Teaching Assistant

Aspris; Hinckley; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A specialist education provider in Hinckley is seeking a committed Teaching Assistant to support students with autism and other needs. The successful candidate will assist the class teacher, enhance student learning, and transport students as necessary. Strong interpersonal skills and experience in an SEN setting are essential. Benefits include a comprehensive induction and training, pension scheme, and wellbeing support.

Benefits

Exclusive access to reward and discount scheme

Comprehensive induction

Commitment to ongoing training

Pension scheme

Paid for enhanced DBS

Wellbeing support

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience working in an SEN setting with young people on the autistic spectrum.
• Ability to communicate in an engaging manner with students.
• Desire to learn and develop skills in the role.

Responsibilities

• Assist the class teacher with student work and classroom support.
• Escort students to and from college and during community visits.
• Support pupil behavior and build good relationships with students.

Skills

Knowledge of autism

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Ability to work in a team

Resilience

Compassion

Job description

Progression House School is recruiting for a Teaching Assistant to join our Education team now!

We are looking for versatile, resilient and committed Teaching Assistants, who can adapt their practice wherever necessary to support across all key stages. The successful candidate will work alongside the class teacher, assisting the students with their work, escorting them to / from their college, support with pupil behaviour whilst establishing good relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and responding to individual needs.

Our benefits include exclusive access to reward and discount scheme, comprehensive induction, commitment to your ongoing training and career progression, pension scheme, paid for enhanced DBS, wellbeing support, cycle to work scheme and more!

Progression House School provides specialist education for young people aged 16+ with autism, ADHD, PDA and cooccurring mental health diagnosis. Pupils may also have challenging behaviour as a result of their communication difficulties and a lack of social understanding.

The following skills are essential for this role :

• A good knowledge of autism with experience of working within an SEN setting, ideally with a similar age group on the autistic spectrum.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate with our young people in an engaging way in order to maximise their learning.
• Highly organised and adaptable, with an enthusiastic and proactive approach.
• The desire to learn new skills and develop your role to build on your own strengths.
• High levels of resilience and compassion.
• Ability to work well as part of a team but also on own initiative.
• Knowledge of PBS and / or Team Teach approaches are desirable.

A full, clean driving licence is essential, as part of your role will involve transporting students both to and from their college, and also on educational visits in the community.

If you share our passion for high aspiration and achievement for all, we look forward to receiving your application.