SEN Teaching Assistant
đź“Ť Location: Bucknall, Stoke-on-Trent
đź’° Salary: £12.37 – £13.49 per hour (£22,102.72 – £24,103.93 actual salary)
đź•’ Hours: 40 hours per week – Term Time Only
Join an Outstanding Team at Aurora Hanley School
Aurora Hanley School is proud to be rated Outstanding by Ofsted. We provide innovative education and care for young people aged 6–19 with complex needs, including Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, and associated conditions.
We’re looking for a passionate and experienced SEN Teaching Assistant to join our dedicated team and make a real difference in the lives of our pupils.
Your Role
As a Teaching Assistant, you’ll play a vital role in supporting our pupils’ learning, wellbeing, and personal development. You’ll help create a safe, nurturing environment where every child can thrive.
Key responsibilities include:
What We’re Looking For
We’re seeking someone who is:
Essential qualifications and skills:
Desirable:
Why Join Us?
At Aurora Hanley, you’ll be part of a supportive, forward-thinking team that values your contribution. You’ll have the opportunity to grow professionally while helping pupils achieve their full potential.
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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)
How to apply?
Please complete a full online application form. If you would like assistance in completing this application form or more information on this position please contact our Recruitment Partner, Karen Barnfield 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.
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