Teaching Assistant

Job Locations UK-Worcestershire-Kidderminster
Job ID
2024-5444

Overview and Responsibilities

Teaching Assistant (2:1 Support) – Aurora Wilden View

 

Location: Torton, Kidderminster

Contract Type: Fixed term contract for 6 months, Term time only

Hours: Part-time, 30 hours per week

Hourly Rate: £12.37 - £13.49 per hour 

Annual Salary: £16,577.04 - £18,077.95 actual salary

 

The Aurora Group

 

The Aurora Group is an innovative provider of education and care for children, young people and adults with special educational needs and disabilities.

 

About Aurora Wilden View

 

Are you ready to make a transformative impact in the lives of young people with SEMH needs and associated challenging behaviour linked to Autistic Spectrum Conditions? Do you have the ambition and drive to inspire the next generation who have already experienced a turbulent time prior to joining us? Can you be their stability and their champion? If so, we want you to join our dynamic and collaborative team at Aurora Wilden View!

 

Aurora Wilden View is a beautiful, purposeful school set in a 20 acre site with huge potential as we celebrate our one year anniversary since opening. We want to offer the best for our young people and this means enhancing our curriculum offer and ensuring our young people have access to a wide range of pathways to allow them to move to the next stage of their development.

 

 

The role:

 

As one of our Teaching Assistants, your role will be to support a student on a 2:1 basis to enable the student to access learning both at Wilden View and also off site - willingness or ability to be involved practical activities would be an advantage

 

You will be expected to establish a warm, caring and supportive relationship with the student 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.

 

 Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required. Please see the link below for our full job description:

 

 

Job Description: Teaching Assistant

Skills and Qualifications

Experience & Qualifications:

 

  • Working towards Level 2 award in Support work in schools or an equivalent is desirable   
  • GCSE Maths and English Level 2/C or above qualification is essential. 
  • Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures. 
  • Knowledge or experience of pupils with SEN or SEMH/ASD, ideally in an education setting
  • 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 
  • Full clean driving licence

Benefits and Additional Information

What’s on offer? 

 

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

  • Full training and continued support 
  • Opportunity to gain qualifications, which will be funded by us!
  • Perkbox subscription
  • Life assurance and Enhanced pension scheme 
  • Car lease scheme 
  • Bike to work scheme  
  • Free parking   
  • Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.

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 07918 144908 / adele.richard@the-aurora-group.com   

 

Applications to be made via our online application form

 

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.

 

 

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