Teaching Assistant - No Experience Necessary

Overview And Responsibilities

Location:?Cranborne, Dorset

Hourly Rate:£11.00 - £12.00 per hour

Annual Salary: £19,654.80 - £21,441.60 actual salary

Hours: 40 hours per week, Term time only

At Aurora Beeches in Cranbourne, we believe in giving young people, ages 11-16, the tools and opportunities to create the lives they want for themselves. With high-quality teaching, an excellent level of individual support and a range of expert-led, integrated therapy, we support all our young people with a range of needs including Autism and other associated conditions. We can take advantage of our beautiful setting to inspire and create fun experiences to enhance learning and progress.

The role of a Teaching Assistant is essential to the support and development of our young people being successful and achieving in a safe and caring learning environment.

Positive role modelling and flexibility is key in this role, including 1:1 support in both an academic and vocational setting such as Bushcraft, animal care and life skills.

Key Duties

• Taking responsibility for Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our young people at all times
• Implementing and supporting positive behaviour throughout the school, adapting own behaviour and responses when required to meet individual needs.
• Supporting our young people to identify, meet and exceed their Education and Healthcare plan targets.
• Working alongside the teaching staff to support learning and provide further explanation to young people where needed.
• Ensuring all accidents, incidents, or health & safety documentation is accurately recorded as per the school’s policies.
• Assisting our young people in attending a wide range of group activities, ensuring that choices are respected, with appropriate social interactions and friendships encouraged.

For the full job description, please contact Adele from the recruitment team

Skills And Qualifications

Whilst previous experience isn’t essential; the ability and desire to build a professional & trusted relationship with our young people is.

Successful Candidates Are Likely To Demonstrate

• A desire to put young people first and treat them as individuals.
• Able to work collaboratively with good interpersonal skills.
• Able to work within the parameters of the physical demands of the job role.
• Able to be positive and creative in meeting the needs of young people and enhancing their outcomes.
• The ability to manage a range of approaches to behaviour, including managing behaviours that challenge.
• Good numeracy, literacy and ICT skills.

Qualifications

• GCSE English and Maths qualification - minimum grade 4 or equivalent is beneficial

Benefits And Additional Information

What’s on offer?

• Regular staff wellbeing events
• Opportunity to gain qualifications, which will be funded by us!
• Full training and continued support
• Amazing opportunity to work in a stunning setting with grade 2 listed gardens
• Being part of a supportive and friendly team
• Life assurance and pension
• Free parking
• Bike to work scheme
• Perk box
• Free homemade lunches with a range of options
• Car lease scheme
• Health cash back plan

Apply/Enquiries

If you are interested in this role, then please apply on-line and complete our application form. For more information on this position please contact /? ?

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

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.

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

#Reed FTE: £22880 - £24690