Food Technology Instructor

Vinney Green Secure Children’s Home offers young people a safe, caring environment, where they will experience quality care, education, vocational and life skills training. As Food Technology Instructor, you will work closely with our education team to create, find and deliver engaging lessons which help support young people in their present circumstances and equip them for a future beyond Vinney Green.

• It will be key for you to design and implement an engaging and relevant subject curriculum including schemes of work, to deliver lessons to up to 24 children and young people in groups of 2-4.
• You will be responsible for assessing, monitoring, and recording the progress and achievements of assigned pupils reporting information back to the Head or Deputy Head of Education.
• Regularly, you will ensure that pupils’ work is marked and up to date with clear feedback to support progress.
• Through the building effective and positive relationships with our children and young people, many of whom have experienced complex trauma, you will contribute to developing their social skills and self-esteem.
• You will be required to maintain documentation such as behaviour management records and young people’s daily logs.

• It is essential that you have a GCSE in English and maths (grade 4 or above) or equivalent qualification or equivalent relevant experience.
• You must have qualifications or significant previous experience in Food Technology and have excellent subject knowledge.
• You will have either a qualification in working with children and young people and/or considerable experience of working with young people in a relevant setting.
• Given the nature of the role, you must have good interpersonal skills with both adults and young people. For example, the ability to effectively de-escalate conflict between young people or be able to communicate concerns with relevant managers.
• Ideally, you will have a teaching and/or training qualification or teaching, coaching or training experience with young people aged 11-18, however, this is not essential.
• It would be beneficial to have previous experience in a specialist setting: SEND in mainstream, special school, special unit etc., particularly with pupils who present with SEMH.

Please note that due to the nature of this role it is a requirement of employment that an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is obtained for this post.

Things we need you to know:

The post is subject to JNCTRE conditions. This post is subject to a Disqualification from Working with Children declaration.

The salary is plus a Secure Unit allowance of £2,583 per annum, pro rated to hours worked.

Please note that school holiday closures at Vinney Green are at variance with local authority school closures. In most cases teachers will be unable to take more than 2 consecutive weeks annual leave at any one time.

Young people can present physically threatening behaviour and the environment can become tense and anxiety provoking, so for everybody’s safety surveillance cameras are in use in most areas of the building.

Vinney Green operates a full non-smoking environment, and there is no provision to facilitate smoking anywhere on site. Staff’s personal belongings are required to be left in a provided locker on entry into the building and we may require you to undertake a further physical fitness check.

This role is demanding and there will be some physically active aspects to the job, including ‘Restrictive Physical Intervention’, which you will be expected to complete 2 days of training in prior to commencing your role - but we can assure you that this will be one of the most rewarding jobs that you will ever do!

How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different

• We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work.
• What’s special here is the strength of the team ethos, the support and the training.

• We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Ensuring all our staff are given right skills, knowledge and support to recognise and respond effectively to potential abuse or neglect.

• As part of our benefits package you will receive generous annual leave (pro rata), employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of staff discounts, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities
  

• We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.

Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.

• We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of
• We're working with the most vulnerable in our community to help them achieve what they want in life
• We're investing in our schools to ensure every child and young person in South Gloucestershire achieves their full potential.

We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.

We’re making a difference, be part of it!

Advert end date: Friday 6th December

Interview date: Thursday 19th December

For more information, please see the attached job description: Instructor (VGSCH) - Job Description