Teaching Assistant – SEN - The Aurora Group

Overview and Responsibilities

Teaching Assistant - SEN

Location: Effingham, SurreySalary: £12.31 - £13.16 per hour (£21,995.67 - £23,514.45 actual salary dependant on qualifications) Plus £1000 Welcome bonus * Hours: 40 hours per week, Term time only

Aurora Poppyfield School

Due to our continued growth and development we’re looking to recruit a Teaching Assistant to join our team at Poppyfield School.  The successful candidate will be supporting the teacher within the class.

Our autistic students are aged between 11 – 16, they have associated behavioural and communication difficulties. Some pupils may have multiple learning difficulties.

Poppyfield is part of the Aurora group, they share their Principal with Redehall school, but all other staff are specific to each school

To see more about the work that Poppyfield does please follow this link -  https://youtu.be/crpoGrYVnDU If you are viewing this advert on Reed please visit our website directly.  

What’s in it for you? / Why Should You Apply? 

• You want to make a difference in the lives of our students and their families.
• You want to contribute to our broad and creative curriculum offer.
• You want to work with an inspiring student population.
• You enjoy working as part of a collaborative and committed multi-disciplinary team.
• You have a strong commitment to student and staff well-being and want to work in an organisation with the same strong values.
• You want to work within an organisation that support, develops and invests in their staff.

Key duties:

• Take responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils according to the school’s policies, including safeguarding and PREVENT.
• Provide meaningful feedback on pupil behaviour, relationships and attitudes.
• Support positive behaviour and concentration levels of the children and adapt own behaviour and responses to any change or escalations in behaviour of the children.
• Establish a positive relationship with pupils in order to support them in feeling safe and enabling them to enjoy and learn.
• Promote and encourage independence and personal development and maintain high expectations of behaviour at all times and support in the achievement of this.
• Implement, and when appropriate, adjust learning activities as agreed with the teacher. Reinforce learning concepts presented by teachers
• Support learning by arranging/providing resources for lessons/activities under the direction of the teacher.
• Implement learning activities and experiences, appropriate to the class group, by supporting the delivery of a broad and balanced curriculum aiming at pupils achieving their full potential in all areas of learning. Pupils Attainment and Progress

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, for a full job description please contact Liz from the recruitment team: liz.hudson@the-aurora-group.com  

Skills and Qualifications

Successful candidates are likely to demonstrate:

• Experience working with SEN in an employed or voluntary setting   
• A recognised qualification at Level 2 or above in Support work for Teaching and Learning in Schools or an equivalent is desirable    
• GCSE Maths and English Language qualification minimum Grade 4 or equivalent is essential.
• Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures.  
• Knowledge or experience of pupils with SEN or SEMH/ASD  
• Ability to provide consistent support to our children
• The desire to put the child first and treat them as an individual  
• Be positive and creative in assisting to meet pupils’ individual needs 
• Be able to take part in the schools behaviour support approach, including physical intervention (accredited Team Teach) where necessary and always as a last resort.
• Ability to complete reports in a timely and accurate manner

Benefits and Additional Information

Be part of our successful team and also benefit from a generous package that includes:

• Life assurance and Pension
• * Welcome bonus is payable in 2 payments - 50% following successful completion of probation and 50% after one year service 
• Perkbox - offering high street discounts.
• Employee assistance programme
• Car lease scheme
• Fully funded training and qualifications
• Bike to work scheme.
• Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.

How to apply:

To apply please complete our online application form.  For a copy of the job description please contact Liz at liz.hudson@the-aurora-group.com

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.