Teacher
Cambian Pengwern College
Rhyl
- 拢30,000 - 拢30,001 per year
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 2 June 2025
Job overview
About the role:
We are in search of teachers (QTS) with drive and vision, who are passionate about the teaching profession and committed to delivering high-quality service. If you have a keen interest in working with young people with complex needs, this is an ideal opportunity to apply your skills in a highly rewarding and challenging field of education. As part of a committed team, we need someone who can cater to the diverse needs of our students.
Pengwern College:
Cambian Pengwern College is an independent provider of specialist further education in North Wales, offering day, and up to 52-week residential placements for young people aged 16 to 25 with a learning disability and complex needs.
Our person-centred approach ensures that students have an individualised learning programme developed to effectively match their needs, personal decisions and aspirations, be the focus on daily living skills, vocational qualifications or independent living. We are proud that all of our students gain important life skills and achieve meaningful qualifications, evidencing our commitment to enabling increased choice and independence.
Key Responsibilities:
- Follow schemes of work and create medium-term plans.
- Plan and deliver engaging and memorable lessons aligned with the curriculum.
- Support students with complex needs in learning activities and personal skills.
- Take responsibility for a subject or curriculum area, leveraging your skills and experience.
- Collaborate with an integrated, skilled multi-disciplinary team to expand horizons and improve skills for young people.
The successful candidate will be:
- Have a teaching qualification & experience.
- Well-organised and able to plan a structured learning environment.
- Practical, creative, and inventive.
- Enthusiastic and energetic.
- Able to interact with people in a variety of ways.
- Looking to develop expertise in special needs and Autism.
- Dynamic and proactive.
- A contributor to the school鈥檚 multi-disciplinary team approach.
- Capable of managing complex behaviours.
Why choose us?
- Competitive salary.
- Opportunity to progress in your career.
- Training opportunities either face to face or online.
- Wellbeing- Your wellbeing matters to us, and we are committed to ensuring you get all the support you need.
- You will be a part of a dedicated team of professionals who will offer you clear guidance and mentor you in to this role.
- Supportive management and senior leads.
- We offer full induction, paid for DBS, friendly family atmosphere and the opportunity to progress with one of the UK`s biggest care providers.
Join us and make a meaningful impact in the lives of young people with special needs. Your creativity and dedication could be the key to unlocking their potential. Apply today to embark on this rewarding journey!
Cambian is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Cambian is committed to Safeguarding and protecting the young people and service users within our care. All candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and reference checks.
Cambian will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a 51黑料 check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the search and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.
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About Cambian Pengwern College
Pengwern College is a residential further education college providing for students with a range of learning disabilities. Currently there are 65 students in total, 51 from England funded by the LSC, 6 non-residential students and 8 from Wales funded by the Welsh Assembly Government.
All learners have a learning difficulty/disability and many have associated medical or sensory impairments. Some learners have more complex needs, and these have increased in recent years. As a consequence a range of specialist staff including an educational psychologist, an occupational therapist and speech & language therapists are employed to enable learners to access the curriculum equally.
The main campus is sited on the outskirts of Rhuddlan, a small friendly town where the learners enjoy all the benefits of rural living while being able to access the brighter lights of Rhyl, the largest town in Denbighshire, with good shopping facilities, the sea, and a lively nightlife. Community based learners live in semi-supported houses in Rhyl and in St Asaph, a place of historical interest with a selection of shops and places of entertainment including a bowling green, public houses etc. which students enjoy visiting occasionally. The remainder of learners live in the community and reside in Prestatyn, a pleasant seaside town with shops, cinema and a range of activities on offer.
The college and all residences are in the county of Denbighshire, an Objective 1 designated area where employers are largely SMEs in the care, retail, travel and tourism sectors. The college is one of the largest employers in the area employing 194 people.
Lisa Duncalf, the current principal, has worked hard to bring the college to its current position where it is achieving good grades in terms of OFSTED and ESTYN inspections.
A strength, which has always existed within the college, is the staff team who are committed to the values and principles of MENCAP and to endeavouring to ensure learners enjoy a good, happy and healthy learning experience in their time with us. Recently two members of staff received awards from the Care Forum for Wales recognising their good practice and achievements.
The college’s ethos is to ‘prepare students for the next stage of their lives’. In order to achieve this aim, learners participate in a holistic learning experience that embraces all aspects of a young person’s life. The ultimate aim of the programme is to equip learners with the skills and experience to progress into the wider community and area of work. The college recognises that essential learning, both formal and informal, occurs between 7.30 am and 10.00 pm in the evening, seven days a week. Learners are supported through their learning journey via a comprehensive tutorial system and access to appropriate specialist support, for example audiology, speech & language therapy and occupational therapy. Individual progression is recognised and celebrated via a range of appropriate accreditation routes including: Edexcel, OCN, AQA and RARPA. The college has established links with other agencies and general further education providers, which enable learners to access a range of professional qualifications and experience a range of learning environments.
In year one the primary aim of the programme is to equip young people with the necessary social and life skills to progress within the college. This is achieved through the core subjects, basic skills and IT, life and social skills which encompasses: cooking, cleaning, personal care, PSHE and travel training. Students experience a range of vocational and subject areas these include: animal care, catering, horticulture, credit union, drama and art which enable the learner to make an informed choice for the future. The world of work is accessed through work based learning, college services and work experience depending on the learner’s needs, interests and ability.
In the students’ second year the aim of the course is to build on individual progression within the area of life and social skills. The learner is also encouraged to make an informed choice, based on the learning experiences of year one, as to which vocational/subject area they wish to study in-depth.
In the students’ final year the programme consolidates the learner’s programme and equips the learner to make a successful transition out of the college. The college recognises that in order to achieve its mission statement, students are viewed as individuals. As a consequence individual learning plans are negotiated with the students which enable students to continue at their own pace throughout their programme of study and work towards accreditation and/or attainment which is appropriate to their long term goals.
Shortlisted candidates will be able to make a visit to the college prior to interview if they wish.
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