Sen - Teaching Assistant - Pilning, United Kingdom - Reed Education

Reed Education

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Pilning, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Position:
SEN Teaching Assistant Level - 2

Location:
Pilning

Pay:
£ £11.60 per hour, £17, £24,120,00

Type of role:
Permanent

Reed Education are delighted to be recruiting for Aurora Hedgeway, dynamic and inspiring provision for children and young people aged 7-19 with a primary or secondary diagnosis of Autism and related social and communication needs.

The main purpose of the role:

The purpose of the Teaching Assistant is to support the 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 supportingwith care needs from time to time as well as positive behaviour management adopting a tailored approach to the individual child.

Key Duties:

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.
To promote and encourage independence and personal development in pupils and maintain high expectations of behaviour at all times.
To 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.
Support the Class Teacher in all areas of the day to day running of the class.
To respond to the varying and changing needs of the school and adapt to any task presented to achieve the smooth running of the school.
To promote pupils' cognitive, social, emotional, behavioural, physical development and spiritual wellbeing.
Demonstrate a proven ability to work collaboratively within a multiprofessional team.
Under the guidance of a more senior TA or a teacher, ensure all documentation is completed correctly for records of incidents, health, behaviour etc. as necessary.

Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.

Skills/Experience:

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
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
L3 award in supporting teaching and learning in schools or equivalent (desirable)
Previous experience (at least one year) of working as a L2 qualified or equivalent TA (desirable)

What they can offer:

Full training and continued support
Opportunity to gain qualifications, which will be funded by us
Life assurance and pension
Health cash back plan
Car lease scheme
Bike to work scheme
Perk box
Free parking

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