process, satisfactory references, DBS Enhanced Disclosure and successful completion of employment trial period.

Please apply with your full up to date CV. All applicants will be promptly responded to