Art and DT Teacher

Lansdowne Secure Children’s Home has the ambition to be the leading Secure Children’s Home in the UK and we’re looking for creative and innovative teachers who have the passion to achieve this with us!

Vision Statement:

“Our vision is to provide exceptional care, learning and support to the children placed at Lansdowne Secure Children’s Home, and facilitate their successful resettlement back into the community. We will achieve this through providing an enthusiastic and empathic staff team with an exceptionally well-resourced home that offers a modern, light, nurturing environment, complimented by a first-rate training and development programme. Above all else we will show kindness, and strive for children placed at Lansdowne to feel safe and loved”.

The post holder will carry out the role of a professional Art and DT Teacher, actively engaging the children in the home to help them reach their potential. This post reports to the Head of Learning. We require someone with excellent Art and DT curriculum knowledge who can provide effective teaching, learning and assessment skills whilst demonstrating a passion for supporting the young people at Lansdowne to achieve. The successful candidate will be confident teaching vulnerable children with high-risk equipment in a well-equipped DT room.

The role requires teaching small groups of highly complex young people who are deprived of their liberty. It will be require working closely with the Care and Health teams with the priority always being the young person’s well-being.

Key tasks will include:

• Identifying clear teaching objectives and specifying how they will be taught and assessed;
• setting tasks which challenge pupils and ensure high levels of interest;
• setting appropriate and demanding expectations;
• setting clear targets, building on prior attainment and identifying gaps in learning;

For full information, please read the Job Description and Person Specification.

To apply for this role, please follow the ‘Apply Now’ button to upload your CV and Supporting Statement. When writing your Supporting Statement please be sure to address how you meet all the criteria in the person specification, drawing on any relevant work/life experience, education, or personal interests.

For guidance on how to write an application see our how to apply page.

Interviews will take place within two weeks of closing date in person at Lansdowne Secure Unit in Hailsham

Candidates who meet certain criteria are given priority when we shortlist. See our priority status page for details.

We offer a diverse range of benefits to help and support you during your employment. More information can be found on our benefits page.

The role is certainly challenging but there are few other roles as rewarding.

If you would like to have an initial, no obligation chat with our Head of Learning Sarah Goodey regarding this role, or if you’d like to have a tour of Lansdowne please email sarah.goodey@eastsussex.gov.uk

"There are a whole range of different skills people can bring to the role. I find the work very rewarding and enjoy the variety this type of work brings", - Gary, Day Service Support Worker