Teacher - Req24853

Job title:        Teacher - Inclusion Support – Pupil Tuition Team 

Salary:            M1 to M6 (£30,000.00 to £41,333.00)

Hours:            37 hours a week 

Contract:        Full time permanent 

Location:        West Leeds Activity Centre and other LCC sites. 

As an Inclusion Teacher you’ll thrive on understanding the needs of pupils who are temporarily unable to attend school. You will be able to use a range of teaching strategies to promote effective learning and help to develop skills that enable pupils to return to their school. You will be adept at ensuring positive relationships form the basis of your work with pupils, schools, other agencies, and parents/carers.

Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our council values and ambitions.

About you

As an Inclusion Teacher, you will bring to the role:

• Qualified teacher status
• Excellent self-management and organisational skills 
• Successful experience of teaching Maths across key stages in a mainstream school
• Understanding of the needs of pupils with social, emotional and mental health difficulties 

About the role 

This is an important role within the Children Missing out on Education Team – you will work along side other staff who work hard to enable pupils to return to mainstream education and develop resilience to support their return. Sometimes you will provide teaching to a small group and sometimes on a one to one basis. You will work with schools to find the best way to support pupils to engage in learning in a positive way and integrate successfully back into school. 

As our next Inclusion Teacher, you will, as part of a team, prepare vulnerable students to re-engage with learning. 

The role is integral to our Children Missing out on Education team. Our team includes the school attendance team, the elective home education team, the children missing education team and the exclusions team. Together we work with vulnerable pupils to secure their education and promote healthy life long learning habits. 

What we offer you

We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:

• Membership of the Teachers’ Pension Fund with employer contributions
• Teachers pay and conditions 
• A clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
• A range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further

How to apply

Please complete the online application form.

Please upload your CV and complete a personal statement of no more than 500 words.

Read our guidance for further advice. Please check your information carefully and ensure you complete all sections before submitting your application. 

If you have any queries or would like an informal chat about the role please contact Alison Finley, Children Missing out on Education and Exclusions Monitoring Lead - Email Alison.Finley@Leeds.gov.uk. 

Interviews are likely to be 23rd or 24th May.

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check against the Children’s barred list will be carried out on preferred candidates.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

We promote diversity and want a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds. Leeds City Council is ranked 70 on the Stonewall Equality Index 2023. We are also an age-friendly employer, a Mindful Employer and a Disability Confident Leader.

All new Leeds City Council appointments are made subject to the satisfactory completion of a six-month probationary period.
This role is based in the UK. Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK - either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and the role does not meet eligibility for sponsorship, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply.

Job Description

Job Purpose 

To provide tuition to vulnerable learners across all key stages who are temporarily unable to access education in school and to support engagement in learning with these pupils in accordance with the Child Friendly Leeds goals of: readiness for school, improving behaviour, attendance, and achievement, reducing the numbers of young people who are not in employment, education, or training. To lead the teaching and learning of Maths within the Pupil Tuition Team.

Responsibilities 

• To teach pupils who experience social, emotional, and mental health difficulties which temporarily affect their access to mainstream education. Currently teaching takes place in the PTT base at the West Leeds Activity Centre.
• To take responsibility for planning, preparing, and teaching appropriate work for pupils as agreed with the referring school.
• To support and contribute to the development of curriculum and other initiatives in the PTT.
• To lead on the teaching of Mathematics within the Pupil Tuition Team.
• To attend multi-agency meetings and to liaise with parents, schools, and other agencies as appropriate.
• To create a positive learning environment, which promotes engagement and raises expectations for vulnerable learners.
• To prepare written reports as necessary for assessing, planning, monitoring, reviewing, and evaluating the progress of pupils.
• To ensure that all data management systems relating to safeguarding and attendance and kept up to date.
• To work with schools to plan and support the re-integration of pupils into schools.
• To work collaboratively with colleagues within Leeds City Council Learning Inclusion Service in line with the vision and goals of Child Friendly Leeds.
• To be proactive in keeping aware of National Strategies and Key Phase developments within Mathematics and the Inclusion Agenda.
• To participate in any scheme within a national and local framework for the performance management of staff.
• To perform all duties as defined in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document 2023 and Guidance on School Teachers Pay and Conditions.
• To attend Service Meetings as directed.
• The duties outlined are not meant as an exhaustive list and will also comprise any other duties within the spirit of the post commensurate with the job evaluation outcome for this post.

Essential requirements It is essential that the candidate should be able to demonstrate the following criteria for the post. Candidates will only be shortlisted for interview if they can demonstrate that they meet all the essential requirements.

• Qualified teacher status.
• Excellent self-management/organisational skills.
• Able to form constructive relationships with pupils, parents, school staff and other professionals.
• Able to use a range of teaching strategies to promote effective learning.
• Able to plan lessons and sequences of lessons to meet a wide range of individual student’s needs.
• Successful experience of teaching Maths across key stages within a mainstream school.
• Successful experience of teaching pupils whose behaviour can be challenging.
• Understanding of the needs of pupils with social, emotional, and mental health difficulties.

Essential Behavioural and other Characteristics 

• Understand and embrace Leeds City Council Values and Behaviours and codes of conduct.
• Committed to continuous improvement in all areas and work towards delivering the Best City Ambition of Health & Wellbeing, Inclusive Growth and Zero Carbon.
• Able to understand and observe Leeds City Council equality and diversity policies.
• Carry out all duties having regard to an employee’s responsibility under Health and Safety Policies.
• Willingness to actively participate in training and development activities. 
• Flexible and adaptable to change to assist other services as required commensurate to grade. 
• Participate in appraisal, training, and development activities.
• Be aware of and comply with Leeds City Council policies and procedures.
• Be aware of and support difference and ensure equality for all working in an anti-discriminatory manner, upholding, equality & diversity policies of Leeds City Council. 
• Recognise and appropriately challenge any incidents of racism, bullying, harassment, victimisation, and any form of abuse, reporting any concerns to the appropriate person.
• The Council has adopted a flexibility protocol and the role will be expected to work within these parameters.
• Have experience of working successfully as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Desirable requirements It is desirable that the candidate should be able to demonstrate the following criteria for the post.  Candidates are not required to meet all the desirable requirements however these may be used to distinguish between candidates. 

• Ability to teach Mathematics across key stages.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and DfE guidance.
• Secure, up-to-date, and thorough knowledge of Mathematics teaching up to GCSE level.
• Knowledge of how school pastoral systems operate.
• Understand the vision and goals of Child Friendly Leeds.