SEN Teaching Assistant - No experience necessary

Overview and Responsibilities

Teaching Assistant - Aurora Severnside School

Location: Berkeley, Gloucestershire

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

Hourly Rate: £12.87 to £14.03 p/hr 

Plus £1000 Welcome bonus*

Hours: 40 hours per week

Contract: 6 Month fixed term contract - term time only

Aurora Severnside is a bespoke school for 11-16 year olds with SEMH needs, having taken the best elements of a mainstream school and the best elements of a special school to create an environment where young people can achieve their own goals and thrive in a future of their own choosing. We aim to prepare students for life beyond school, so further education and employability is truly at the heart of our culture and ethos.

The main purpose of the role:

The purpose of the Teaching Assistant is to support the 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.

Key duties:

• 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.
• Promote and encourage independence and personal development in pupils and maintain high expectations of behaviour at all times.
• 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.
• Support the Class Teacher in all areas of the day to day running of the class.
• Respond to the varying and changing needs of the school and adapt to any task presented to achieve the smooth running of the school.
• Promote pupils’ cognitive, social, emotional, behavioural, physical development and spiritual well-being.
• Demonstrate a proven ability to work collaboratively within a multi-professional team.
• Under the guidance of a more senior TA or a teacher, ensure all documentation is completed correctly for records of incidents, health, behaviour etc. as necessary.

Skills and Qualifications

Successful candidate qualities:

• Whilst previous experience isn’t essential; the ability and desire to build a professional & trusted relationship with our young people is.
• A GCSE (or equivalent qualification) pass in Maths and English (Essential).
• Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures.
• Commitment to the role, the desire to put the child first and treat them as an individual.
• Be positive and creative in meeting pupils’ needs.

Benefits and Additional Information

• Full training and continued support.
• Opportunity to gain qualifications, which will be funded by us!
• Life assurance and Enhanced pension scheme.
• Health cash back plan.
• Car lease scheme.
• Bike to work scheme.
• Perk box.
• Free parking.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• * Welcome bonus is payable in 2 payments - 50% following successful completion of probation and 50% after one year service.

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.