Teaching Assistant

Positive Futures Recruitment Ltd; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full training and continued support

Funding Level 3 diploma

Life assurance

Pension plan

Perk Box

Bike to work

Job summary

Positive Futures Recruitment Ltd is seeking Teaching Assistants for a specialist school in Meldreth, supporting learners with complex needs including PMLD and autism. You will work across classrooms, local environments and community settings to help students learn and progress.

The role offers full-time hours (40 per week, term-time only) with full training provided, funded Level 3 diploma opportunities, life assurance, pension and perks.

Qualifications

• Must hold at least Level 2 Maths and English (or equivalent).
• Willing to work towards formal qualifications with funded training.
• Passionate and compassionate about children with additional needs.
• Ambitious and determined to help learners overcome barriers to learning.
• Outdoor and community learning interest valued.
• Vision to see potential, not disability.

Responsibilities

• Be crucial in supporting students’ learning, development and progress across a range of settings.
• Help learners with needs including PMLD and autism to achieve goals.
• Support an environment that promotes equality, diversity and respect for all learners.
• Place emphasis on support and empowerment of young people.
• Demonstrate the school’s safeguarding values in all aspects of the role.
• Provide high quality support across activities, curriculum and community contexts.
• Role may include participation in physical intervention and personal care routines.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Safeguarding

Compassion

Creativity

Education

Level 2 Maths

Level 2 English

Job description

Job Title

Teaching Assistant - Specialist School

Location

Meldreth, Cambridgeshire/ Hertfordshire

Salary

£22,996 to £25,068 (Actual annual salary, dependent on experience and qualifications)

Hourly Rate

£12.87 to £14.03 p/hr

Hours

Full time - 40 hrs per week, Mon - Fri. Term time only

We are currently seeking Teaching Assistants to join a specialist school supporting complex learning difficulties, often associated with profound physical disabilities and/or medical needs based in Meldreth.

The role

• Be crucial in supporting students with their learning, development and progress in all areas of the curriculum within a range of learning contexts including the classroom, the local environment and within the community
• Help young people with a range of needs, including PMLD, complex medical conditions and autism to achieve their educational and personal goals
• Support an environment that fosters equality, diversity and the rights of all young people to be seen as learners and be treated with respect
• Place an emphasis on support and empowerment of young people
• Develop a greater understanding of Special Education issues; the values of Aurora and demonstrate these in all aspects of the role
• Provide high quality support in all aspects of the role
• The role may require participation in physical intervention and personal care routines

Experience /Qualifications

• You must hold at least level 2 / C grade (or equivalent) Maths and English
• Willing and able to work towards getting formal qualifications, attend training and to take responsibility for your own development - All fully funded by us
• Passionate and show compassion for children and young people with additional needs
• Ambitious and determined to overcome barriers to learning
• A lover of the outdoor and community learning
• Capable of having a vision to see potential rather than disability
• Committed fully to our safeguarding values and procedures
• Proactive, rather than reactive
• Creative thinkers with solution focus
• Able to work supportively as a team member and confidentially when working independently, within a range of settings
• Excellent communication skills, particularly in relation to our students communication needs
• Able to understand and deliver effective education and support in line with identified needs

Benefits

• Full training and continued support
• Opportunity to study the Level 3 diploma for Teaching Assistants or further qualifications which will be funded by the school
• Being part of an accredited highly skilled specialist team
• Being part of a growing team with shared values and vision
• Opportunities for meaningful career development
• Fully funded training and qualifications
• Life assurance
• Pension plan
• Perk Box- offering high street discounts
• Employee assistance programme
• Bike to work scheme
• Car lease scheme