Learning Coach (ASD Specialism)

The Methodist Church in Britain; City Of London; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprentices

Staff development

More pay, more time and more support

Job summary

The John Roan School is recruiting a Learning Coach with an autism specialism to support individual pupils and groups, reporting to the Assistant Principal and SENDCO with a strong focus on inclusion.

Working 37.5 hours per week across 39 weeks per year, you will join a supportive academy team, fostering pupils’ safety, development and self-esteem, and you may pursue a Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship with commitment to staff development.

Qualifications

• Enhanced DBS check required.
• Right to work in the UK required.
• Experience supporting children with special educational needs, particularly autism.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a team under the Principal’s direction.
• Undertake activities with individual children or groups to ensure safety and support development.
• Build supportive relationships with children and their parents.
• Encourage inclusion of pupils with SEN, with a focus on autism.
• Promote and help build pupils' self-esteem.

Skills

Autism support

Teamwork

Pupil welfare

Parent communication

Job description

The John Roan School, a secondary school in the United Learning group, is recruiting a Learning Coach with an autism specialism. The post reports to the Assistant Principal and SENDCO and centres on supporting individual pupils and groups, with a focus on including children with special educational needs, particularly autism. It runs for 37.5 hours a week over 39 weeks a year. Candidates need an enhanced DBS check and the right to work in the UK, as visa sponsorship is not available.

What the job involves

• Work as part of a team in the academy under the general direction of the Principal
• Undertake activities with individual children or groups to ensure their safety and support their physical, emotional and educational development
• Build supportive relationships with children and their parents
• Encourage acceptance and inclusion of children with special educational needs, with a particular focus on pupils with autism
• Promote and help build pupils' self-esteem

Checks & eligibility

• Enhanced DBS check
• Right to work in the UK

What's offered

• Support to gain the Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship where not already held
• Commitment to staff development
• School's stated offer of more pay, more time and more support