Are you ready to make a real difference in the lives of young people who need it most?
Are you ready for the next challenge?
We are seeking an exceptional, compassionate, and resilient SEMH Teacher and Targeted Intervention Lead
to join our dedicated team at Kickstart Academy, a dynamic and nurturing Pupil Referral Unit supporting students who have experienced barriers to learning in mainstream education.
Why Join Us?
•Impact lives daily: we help students re-engage with learning, rebuild confidence, and develop essential life skills.
•Be part of a passionate team: work alongside skilled professionals committed to restorative approaches, trauma-informed practice, and inclusive education.
•Every day is different: support students with complex needs in a setting that values creativity, flexibility, and humour.
•Ongoing development: access high-quality training in behaviour support, SEMH, SEND, and de-escalation techniques.
Who are we:
Kickstart Academy is a key stage 4 (years 10 and 11) alternative provision based in Telford and became part of the Learning Community Trust in September 2023.
We provide learning programmes for 60 students who are referred from within the Telford and Wrekin area. This referral takes place through the well-established Fair Access Process (FAP), due to behaviour concerns, being at risk of permanent exclusion, or those that are permanently excluded from school.
We pride ourselves in supporting students with a wide range of special educational needs, including SEMH difficulties, language and learning needs and neurodevelopmental conditions, such as ASC and ADHD. The support students receive from the academy is intended to support our students to return to mainstream education. Where this is not viable, students remain with us, and we look to achieve the best possible outcomes for them.
Our ethos at Kickstart is for students to learn and develop as a young person in the most positive way possible, we pride ourselves on giving students the opportunity to better themselves.
What’s included:
•Permanent contract.
•Full time Monday to Friday
•Main Pay Scale 1-6
•Continuing Professional Development
•Local Authority/Teachers’ Pension Scheme
This is more than a job – it’s a calling. If you’re an outstanding practitioner ready to inspire, support, and champion young people who need a second chance, we’d love to hear from you.
If you have been interested in this advert but are not sure if your skills meet the requirements, please get in touch. Transferrable skills are highly valuable, particularly if you have lived experience of working in high pressured environments where you have worked collaboratively to reach a positive outcome for young people.
Visits are warmly welcomed. To arrange a visit or request more information, please contact Dawn Rogers on 01952 951413 or email dawn.rogers@lct.education.
Please send completed applications to: dawn.rogers@lct.education.
