SEN School Therapy Assistant

🌟 Join Our Team at Aurora Wilden View School! 🌟

Therapy Assistant

Location: Torton, Kidderminster

Contract Type: Full-time, term time only, Permanent

Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week

Salary: £12.37 to £13.49 p/hr depending on skills, experience and qualifications

Close date: Friday 3^rd October

Aurora Wilden View 

Aurora Wilden View opened its doors last year and is already making a remarkable impact. Nestled in 20 acres of beautiful countryside, our purpose-built school features bright, modern classrooms and specialist facilities. We blend the best of mainstream education with tailored therapeutic and specialist support to meet the needs of young people with SEMH and Autism Spectrum Conditions.

This is a great opportunity to join our therapy team as a Therapy Assistant. 

🧠 About the Role

As a Therapy Assistant, you will play a vital role in delivering Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language Therapy (SALT) interventions within our specialist SEN school. Working closely with our Therapy Team, you’ll help students develop independence, regulate sensory and emotional needs, and access the world around them with confidence.

You’ll support therapeutic activities including sensory integration, creative arts, and classroom-based strategies, ensuring every student has the tools they need to thrive.

🎯 Key Responsibilities

• Implement and review therapy interventions as advised by the Therapy Team and outlined in EHCPs.
• Support students in developing independence and emotional regulation strategies.
• Collaborate with teaching staff to embed therapeutic approaches across the curriculum.
• Maintain accurate records and contribute to reports for Annual Reviews and termly updates.
• Manage therapy resources and contribute to multidisciplinary meetings.

🧩 What We’re Looking For

• Experience working with young people with sensory and physical health needs in an educational setting.
• Ideally experience with running interventions, with measurable impact
• Strong communication skills and a creative, adaptable approach.
• Ability to work collaboratively with a range of professionals.
• Level 2 qualifications in English and Maths.
• A commitment to ongoing professional development in therapy and psychological approaches.

🌱 Why Join Aurora Wilden View?

• A supportive and inclusive environment where your work truly matters.
• Opportunities for training and development in therapeutic practices.
• A chance to be part of a multidisciplinary team making a lasting impact.

What’s on offer? 

• Training and Development

Within Aurora, we strongly believe that learning and development should not be limited to just the children and young people we support.  We offer wide range of programmes and opportunities to all our employees to improve your skills and further your career. 

• Save money on your bills!!

With the cost of living rising we have a fantastic benefit through Perkbox to help with cutting costs and help make your money go further.  Perkbox is a free app for you to use on the go wherever you are.  You can get deals and discounts to save money on things like your weekly food bill, phone plans, internet, eating out, gym memberships, insurance and more.  You can also use Perkbox for our cycle to work scheme and car scheme. 

• Competitive Pay and Reward

Every year we compare the market rates of pay and rewards to insure they are comparable or better to other similar organisations.  We also offer Enhanced Annual Leave, Company Sick Pay, Enhanced Pension and Life Assurance.

• UK Health Cash Plan

This plan can help cover your day to day healthcare expenditure such as optician and dental bills.  You and your children are covered on this plan and you can also choose to upgrade and add a partner to enjoy the benefits with you.

• Employee Assistance Programme

Your health and wellbeing is very important to us and we have support available on a wide variety of issues, helping you with online tools, information and via a freephone counselling service available 24/7. 

• Refer a friend for £1,000

We’ll reward you for recommending friends and family to come and join the company (*terms apply)

Ready to make a difference?
Apply now and help us empower every student to reach their full potential.

Please complete an online application form in full, remembering to include all employment and education details.  If you need any assistance or would like any more information please contact Karen in the Aurora Group Recruitment Team at karen.barnfield@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.