Advanced Cover Supervisor (Ty Gwyn Education Centre)

Salary: Grade 7 (£26,845 x 77.15%) + Special Class Allowance (£1,455 x 77.15%)

Advanced Cover Supervisor (Ty Gwyn Education Centre)

Ty Gwyn Education Centre, Rhondda Cynon Taf Council
Y Dolydd, Aberdare, RCT, CF44 8EX
Telephone – (01685) 652525

ADVANCED COVER SUPERVISOR

Hours: 32.5 hours per week – Term Time
Salary: Grade 7 (£26,845 x 77.15%) + Special Class Allowance (£1,455 x 77.15%)

Start Date: as soon as possible.

A post has arisen for a dynamic, flexible and enthusiastic Advanced Cover Supervisor.

Ty Gwyn Education Centre is a secondary age Pupil Referral Unit (PRU) located in a newly refurbished building in the Aberdare area, serving the whole of RCT and learners from age 11 to 16 years.

Ty Gwyn Education Centre offers specialist provision for up to 60 learners with behavioural, emotional and social needs that cannot be met in their mainstream school. Learners are a mixture of full and part time (KS3 only) and access a broad and balanced curriculum of core subjects (English, Maths and Science) and a range of vocational and foundation subjects. Ty Gwyn is a trauma informed setting and has trained staff extensively in this area to support learners.

The post of Advanced Cover Supervisor will require you to provide cover for teachers who are absent and cover for planning, preparation and assessment sessions for teaching staff. Wider duties include:

• Lead and manage interventions and other activities when not required to cover classes.
• Asses learning needs and devise alternative means of facilitating learning
• Manage a purposeful, orderly and supportive environment, following school specific policies
• Provide specialist care to those pupils with significant needs
• Promote inclusion and ensure all have equal access to opportunities
• Monitor and evaluate pupil progress. Provide detailed feedback to teachers on pupil achievement, progress and problems
• Supervise other staff, allocating and checking work, instructing and monitoring staff within the classroom
• Provide teaching staff with support as required

The Advanced Cover Supervisor is required to keep detailed records and report these to senior staff as appropriate. As the ACS, you will be supporting and guiding children and young people to make positive choices and engage in learning. You will be a role model, a lifelong learner and a trusted responsible figure. You will be providing support in response to need, dynamically working with children, young people and families at a focussed level. You will need to be able to use ICT proficiently to record and share important information and contribute to reports and meetings in this area.

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Application forms, and further details, including a and person specification for the role may be obtained via the Schools Recruitment website using the link: https://ce0576li.webitrent.com/ce0576li_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC105GF.open?WVID=2482495vvA

Please note to apply for this position you are required to complete the online application form on the Schools Recruitment Website. If you do not complete the online application, you will not be considered as having applied for the post.

We have a new recruitment website and you will need to create a new account to apply for this position.

Should you require further information about the post, please contact Victoria Cox-Wall, Headteacher, on 01685 652525.

The closing date for applications is Thursday 17th October at Midnight.

PROTECTING CHILDREN AND ADULTS AT RISK IS A CORE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SCHOOL AND COUNCIL. IN ADDITION TO THIS SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITY, THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT FOR THE ROLE WILL ALSO BE SUBJECT TO AN ENHANCED DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK.

The Council and School values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity. We offer a number of staff networks for employees including the Allies Network, a Disability and Carers Network and Perthyn our LGBTQ+ Network.

An application submitted for this post in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

In view of the large number of Application Forms which are currently being submitted individual applications are not acknowledged. Consequently, if you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application is unsuccessful on this occasion. In which case you are thanked for the interest you have shown in applying for a position within the Council.