Teaching Assistant

TES FE News; Luton; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading education provider seeks Teaching Assistants for a new Options Autism School in Luton, opening January 2025. The role focuses on supporting students with autism and complex needs, engaging them in a nurturing learning environment. Candidates should possess a strong passion for education and support, contributing positively to the students' developmental journeys.

Benefits

Life Assurance

Pension scheme with options to increase contributions

Mental health support and health checks

Cycle to Work Schemes

Electric Car Purchase Scheme

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Qualifications

• Keen to develop nurturing approaches for young people with complex needs.
• Ability to prepare learning materials and run classroom activities.

Responsibilities

• Support pupils’ emotional and physical needs.
• Guide learning journeys tailored to individual needs.
• Ensure optimum educational outcomes.
• Connect directly with pupils in classroom settings.

Skills

Passion for working with neurodiverse individuals

Emotional support

Communication skills

Job description

Job Overview

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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 aged 4-11 years old and is scheduled to open in January 2025.

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

• Salary: £21,000 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. You should be keen to help develop our nurturing approach to help our young people achieve successful outcomes.

As a Teaching Assistant, you will connect directly with pupils and young people, helping to ensure they get the best from their education. Each individual has a diagnosis of Autism and may have additional needs. They have much potential, and you will guide their learning journeys bespoke to their needs.

You will help prepare learning materials, run classroom activities, and support their emotional and physical needs, helping them develop as individuals and engage with the world.

Every day will be different, but you will have support, skills, and guidance to help you thrive and grow in your career.

About The School

Our new Options Autism School - Claystone School in Luton, Bedfordshire, opened in January 2025, with capacity for 48 pupils aged 4-11 years old, catering for pupils with ASC and Complex Needs.

Options Autism has over 16 years of experience providing care and education for individuals with autism, complex needs, and learning difficulties. As part of Outcomes First Group, we lead the sector in innovative approaches that deliver measurable outcomes.

In 2024, Outcomes First Group was certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth consecutive year.

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important, and you will receive an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to mental health support and health checks

Our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, allows you to choose benefits such as:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• Discount options in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover
• Family Growth Support, including enhanced maternity and paternity leave and paid fertility treatment

Every day, knowing your role positively impacts others, and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils. All applicants will undergo social media checks and a fully enhanced DBS.

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