Teaching Assistant

Call/email Alisdair at School Staffing to get an application form to complete and send back to us.

We'll also send you a full job description with details of this SEN Schools' Group.

They are the sixth-largest provider of specialist educational services in the country, supporting over 900 children and young people, and employing over 1,000 staff.

Teaching Assistant - NEW SEN school

Location: Torton, Kidderminster

Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent, Term time only

Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week 8.30 - 4.30 Monday to Friday

Annual Salary: £20,941.30 - £22,835.30 actual salary

This school is part of a group of 16 SEN schools across the UK .

They are the 6th largest provider of SEN education in the UK

They have an amazing benefits and training scheme.

This new school provides personalised academic and therapeutic support for students aged 5-19 with social, emotional, and mental health needs, including those who face communication and behavioural challenges associated with Autism Spectrum Conditions.

Your Experience & Qualifications:

• Working towards Level 2 award in Support work in schools or an equivalent is desirable
• GCSE Maths and English Level 2/C or above qualification is essential.
• Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures.
• Knowledge or experience of pupils with SEN or SEMH/ASD
• Commitment to the role, the desire to put the child first and treat them as an individual
• Be positive and creative in meeting pupils’ needs

Benefits:

• Full training and continued support
• Opportunity to gain qualifications, which will be funded by us!
• Perkbox subscription
• Life assurance and pension
• Car lease scheme
• Bike to work scheme?
• Free parking?
• Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.

Duties:

• As one of the new Teaching Assistants, your role will be to support children with their learning and general wellbeing to ensure every child has the best opportunity to reach their full potential in a caring and safe environment. Where necessary this may include supporting with care needs from time to time as well as positive behaviour management adopting a tailored approach to the individual child.
• You will be expected to establish a warm, caring and supportive relationship with pupils in order to support them feeling safe and enabling them to enjoy and learn during their time at the School, and to promote and encourage independence and personal development in pupils and maintain high expectations of behaviour at all times.
• You will support the class teacher and contribute to providing high quality, challenging and differentiated educational activities and experiences through supporting the teaching of a broad and balanced curriculum aiming at pupils achieving their full potential in all areas of learning

School Staffing Recruitment Ltd is acting as an employment business for this position.

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and we are therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.

As a result of the volume of applications, If we have not contacted you within two weeks of your application being received, then regretfully your application will not be taken forward on this occasion.