Teaching Assistant in Newly Developed School

Protocol Education Limited; London Borough of Croydon; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

PD & Team Teach

Supportive team

PAYE employment

Job summary

Protocol Education is recruiting a Teaching Assistant for a specialist school in Croydon. You’ll provide one-to-one support to pupils with a range of needs, including autism and speech and language difficulties, within small class settings.

You’ll work across early years to secondary, supporting activities from music and art to PE and swimming, while helping learners develop communication, social and coordination skills.

Qualifications

• Passionate about helping children and young people learn.
• Patient, positive and encouraging.
• Strong communicators who can build trusting relationships.
• Able to motivate pupils and support them to join in and develop.
• Previous experience is welcome, but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-to-one support within small classes.
• Support pupils across early years, primary or secondary age groups.
• Assist in lessons and activities such as music, art, PE, cooking and swimming.
• Collaborate with school therapy teams, including speech and language therapy and on-site canine-assisted therapy.

Job description

Looking for a role where no two days are the same and you can help young people build skills for life?

Protocol Education is recruiting Teaching Assistants for a specialist school in Croydon. The role involves supporting pupils with a range of needs, including autism, speech and language difficulties, and cognitive difficulties.

You’ll provide one-to-one support while working as part of a small class team. Pupils are taught in classes of around six to eight, and you may support learners across early years, primary or secondary age groups.

Learning takes place through a varied programme of activities. You could support pupils in lessons such as music, art, PE and cooking, as well as activities including swimming. You’ll help pupils develop communication, vocabulary, social and coordination skills, and have opportunities to work alongside the school’s therapy teams, including speech and language therapy and on‑site canine‑assisted therapy.

The role

• Full-time, Monday to Friday
• Hours: 8:30am to 4:15pm
• Based in Croydon, with good transport links
• Long-term opportunity
• One-to-one support within small classes
• A varied role supporting pupils of different ages
• Training available during the role

We’re looking for people who are

• Passionate about helping children and young people learn
• Patient, positive and encouraging
• Strong communicators who can build trusting relationships
• Able to motivate pupils and support them to join in and develop

Previous experience is welcome, but not essential. We’re keen to hear from people who have a genuine interest in supporting pupils with special educational needs and the right qualities for the role.

What Protocol Education offers

• Competitive pay
• Free ongoing professional development, including Team Teach and webinars
• Friendly, honest support from a dedicated team
• PAYE employment, with no umbrella company deductions

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.
All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance 'Keeping Children Safe in Education', this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.

We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.
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