PERM SEN TEACHER ASSISTANT

Location: Wolverhampton

Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent

Hours: 40 hours per week, Term Time only

Salary: £12.37 p/hr - £13.49 p/hr depending on experience and qualifications

School in Wolverhampton will offer a bespoke education provision for up to 80 pupils aged 5-19 who have ASC/SEMH needs. The curriculum is creative and personalised for the pupils to ensure that we provide them with the best opportunities to succeed.

The building has been being redeveloped, and work has been done to design the look and feel of the school to ensure it fulfils its potential of being an amazing learning environment with facilities to allow students to access a varied curriculum in a calm and nurturing environment with a team that strives to give every student the confidence and opportunities to achieve.

The Headteacher is looking for fun, passionate, dedicated, and driven staff to help support her vision for the pupils and the school environment. She is committed to offering a truly unique workplace environment, embedded with a supportive culture, positive ethos, strong teamwork, and personal drive, with further career opportunities as both the school and Aurora, as a company, grows.

The Role / Key duties:

• As our new Teaching Assistant, your role is to support our children with their learning and general wellbeing to ensure every child has the best opportunity to reach their full potential in a caring and safe environment.
• Where necessary this may include supporting with care needs from time to time as well as positive behaviour management, adopting a tailored approach to the individual child.
• You will be expected to establish a warm, caring and supportive relationship with pupils in order to support them feeling safe and enabling them to enjoy and learn during their time at the School, and to promote and encourage independence and personal development in pupils while maintaining high expectations of behaviour at all times.
• You will support the class teacher and contribute to providing high quality, challenging and differentiated educational activities and experiences through supporting the teaching of a broad and balanced curriculum aiming at pupils achieving their full potential in all areas of learning.
• Working 1:1 with students or in small groups (3-4) to deliver personalised learning.
• Like many SEN environments; your duties are likely to vary and therefore candidates will need to be flexible and be able to lend a hand whenever required. Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.

Successful candidates are likely to demonstrate:

• Experience working with SEN in an employed or voluntary setting??
• GCSE Maths and English Level 3 or above qualification is essential.?
• A recognised qualification at Level 2 or above in Support work for Teaching and Learning in Schools or an equivalent?is desirable???
• Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures.?
• Ability to adapt
• The desire to put the child first and treat them as an individual?
• Be positive and creative in assisting to meet pupils’ individual needs?
• Ability to work 1:1 with students