Vocational Instructor

**Part Time/Term Time (28 hours per week)**

⭐️**ATKINSON SECURE CHILDRENS HOME - EXETER⭐️**

Approximate salary - £29,572 - £32,654 + £867 secure allowance (Full time equivalent)

**Who are we**:
Atkinson Secure Childrens Home is a secure environment with excellent in-house facilities and rated ‘Outstanding’ by OFSTED.

Our approach is to provide exceptional parenting to the young people within our care, looking beyond their behaviours to go the extra mile for them and we do this in a safe and therapeutic environment. Atkinson cares for young people aged (10-17yrs) with emotional and behavioural difficulties who have been granted a secure accommodation order by the courts. The young people we care for are often in crisis and require intensive support, intervention, and physical intervention at a last resort, while working on their, education and training in vocational skills and life skills.

Our students have often struggled to engage in traditional education and can hold negative attitudes towards their learning journey.

Would you like to join our multi-disciplinary team and work within a unique environment?

We require a creative, dynamic, and adaptable instructor who can engage our students in meaningful education, education which will enhance their life opportunities moving forward.

The Atkinson is looking to further develop our vocational curriculum to our students. Do you hold qualifications in one or more of the following areas;
Hair and Beauty
- Careers training
- Forest School
- Food Technology
- Horticulture
- Duke of Edinburgh

**Useful information**:
This is an opportunity to work in a successful education provision and alongside a highly motivated and child focused multi-disciplinary team across the wider home.

You will need to be prepared to work with potentially volatile, abusive (and at times dangerous) young people and associated individuals. This role will require you to perform high levels of physical intervention.

We do not sponsor Visa’s for this post. UK Right to Work is required.

If you have any questions, please call Marc Herbert or Alana Riley on 01392 457999.
- Happy to Talk Flexible Working - The Council offers flexible working arrangements in terms of when and where people work e.g. part-time, condensed hours etc.
- We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
- This role requires the ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence and fluency in English.
- Personal data we collect from you will be processed in accordance with the Applicant privacy notice.
- For more information about Working for Devon please visit our Working for Devon page.
- This role requires a DBS disclosure.

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: £29,572.00-£32,654.00 per year

Expected hours: 28 per week

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: REQ007309