Teaching Assistant

Outcomes First Group; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company, Outcomes First Group, seeks Teaching Assistants for their new Options Autism School in Luton. This school supports children with autism and complex needs, providing a rewarding opportunity to make a significant impact in young lives. The role includes preparing learning materials and engaging with pupils to foster their development, within a permanent, term-time position starting September 2025. Excellent benefits and a supportive environment are emphasized.

Benefits

Life Assurance

Pension scheme with options to increase contributions

Mental health and physical health checks

Flexible Benefits Platform

Discount options for health and wellbeing

Cycle to Work Scheme

Electric Car Purchase Scheme

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Paid fertility treatment support

Qualifications

• Passion for working with children with complex needs.
• Ability to guide learning for pupils with autism.
• Experience in preparing learning materials and running classroom activities.

Responsibilities

• Support pupils with autism and complex needs in their learning.
• Prepare learning materials and engage with children during classroom activities.
• Help pupils develop emotionally and physically.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Adaptability

Job description

At OFG, we work smarter so you can spend more time doing what makes you happy!

4DWW will be rolled out within our school, when we have a full complement of staff, and within the next year - so there's never been a more exciting time to join us !

We are looking for Teaching Assistants to join our new Options Autism School - Claystone School in Luton. Bedfordshire. The school will have capacity for 48 pupils ages 4-11 years old and recently opened January 2025.

Our New Options School will cater for pupils who have ASC and Complex Needs.

• Salary: GBP21,000 per annum (not pro rata)
• Hours: 37.5 hours per week; Monday to Friday
• Contract: Permanent, Term Time only
• Start: September 2025

About the role

The ideal candidate will have a passion for working with complex young people who have needs including neurodiversity, communication and sensory difficulties and associated complex needs who are keen to help us develop our nurturing approach towards helping our young people achieve successful outcomes.

As a Teaching Assistant, you will connect directly with the brilliant pupils and young people we care for, helping to make sure they get the very best from their education. Each individual has a diagnosis of Autism and may have additional needs. They have so much potential, and they will rely on you to guide their learning journeys bespoke to them.

You will help prepare learning materials and run classroom activities, with plenty of hands-on experience and some supervision too. You will take responsibility for their emotional and physical needs, supporting them to develop as individuals and engage with the world.

You will face challenges and overcome them as you flourish and thrive, sharing your skills and learning from others as your career takes you as high as you always dreamed you could go.

Every day will be different, but you will have all the support you need, with lots of skills and experience to draw on along with valuable advice and guidance too.

About the school

Our new Options Autism School - Claystone School in Luton, Bedfordshire opened January 2025 and will have capacity for 48 pupils ages 4-11 years old and will cater for pupils who have ASC and Complex Needs.

For over 16 years Options Autism have provided care and education to pupils, young people and adults with autism, complex needs and learning difficulties. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a 'Great Place to Work' for the fifth year running.

Why join Options Autism?

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you'll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• "Your Wellbeing Matters" - access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that's right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100's of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover
• Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support.

And that's not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you'll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.