Teaching Assistant

CareTech Group; Blandford Forum; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Join CareTech Group as a Teaching Assistant at The Forum School, where you'll support students' learning and development in a nurturing environment while benefiting from dedicated training and mentorship. This role is ideal for those looking to make a difference in young people's lives, with support available throughout your journey.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Autism and/or Special Educational Needs required but experience not essential.
• Ability to work flexibly in relation to tasks undertaken.

Responsibilities

• Support students in lessons to make progress.
• Assist teachers in the preparation of work.
• Help students during school and community-based learning.

Skills

Organisation

Communication

Team Player

Job description

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Change a Young Person’s Life – Start you career today with The Cambian Group

Hours ranging from 7am - 4:30pm

The young people we educate and care for come to us with a huge variety of needs and difficulties. Our challenge is to help them build the hope, confidence, knowledge and skills to unlock their potential. From innovative educational experiences to national curriculum programmes, supported by passionate teams of specialists and key workers, we actively enable each young person to achieve their personal best, all in an environment that best suits them.

As a Teaching Assistant and a key part of the dedicated teams we allocate to every child, you’ll have a vital role in helping children learn and develop skills for life. In return, our new and improved training programmes will help you develop your professional skills. And you’ll also learn from some of the most dedicated and inspirational people in our profession and, just like our residents, you will be learning all the time through our ongoing mentoring and support.

Job Profile

As a Teaching Assistant at The Forum School, you will work as part of a team under the direction of a teacher/tutor assisting students to access a specifically designed curriculum through group learning and individual learning programmes.

The main focus of this role will be to:

• Support students to focus and make progress in lessons
• Assist the teacher/tutor in the preparation of work
• Support students during school based and community based learning
• Ensure students make progress in formal learning situations as well as with self-help skills, life skills and social understanding.

Candidate Profile:

• Knowledge of Autism and/or Special Educational Needs
• Well-developed organisation and communication skills
• Ability to work flexibly in relation to tasks undertaken
• Ability to be a good team player

Experience not essential, we will give you all the training and support necessary.

Fully supported 6 month probationary period.

Successful candidates will have to meet the person specification in order to be offered this post. Cambian is committed to Safeguarding and protecting the young people and service users within our care. All candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and reference checks. Cambian is an equal opportunities employer.

Cambian will conduct online searches for shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will be purely based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination a person who will not be on the appointment panel will conduct the search and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.