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ABA Assistant
- Immediate Start
- ABA Assistant
- Post 19 Provision
- Wandsworth SEN School
- Friendly School
Are you looking for a fresh challenge?
Do you have an analytical, enquiring and methodical mindset?
Would you be interested in helping young people to live their most fulfilling lives?
Do you want to part of an ABA Assistant team in Wandsworth that delivers real change in the lives of students and the community they come from?
Are you considerate, organised, intuitive resilient, calm and reliable?
Do you have experience engaging with people with any of the following needs:
- Autism
- Communication difficulties
- Complex Learning Needs
Do you have training in any of the following areas:
- ABA
- Team Teach
- Psycholoy
- PECS/Makaton Communication Tools
The ABA Assistant Role
I am seeking an ABA Assistant with experience working with teenagers and young adults who need a bit of extra support to join a fantastic small special school in Wandsworth. The school is for young people aged 19-25 with Autism, Severe Learning Difficulties and Speech Language and Communication Needs.
Through an individualised personal curriculum, the students follow a programme of study that best prepares them for adulthood, focusing on the skills required for independent or supported living, training and employment, health and wellbeing and community participation.By providing just enough support they are preparing their students for their lives after education.
The ABA Assistant role involves supporting a young adult in the Post-19 service and out in the community. Working with a team of Teaching and Learning Mentors, you will provide excellent support using the methods of Behaviour Analysis teaching to an autistic young adult and associated learning difficulties. You will support the Behaviour Analyst and Advanced Skills Practitioner in ensuring the daily needs of the students are met in a professional, competent, safe and fun environment within the Post-19 service. You will need to follow the principles of Behaviour Analysis to enable the students to access learning in a way that allows them to learn new skills at their own pace. Further training on Behaviour Analysis in an adult setting will be given to the successful candidate.
What is Behaviour Analysis?
Practice guided by Behaviour Analysis is a teaching approach that takes the scientific principles of learning and behaviour, and applies them in practice to teach important skills, personalised to an individual.It can also be used to help reduce behaviours that challenge or that limit opportunities by teaching functional alternatives. Behaviour Analysis helps us to understand how learning takes place, and how behaviour can be affected by the environment.
The school uses teaching strategies underpinned by Behaviour Analysis and guided by the science of Applied Behaviour Analysis and Verbal Behaviour, to teach its learners social, communication, academic and daily living skills tailored according to their specific needs.
You will use behaviour analysis to track progress and create positive, fun and motivating educational and learning experiences that make a real difference to your learners' lives. Complex skills are broken down and taught step-by-step including daily living skills, communication, functional academic skills and social skills, to ultimately empower the learners to be as independent as possible, access their local communities and make informed choices about their ideal week.
The School
The school an is an outstanding special school for children and young people with a diagnosis of autism and related speech language and communication needs. You will be based at their Post 19 hub which is in Wandsworth and is well served by public transport links.
The curriculum is highly focused on communication skills and social development, whilst the full breadth of the curriculum including core subjects, the arts and life skills etc. This is all planned, taught and delivered with the development of communication strategies and social skills in mind.
Pupils are working significantly below their age related expectations and need support, guidance and encouragement to tackle fresh challenges. Time for pick up of ideas needs to be built into planning and resources to engage the senses, retain attention and link thematics are important to the delivery of lessons.
This is a school that encourages the creativity of staff and the forging of close bonds between staff and pupils to ensure that their pupils feel relaxed, reassured, valued and heard.
ABA Assistant Benefits
- Genuine invest in your personal development as an ABA pratitioner
- Competitive salary
- Supportive 'hands on' SLT
- Small classes
- Career development pathway - eventually run your own class
Apply today for immediate interviews
Reeson Education:
Reeson Education is the England's Premier Recruitment Agency. Established in 2006 by experienced teachers, education professionals and recruitment specialists, we have built our business and reputation on the cores values of honesty, integrity and excellence.
We care about education and the provision of education and have established an excellent reputation with schools and teachers alike.
At Reeson Education we work closely with a large network of Nurseries, Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and Colleges across the UK. Our client base provides us with an abundance of available daily supply, long term and permanent opportunities across all age groups in all areas of London.
Reeson Education is an Equal Opportunities employer and is committed to the highest standards of safeguarding and the promotion of the welfare of children, young people and adults.
Please note that all daily/hourly rates quoted are inclusive of holiday pay at 12.07%
