Cover supervisor

Job Information

• Kyloe House is a secure children’s home based near Morpeth in Northumberland.
• Kyloe House is a welfare home designed to support young people placed under Section 25 of the Children’s Act.
• The home has beds for 14 young people and is licensed by Ofsted with staff employed by Northumberland County Council.
• Young people stay in Kyloe House for differing periods of time ranging from days to several months.
• We have an on-site school at Kyloe House with four classrooms, a music room, sports hall, cardio gym, catering and carpentry rooms.  The education team deliver bespoke packages for the young people in line with a trauma informed approach.
• Class sizes have a maximum of four young people supported by a teacher and a higher level teaching assistant.
• The school day consists of seven lessons lasting forty minutes each.  This runs from 0915-1600.
• We run in line with Northumberland County Council’s term times with the exception that we work the two middle weeks of the summer holidays and then take the two weeks’ leave at set intervals throughout the year.
  
  The role
  As we strengthen our core support team we are looking to appoint two dedicated and caring cover supervisors. We are looking for a two individuals who can advance pupils’ learning in a range of classroom settings, including working with individual pupils or groups and whole classes where the assigned teacher is not present. In liaison with the class teacher, activities will involve planning, preparing and supporting in lessons as well as monitoring pupils, assessing, recording and reporting on pupils’ achievement, progress and development.
  You will need to be highly motivated to the care and outcomes for young people and have experience of working with children to support their learning.
  
  We are offering:
  - A starting salary of £24,294 (full time salary quoted)
  - Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (or other pension scheme)
  - A wide range of staff benefits including a competitive annual leave provision
  - An inclusive school where we collaborate share and support each other to make sure all young people achieve their very best.
  - Happy, enthusiastic learners who will make you proud to work in education.
  - A school with exciting and attractive learning environments.
  - A leadership team who welcome fresh ideas, traditional values and a sense of fun.
  - Well supported teachers and care staff team who are committed to driving high standards.
  
  Essential criteria
  - Emotional resilience to work with young people in a secure children’s home.
  - Able to meet requirements of CALM
  
  For further information, please contact Cathryn Hill 01670785900 for an informal discussion.
  
  More details can be found in the attached job description and person specification