Teaching Assistant

The Methodist Church in Britain; Dawlish; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous leave entitlements

Pension scheme

Health and wellbeing tools

Training and development

Career progression opportunities

Staff support

Job summary

Orchard Manor School is seeking a dedicated Teaching Assistant to support pupils with autism and communication needs. You will help with learning, social and emotional development, often in small groups or one-to-one under teacher guidance.

Role includes outdoor learning, educational visits and supporting pupils with personal care when trained. DBS checks and safeguarding compliance are required.

Qualifications

• Warmth, patience and positivity.
• Genuine passion for supporting children and young people with SEND.

Responsibilities

• Help pupils develop learning, communication and social skills.
• Build positive, nurturing relationships with pupils.
• Work with small groups or individual pupils under teaching staff guidance.
• Help create structured, engaging learning experiences.
• Support pupils with emotional regulation and wellbeing.
• Help keep the learning environment calm, safe and inclusive.
• Support pupils with personal care and medical needs where trained.
• Deliver interventions and therapeutic programmes under guidance.
• Work with teachers, families and wider professionals.
• Support pupils during outdoor learning, enrichment and educational visits.
• Support pupils with communication, sensory, social, emotional and learning needs across the school's pathways

Skills

Warmth, patience and positivity

Genuine passion for supporting SEND

Job description

Teaching Assistant post at Orchard Manor School, a specialist school with residential provision for pupils aged 3 to 19 with autism and communication needs. The work centres on supporting pupils' learning, communication, social development and emotional wellbeing, often in small groups or one-to-one under teachers' guidance. The school sits in woodland grounds, so outdoor learning and educational visits form part of the role. An Enhanced DBS check is required and visa sponsorship is not available.

What the job involves

• Help pupils develop learning, communication and social skills
• Build positive, nurturing relationships with pupils
• Work with small groups or individual pupils under teaching staff guidance
• Help create structured, engaging learning experiences
• Support pupils with emotional regulation and wellbeing
• Help keep the learning environment calm, safe and inclusive
• Support pupils with personal care and medical needs where trained
• Deliver interventions and therapeutic programmes under guidance
• Work with teachers, families and wider professionals
• Support pupils during outdoor learning, enrichment and educational visits
• Support pupils with communication, sensory, social, emotional and learning needs across the school's pathways

Skills & knowledge

• Warmth, patience and positivity
• Genuine passion for supporting children and young people with SEND

Checks & eligibility

• Enhanced DBS check
• Satisfactory references
• Online search of shortlisted candidates, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education

What’s offered

• Generous leave entitlements
• Pension scheme
• Access to health and wellbeing tools
• Training and development
• Career pathways and progression opportunities
• Support for staff at work and outside work