Specialist Teaching Assistant

Ambitious about Autism; City Of London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff discount

Blue Light Card

Job summary

Ambitious about Autism is seeking a Specialist Teaching Assistant to join TreeHouse School in Muswell Hill, North London. This Ofsted Outstanding setting requires patience, empathy and resilience to support autistic pupils on a 1:1 basis.

You will work term-time with pay across 52 weeks, with a 8.45am–4.35pm schedule and progression opportunities in SEND. The role involves helping with behaviour, personal care, communication and learning, and taking part in community activities.

Qualifications

• Patient, empathetic and resilient STA for TreeHouse School.
• Role involves 1:1 support with autistic pupils.
• Commitment to safeguarding and inclusive practice.

Responsibilities

• Responding to distressed behaviours with patient, supportive care
• Supporting pupils with personal care
• Access learning and participate in classroom activities
• Developing communication, confidence and independence
• Celebrating progress, big or small
• Participating in community activities (swimming, skiing, horse riding)
• Helping pupils feel safe, understood and proud
• Term-time only role with pay across 52 weeks
• CPD training and development on joining
• Be part of a warm, collaborative team
• Opportunities for progression in SEND
• Work for a national charity with a clear mission
• Varied, meaningful work with real impact
• Access to staff discounts including Blue Light Card

Skills

Patience

Empathy

Resilience

1:1 support

SEND experience

Job description

Specialist Teaching Assistant – Autism / SEND

We are Ambitious about Autism, a national charity with a clear goal: to create a world where autistic children and young people are heard, included and supported.

We are looking for patient, empathetic and resilient STA's to join our Ofsted “Outstanding” TreeHouse School in Muswell Hill.

• Full time, permanent (term time only)
• Hours: 8.45am – 4.35pm (4pm finish on a Friday)
• Salary: £27,770 to £28,005 per annum
• Location: Muswell Hill, North London (N10 3JA)
• Start date: November 2026 (can be flexibledepending on notice periods)

The role:

This is a role where no two days are ever the same! Some days can be very challenging, but they can also be incredibly rewarding. As a STA, you will be working on a 1:1 basis with our autistic pupils and assisting them with:

• Responding to behaviours of distress with patient and supportive care
• Supporting pupils with personal care
• Access learning
• Developing communication, confidence and independence
• Celebrate progress - however big or small
• Take part incommunity based activities like swimming, skiing and horse riding
• Helping our pupils feel safe, understood and proud of themselves
• This is a term time only role (yet you are paid across 52 weeks!)
• You will be placed on a training programme when you join the role with continued CPD
• Be part of a warm, supportive and collaborative team
• Progression opportunities to grow your career in SEND
• Be part of a national charity with a clear mission and shared values
• Varied, meaningful work with real impact
• Access to staff discount schemes, including Blue Light Card eligibility

Ambitious About Autism is committed to fostering equity, diversity, and inclusion at every level of our organisation. We warmly welcome applications from all qualified candidates, valuing the diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives they bring. We encourage applications from individuals regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or parental status, disability, or age.

Our recruitment process promotes equal opportunities, and we are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for candidates with disabilities or additional needs throughout the recruitment process. Please contact our Recruitment Team for accommodations. We recognise disability as a physical or mental impairment that significantly and long-term affects a person's ability to perform day-to-day activities, as defined by the UK Equality Act 2010. All applications will be considered solely on merit, aligned with our mission to support autistic children and young people.

Ambitious About Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. As part of our Safer Recruitment checks, an online search may be carried out in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

The safeguarding responsibilities of the post are as per the job description and person specification.
Whether the post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2021. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS Filter Guidance.

£27,770 to £28,005 per annum (based on experience)