Secondary/Post-16 Teacher (various subjects) Full Time

Rochester, Kent
Oasis Restore

Are you a qualified secondary teacher, driven by a purpose to transform the lives of the most vulnerable children?

Do you have a keen interest in developing your knowledge, skills and practice to deliver a second subject?

Do you see relationships as fundamental to your work with children, families, and the wider community?

Do you want to be a part of an innovative and courageous team developing the UK’s first secure school?

We are offering an exciting opportunity for teachers to join the team in contributing to and delivering an outstanding curriculum at the UK’s first secure school. We are recruiting for the following subjects:

• English
• P.E and Sport
• Mathematics
• Construction
• Art
• P SHE
• IT
• Design and Technology
• Music
• Hair and Beauty
• Hospitality and Catering
• Media
• Performance
• Literacy
• Numeracy

We are offering an exciting opportunity for teachers to join the team in contributing to and delivering an outstanding curriculum at the UK’s first secure school.

Oasis Restore represents a revolution in youth justice: an opportunity for children within the criminal justice system to experience a truly restorative environment, that creates the potential for them to thrive in the future. You will be key to delivering a curriculum that provides nurturing, therapeutic and educational community that embeds hope, stability, and opportunity for children in our care. Come and develop your career within an organisation dedicated to transforming lives.

The role and what we are looking for

Your role as a teacher will be integral to the progress of all children at Oasis Restore, to deliver aspirational educational outcomes. You will be responsible for outstanding teaching that develops curious and dedicated learners and meets their individual needs and interests. You will have the opportunity to teach a second subject area, developing your own practice with the necessary support to deliver consistently outstanding teaching. You will launch and continuously contribute to a creative curriculum underpinned by progressive pedagogies, in line with the national curriculum, setting a true gold standard for learning.

You will be an integral part of a passionate, committed, and ground-breaking multidisciplinary team, working integratively towards improving the outcomes for children so often overlooked. Together, we will devise strategies to empower children to take ownership of their own learning journeys, so preparing them for successful transitions into the next phase of their journey. You will teach class sizes of 5 children, with the support of two additional staff to tailor learning support to each student.

As a champion of restorative practice, you will place relational connection at the heart of everything you do. Your work will be the driving force that enables children to transition out of Oasis Restore with the support in place for them to succeed in the next step of their journeys.

Our Secure School

Oasis Restore is the UK’s first secure school that is a proof-of-concept policy initiative funded by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and the Youth Custody Service. Oasis Restore’s mission is to transform the life chances of children aged 12-18 years in the criminal justice system through delivering psychologically informed, integrated practice that centres on trusted, safe relationships between staff and children. Oasis Restore is a learning community that embeds hope, stability, and opportunity for children beyond the secure school. To read more about us please visit our website via the button below.

Benefits to Staff

As a newly established subsidiary of the Oasis Charitable Trust, you enjoy the benefit of being part of a national organisation that aims to support all staff to reach their full potential and a once in a lifetime opportunity to create, develop and grow a new collaborative and innovative values-based organisation.

• Class sizes of approximately 5 children, with 2 additional support staff
• A minimum of 15% planning, preparation, and assessment time (PPA)
• Reduced teacher workload, exams and at home marking expectation
• Experience an Appraisal policy that decouples pay and performance.
• Subject to meeting basic eligibility criteria, be entitled to up to 8 weeks full-pay and 18 weeks half-pay paid maternity/adoption/shared parental leave.
• Subject to meeting basic eligibility criteria be entitled to up to 3 weeks fully paid paternity leave.
• Have a structured and bespoke induction training plan plus a training offer bespoke to our context leading to a level 4 qualification in the therapeutic care of adolescents.
• Up to 5 days discretionary paid compassionate/emergency/general leave plus further discretionary unpaid leave
• Access to an eye care vouchers, season Ticket Loans, cycle to work and free car parking.
• 40 days annual leave including bank holidays.

Download the Application pack from our website for staff working patterns, benefits and information about the role.

Location: Until the building work on the school is complete, the post holder will benefit from hybrid working between home and the Oasis London offices with some visits to the secure school location. Thereafter, the role will be located at the Oasis Restore secure school in Rochester, Medway, Kent.

What are you waiting for? Apply today!

Closing Date: Monday 17th April 2023 8am

Interview Dates: Wednesday 19th April, Friday 21st April and Wednesday 26th April

(We will shortlist as suitable applications arrive, apply today)