RSHE & Independent Living Skills Teacher

Role Overview

As our RSHE & Independent Living Skills Teacher, you will take a creative, personalised approach to learning, adapting lessons to meet the individual needs of every pupil. You’ll spend your time inspiring, encouraging and supporting students, rather than being overwhelmed by paperwork. Working within a strong safeguarding culture where every pupil is listened to, respected and actively involved in their learning, you will help prepare young people for life beyond the classroom.

Key Learning Areas

• Cooking simple meals
• Cleaning and household management
• Laundry and personal hygiene
• Shopping and budgeting
• Understanding money and everyday finances
• Reading timetables and maps
• Using public transport safely
• Road safety and community awareness

Teaching Focus

• Healthy friendships and relationships
• Respect, consent and personal boundaries
• Physical and emotional wellbeing
• Mental health and resilience
• Puberty and understanding the human body
• Personal safety in the community, around roads and water, and online safety

Responsibilities

• Deliver engaging, personalised lessons tailored to pupils with complex SEN, ASC and SEMH needs.
• Create a positive, inclusive and nurturing classroom where every learner feels safe, valued and motivated.
• Support pupils’ emotional, social and academic development.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues and wider professionals to provide outstanding learning experiences.
• Encourage independence, confidence and resilience through practical, meaningful learning.
• Contribute to the English curriculum and wider school life.

Qualifications

• Degree level with QTS/QTLS. (ECT applicants are welcome to apply)
• Experience working with pupils with complex SEN, ASC and SEMH needs.
• Ability to break learning into manageable, achievable steps with patience, creativity and encouragement.
• Strong safeguarding awareness and ability to work within a safeguarding culture.
• Successful DBS check and social media review (fully enhanced).

Benefits

• Life Assurance Pension scheme with options to increase contributions.
• The “Your Wellbeing Matters” mental health support and physical health checks.
• Flexible Benefits Platform (Vista) including health, wellbeing and insurance benefits.
• Hundreds of UK and international discounts.
• Cycle to Work Scheme & Electric Car Purchase Scheme.
• Critical illness cover.
• Family Growth Support, including enhanced maternity/paternity leave and paid fertility treatment support.

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