Principal
Craig-y-Parc School
Wales
- Expired
- Salary:
- Circa £65k
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 30 July 2014
Job overview
Craig y Parc is more than just a leading independent school. We offer students with complex needs not just education, but personalised care, support and self-belief. Now, with the right leadership, we have a chance to raise our standards to the very highest level - and leave a legacy for generations.
About the role
Our school is already Centre of Excellence for Mobility Opportunities Via Education, and the latest Estyn report has highlighted outstanding features. Your direction will be pivotal in developing the principles, practices and services that will set us apart still further - always offering dignity, courtesy, care and support.
You will lead all our strategic planning, budgeting, site and resourcing issues, managing four senior leaders and a budget of around £3m. You will act as a powerful figurehead for the school, working positively with the Governing Body and building strong relationships with all stakeholders - from parents and carers through to statutory purchasers and placing authorities. You will also set the tone: shaping a culture of collaboration, commitment and high standards.
About you
A natural leader and proven manager, you will bring (along with your teaching qualification) senior management experience, in-depth knowledge of Social Care management and experience in a residential school. You will have a flair for development, an eye for figures - and the desire to be more than just an education provider.
About Scope
Scope exists to make this country a place where disabled people have the same opportunities as everyone else. Until then, we'll be here. We provide support, information and advice to more than a quarter of a million disabled people and their families every year. We raise awareness of the issues that matter. And with your support, we'll keep driving change across society until this country is great for everyone.
We are committed to equal opportunities, and particularly welcome applications from disabled people and guarantee interviews to suitably qualified disabled applicants. Successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check for regulated activity.
For more information and to apply please visit www.scope.org.uk/jobs
Closing date: 30 July 2014.
Interviews will take place in early September.
Craig y Parc School near Cardiff
About Craig-y-Parc School
- Craig-y-Parc School
- Heol Y Parc, Pentyrch, Cardiff
- South Glamorgan
- CF15 9NB
- United Kingdom
Craig y Parc residential school, Cardiff
Established in 1955, Craig y Parc has a reputation for helping our students to realise their educational and personal potential. We’re more than just a school and go further than just providing education.
A centre of excellence
We were rated as good with outstanding features in the last Estyn report – their highest rating. Craig y Parc is also a Centre of Excellence for Mobility Opportunities Via Education (MOVE). This programme enables children with physical impairments and / or complex needs to improve their skills in independent sitting, standing, walking and transferring whilst working on their own personal and functional goals to reach their potential.
What we offer
We offer flexible placements (day, termly and 52 weeks) to children and young people, aged three to nineteen years old, with complex support needs, including physical and sensory impairments, and severe or profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD).
Our approach
All our students are individuals with their own family background and interests. We’re committed to working with them and parents and carers, in partnership with local authorities, other agencies and local communities, to promote and safeguard students’ welfare and educational development.
All of our staff work in a trans-disciplinary approach, specifically designed to support students with complex support needs. As well as a class group teacher and learning support assistant, every student has access to a key team. This includes a physiotherapist, a speech and language therapist, a nurse and social care staff. Each student who has a placement at Craig y Parc has a keyworker, who coordinates and oversees their care support plan and liaises with family and carers.
Facilities
Our extensive and accessible site includes raised activity and sensory based walkways with colourful, imaginative and sensory gardens. Indoors we have well equipped classrooms and multi-sensory spaces, an IT suite for group ICT work, a hydrotherapy pool and rebound therapy facilities.
All our classrooms have interactive whiteboards and other specialist Assistive Technology equipment and software. This creates an engaging environment through multi-sensory, hands-on learning.
Leisure activities
Evenings and weekends offer residential and respite students valuable time for relaxation and opportunities for a variety of leisure experiences, both scheduled and spontaneous. Each young person is encouraged and supported to find out what they enjoy. These activities are fundamental to our work in supporting them to develop their identity and self-esteem.
Residential care staff work with the students in the evening and at weekends promoting self-help and communication skills, while developing leisure interests and social skills – both onsite and in the local community.
In addition, the school has its own fleet of adapted vehicles to access community and leisure facilities in the surrounding area.
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