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Clinical Psychologist – Aurora Hanley and Summerfields School Salary:  £45,240 to £61,859 pro rata (depending on skills, experience and qualifications)  Permanent contact:  32 hours per week (ideally across 4 days, but open to discussion) Location: Stoke-on-Trent and Wilmslow Cheshire– Semi flexible remote working options can be discussed. The Aurora Group is an innovative provider of education and care for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities with an ambitious growth plan. We are looking for a HCPC Registered practitioner psychologist of clinical, educational or counselling who is keen to have autonomy in following preexisting programmes, supporting the planning of new ones  and developing a range of therapeutic practices in our Good and Outstanding schools.  The role is available due to the retirement of our current clinical practitioner who has led this service for the last 6 years.    We are looking for fun, passionate, dedicated, and driven professional to join our schools. The clinical team consists of three assistant physiologists across the two services who all work closely with the SENDCo, SLT, Pastoral Leads ,Teachers and young people.  We offer a truly unique workplace environment, embedded with a supportive culture, positive ethos, strong teamwork. We pride ourself on staff wellbeing.    The post will involve undertaking Clinical Psychology/Psychotherapy duties whilst adhering to professional and regulatory guidelines, you will carry out assessments, design individualised plans and strategies. As well as implementing evidence-based therapeutic interventions; report writing and multi-professional reviews you will provide advice, information, and training to staff, as well as parents, commissioners, and other agencies. You will be supported by Assistant Psychologists and a school staff team of nurturing and enthusiastic Teachers and TA’s who are committed to providing the very best. You and your team will be providing a unique and systematic high quality service within our schools, working with others to promote the wellbeing and best interests of our young people.  We are not just about outcomes in education but about empowering uniqueness, realising potential and  building resilience so that we are a safe place to learn and grow, where we nurture and support aspirational futures. We aim to provide the highest quality service to our young people and ensuring a provision in line with best practice guidelines and internal policies and procedures. Our schools maintain a nurturing environment where our young people can achieve their full potential. We put our young people at the forefront of everything we do, ensuring that young people are heard, respected, and involved in decisions that affect them wherever possible. With this in mind, we are looking for a  Psychologist who shares our vision; to build incredible futures by empowering our young people to be the best they can be.

SEN Teacher Essential Criteria: PGCE, Qualified Teacher Status or equivalent teaching qualification and evidence of in-service training. Location: Stoke Contract Type: Full-time, 12 month Fixed Term Contract (covering maternity)  Hours: 40 hours per week Salary: M1 – UPS2     The Aurora Group The Aurora Group is an innovative provider of education and care for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.   We are currently looking for three experienced Full Time Teachers for our 'Outstanding' rated Aurora Hanley School. The school supports young people aged 6 - 19 with ASC, communication and sensory needs. We offer life skills and a wide range of GCSE/BTEC accreditations alongside a functional skills/entry level pathway.  Behaviours across the school are excellent.   We are looking to appoint someone with experience of delivering outcomes for young people who are of secondary age but working below age related expectations and on a life skills/ functional pathway.   Experience of teaching a range of subjects at KS2/KS3 or 4 and/or experience of delivering entry level and functional skills maths and English, or any other accreditation e.g. Princes trust would be advantageous.     The Role: As a lifeskills pathway Class Teacher, your role will be to provide high quality teaching that will enable pupils to make progress not just academically but socially and emotionally. You must be creative and have high expectations. An understanding of ASC would be useful to support the planning and delivery of a broad and balanced curriculum to enable our pupils to achieve their full potential in all areas.   To facilitate this, you’ll plan and deliver lessons that support young people achieving accreditation on a lifeskills pathway. You will be able to support the young people to be independent and resilient learners both in and outside of the classroom.   You’ll supervise and provide support and guidance to our Teaching Assistants and Higher Level Teaching Assistants and play a key role in their Professional Development Reviews.   Naturally, you will take responsibility for implementing school policies and practices, including those relating to safeguarding and equality of opportunity. Additionally; you will also be expected to carefully monitoring the health, well-being and personal care of our pupils; informing Pastoral/clinical/ SEND support teams and any other relevant professionals of any concerns.

Location: Bucknall, Stoke-on-Trent    Salary: £11.72 - £12.78 per hour   (£20,941.30 - £22,835.30 actual salary) Hours: 40 hours per week – Term Time Only     The Aurora Group   The Aurora Hanley School is an 'Outstanding' ratedinnovative provider of education and care, supporting young people aged 6 - 19 with complex needs typically related to Asperger’s Syndrome, Autism and other conditions.   We’re currently looking for an experienced SEN Teaching Assistant.   The Role / Key duties:   As our new Teaching Assistant, your role is to support our children with their learning and general wellbeing to ensure every child has the best opportunity to reach their full potential in a caring and safe environment.   Where necessary this may include supporting with care needs from time to time as well as positive behaviour management adopting a tailored approach to the individual child.   You will be expected to establish a warm, caring and supportive relationship with pupils in order to support them feeling safe and enabling them to enjoy and learn during their time at the School, and to promote and encourage independence and personal development in pupils and maintain high expectations of behaviour at all times.   You will support the class teacher and contribute to providing high quality, challenging and differentiated educational activities and experiences through supporting the teaching of a broad and balanced curriculum aiming at pupils achieving their full potential in all areas of learning.   Like many SEN environments; your duties are likely to vary and therefore candidates will need to be flexible and be able to lend a hand whenever required.

Teacher Essential Criteria: PGCE, Qualified Teacher Status or equivalent teaching qualification and evidence of in-service training. Location: Stoke Contract Type: Full-time, Fixed Term Contract covering maternity leave (12 months)  Hours: 40 hours per week Salary: M1 – UPS2   The Aurora Group The Aurora Group is an innovative provider of education and care for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.   We are currently looking for an experienced Full Time Teacher for our 'Outstanding' rated Aurora Hanley School. The school supports young people aged 6 - 19 with ASC, communication and sensory needs. We offer life skills and a wide range of GCSE/BTEC accreditations alongside a functional skills/entry level pathway.  Behaviours across the school are excellent.   We are looking to appoint someone with experience of delivering outcomes for young people who are Primary Age and some at secondary age but working below age related expectations and on a life skills/ functional pathway. Experience of teaching a range of subjects at KS2/KS3 and/or experience of delivering entry level and  functional skills maths and english would be advantageous.     The Role: As a lifeskills pathway Class Teacher, your role will be to provide high quality teaching that will enable pupils to make progress not just academically but socially and emotionally. You must be creative and have high expectations. An understanding of ASC would be useful to support the planning and delivery of a broad and balanced curriculum to enable our pupils to achieve their full potential in all areas.   You’ll supervise and provide support and guidance to our Teaching Assistants and Higher Level Teaching Assistants and play a key role in their Professional Development Reviews.   Naturally, you will take responsibility for implementing school policies and practices, including those relating to safeguarding and equality of opportunity. Additionally; you will also be expected to carefully monitoring the health, well-being and personal care of our pupils; informing Pastoral/clinical/ SEND support teams and any other relevant professionals of any concerns.