Teacher

Full Job Description

How would you like to be paid for five days but only work four*?

Our colleagues’ wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do at OFG, so we’re always looking for new ways to improve everyone’s work/life balance. We’re taking part in a trial of the 4-Day Working Week, meaning that you could be working one day less a week (or equivalent).

If the trial is a success, we’ll be rolling the 4DWW out across the Group – so there’s never been a more exciting time to join #teamOFG!

Job title: Teacher

Location: Castle Garden School, Guildford, Surrey

Salary: Up to £44,000 per annum dependent on experience

Hours: 40 hours per week; Monday to Friday

Contract: Permanent; Term Time only

Are you a Teacher looking to enhance your career in Special Education?

About us

Castle Garden School is a brand-new independent specialist school for pupils on the autism spectrum between five and eleven years of age. Castle Garden School strives to provide effective, specialist education and support to autistic pupils and their families, which will allow pupils to achieve their full potential in education and life.

Located in the town centre of Guildford, the school provides primary education and offers a unique mix of education and support to pupils within a wide spectrum of needs and abilities. Personalised teaching and learning in an autism specific environment allows pupils’ individual needs to be addressed completely and their capabilities fully realised.

Castle Garden School is part of Outcomes First Group. The group is a leading national provider of outcomes-led learning, life skills and therapeutic care for pupils with autism, complex needs and social, emotional and mental health difficulties.

About the role:

To provide a high-quality education service for our pupils in accordance with Company policies, procedures and practices and the standards set by the Regulatory Body.

Essential:

• Experience of work within an education setting
• Experience of planning, delivering and teaching lessons
• Relevant Teaching Qualification
• Willingness to work towards further qualifications as required
• Undertake relevant group induction training on commencement

Desirable:

• Experience of work with autistic spectrum disorders and/or challenging behaviour
• Driving licence

Why join Options Autism?

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils. All successful applicants will be subject to a fully enhanced DBS.

• You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy.