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L2 SEN Teaching Assistant   Location: Quidenham, Norwich, NR16 2NZ Salary: Actual salary £21,709.61 - £22,388.59 dependent on experience Hourly rate: £12.15 - £12.53 per hour  Hours: 40 hours per week - Term Time only - Monday - Friday - 8.30am - 4.30pm (5pm on Thursday, extra half hour taken off on another day)   Aurora Eccles School: Due to our continued expansion, we’re currently looking for Level 2 Teaching Assistants to join our school. You will be working alongside the teacher and therapy teams to create an enabling environment and supporting students to actively engage with their social and academic environment.   Part of the Aurora Group, Aurora Eccles School in Quidenham, Norwich provides day placements for students aged 11 to 16 years primarily with communication and interaction difficulties or specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia.  Some may be on the autistic spectrum or have anxieties and difficulties that create barriers to learning.  With small classes, a maximum of 10 students and a minimum of 3 staff per class you can focus on the needs of each student. There is a full clinical team onsite to support at all times and you will have the support of an experienced and stable SLT. To take a virtual look around our school please click here: Eccles Virtual Tour   This is an exciting opportunity to develop your career whilst you help shape and develop our provision to achieve this.    Key Duties: - To establish a warm, caring and supportive relationship with pupils in order to support them feeling safe and enabling them to enjoy and learn during their time at the School. - To promote and encourage independence and personal development in pupils and maintain high expectations of behaviour at all times. - To contribute to providing high quality, challenging and differentiated educational activities and experiences through supporting the teaching of a broad and balanced curriculum aiming at pupils achieving their full potential in all areas of learning. - Support the Class Teacher in all areas of the day to day running of the class - To respond to the varying and changing needs of the school and adapt to any task presented to achieve the smooth running of the school. - To promote pupils’ cognitive, social, emotional, behavioural, physical development and spiritual well-being. - Demonstrate a proven ability to work collaboratively within a multi-professional team.  

Position: Teaching Assistant Location: Smallfield, Surrey Hourly Rate: £12.31 - £13.16 per hour Salary: Actual salary £21,995.67 - £23,514.45 dependant on experience and qualifications Plus £1000 Welcome bonus *  Hours: 40 hours per week, 8.30am-4.30pm, flexibility within these hours is essential and you are required to work till 5pm one day a week for staff training and meetings. Term time only.   Aurora Redehall School    Part of the Aurora Group, Aurora Redehall School, in Smallfield, Surrey are currently looking to recruit a SEN Teaching Assistant. Redehall School supports children aged 6-11 years with communication difficulties typically associated with Asperger’s Syndrome and Autism.   Aurora Redehall School is linked to Caterham Education Centre, they share the same Principal and Head of School, however each site has its own Assistant Head and team of Teachers and TAs.. There is also a full therapy team on site to support staff and students. Although the sites operate separately, students and staff do cross between sites.   To take a virtual look around our school please click here: Aurora Redehall   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: - To establish a warm, caring and supportive relationship with pupils in order to support them feeling safe and enabling them to enjoy and learn during their time at the School. - To promote and encourage independence and personal development - Support the Class Teacher in all areas of the day to day running of the class - To respond to the varying and changing needs of the school and adapt to any task presented to achieve the smooth running of the school. Some physical intervention may be needed upon occasion, full training on this will be provided. - To promote pupils’ cognitive, social, emotional, behavioural, physical development and spiritual well-being.  Please note that duties will vary and you will be expected to contribute to the overall aims of Redehall when required.   For the full job description please contact Liz from the recruitment team liz.hudson@the-aurora-group.com  

Teaching Assistant - SEN   Location: Effingham, Surrey Salary: £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  

KS4 English Teacher   Location: Effingham, Surrey Contract: Full-time, Permanent Salary: £31,350 - £46,179 per year (M1 - UPS2 Fringe) PLUS £5000 Welcome Bonus for Qualified teacher* Hours: 40 hours per week   Aurora Poppyfield School   We’re looking to recruit a KS4 English Teacher to join our team at Poppyfield School.  The successful candidate will be delivering high quality teaching and learning to our students. 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:   You will be accountable to the school leadership teams to provide the following roles and responsibilities. Below is a small part of the responsibilities that you will hold, for the full job description please contact Liz from the recruitment team liz.hudson@the-aurora-group.com - To contribute to the delivery and development of the curriculum, having regard to the educational, physical and social needs of the students within a learning environment. - To work collaboratively with other members of staff as part of a multi-disciplinary team. - To maintain and use short, medium and long term plans in delivering the curriculum. - To set, monitor and review personalised targets that will optimise learning for each individual. - To monitor, assess, review and report on the progress and work of students to parents, team members, senior staff, examination and funding bodies through reports and identified meetings as directed and as is required through school policies and procedures. - To develop lesson plans analysing and self-reflecting on the outcomes. - To attend and contribute to all relevant meetings and maintain good lines of communication with other staff. - To contribute to the review of EHC plans, PEP and LAC reviews. - To provide clear structures for lessons maintaining pace, motivation and challenge. - To take account of wider curriculum developments. - To maintain an overall awareness of current issues in the field of autism in order to be able to plan for effective teaching and learning. - To work in a non-confrontational way to ensure individual needs are met. - To appropriately manage challenging behaviours within the school policy and procedures. Please note that duties will vary and you will be expected to contribute to the overall aims of Poppyfield school when required.

Maintenance Assistant Locations: Smallfield, Caterham and Effingham, Surrey Contract: Full-time, Permanent Salary: £25,604.80 - £28,704 dependent on experience Hours: 40 hours per week – Monday to Friday - to include 3pm – 8pm – Additional 3 hours per day candidate choice   Aurora Surrey   We’re currently looking to recruit a Maintenance Assistant to join our team across our sites in Surrey. You will be working from Redehall School in Smallfield, Caterham Education Centre in Caterham and Poppyfield School in Effingham.   You will be responsible for ensuring that all matters relating to the continuous operation, grounds and equipment are maintained in such a way that ensures a high quality site service is provided at all times thus ensuring the safeguarding, health, safety and general well-being of all those accessing the site. You will be working with the premises manager you will also contribute to the development of the services through site expansion projects and integrating new/developed buildings.   Our students range from 6 – 16 years old across the sites with difficulties with communication and social interaction, typically associated with Autism. Redehall School, Caterham Education Centre and Poppyfield School all share the same Principal, but all other staff are separate, although the sites operate separately, students and staff do cross between sites.    To see more about the work that Poppyfield does please follow this link: Poppyfield School    To take a virtual look around our school please click here: Aurora Redehall   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 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: - Deliver all activities with an energy efficient approach and ethos. - Respond to and resolve Ad hoc maintenance requests via online ticketing software. - Organise and carry out the collection and movement of furniture and equipment as directed. - Ensure all fire and safety equipment and systems are functional and that safety awareness is promoted. - Ensure all relevant procedures and checks are completed in accordance with policy. - Support the Annual Fire Risk Assessment process. - Ensure all appropriate fire procedure communication for all visitors to site and ensure that all contractors are briefed in detail of requirements to avoid fire risks. - Carry out monthly vehicle check audits and report any concerns. - Ensure the safe storage of tools and equipment and help to maintain the equipment register. - Ensure the safe storage of materials, paints etc. in accordance with manufacturers’ instructions. - Attend your place of work reliably and punctually and maintain a good corporate image. - Play a full part in building good relationships with other staff, students and stakeholders. - Carry out regular planned maintenance inspection on services, utilities and the building fabric throughout the school. Report findings and take necessary actions. - Carry out any additional tasks and responsibilities instructed by the Premises Manager as and when required. - Maintain the school grounds to an acceptable level. - Ensure all school buildings are fit for purpose and maintained well to provide a suitable education environment for the pupils. For the full job description please contact Liz from the recruitment team liz.hudson@the-aurora-group.com. Please note that duties will vary and you will be expected to contribute to the overall aims of Redehall when required.

Maintenance Assistant Locations: Smallfield, Caterham and Effingham, Surrey Contract: Full-time, Permanent Salary: £25,604.80 - £28,704 dependent on experience Hours: 40 hours per week – Monday to Friday - to include 3pm – 8pm – Additional 3 hours per day candidate choice   Aurora Surrey   We’re currently looking to recruit a Maintenance Assistant to join our team across our sites in Surrey. You will be working from Redehall School in Smallfield, Caterham Education Centre in Caterham and Poppyfield School in Effingham.   You will be responsible for ensuring that all matters relating to the continuous operation, grounds and equipment are maintained in such a way that ensures a high quality site service is provided at all times thus ensuring the safeguarding, health, safety and general well-being of all those accessing the site. You will be working with the premises manager you will also contribute to the development of the services through site expansion projects and integrating new/developed buildings.   Our students range from 6 – 16 years old across the sites with difficulties with communication and social interaction, typically associated with Autism. Redehall School, Caterham Education Centre and Poppyfield School all share the same Principal, but all other staff are separate, although the sites operate separately, students and staff do cross between sites.    To see more about the work that Poppyfield does please follow this link: Poppyfield School    To take a virtual look around our school please click here: Aurora Redehall   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 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: - Deliver all activities with an energy efficient approach and ethos. - Respond to and resolve Ad hoc maintenance requests via online ticketing software. - Organise and carry out the collection and movement of furniture and equipment as directed. - Ensure all fire and safety equipment and systems are functional and that safety awareness is promoted. - Ensure all relevant procedures and checks are completed in accordance with policy. - Support the Annual Fire Risk Assessment process. - Ensure all appropriate fire procedure communication for all visitors to site and ensure that all contractors are briefed in detail of requirements to avoid fire risks. - Carry out monthly vehicle check audits and report any concerns. - Ensure the safe storage of tools and equipment and help to maintain the equipment register. - Ensure the safe storage of materials, paints etc. in accordance with manufacturers’ instructions. - Attend your place of work reliably and punctually and maintain a good corporate image. - Play a full part in building good relationships with other staff, students and stakeholders. - Carry out regular planned maintenance inspection on services, utilities and the building fabric throughout the school. Report findings and take necessary actions. - Carry out any additional tasks and responsibilities instructed by the Premises Manager as and when required. - Maintain the school grounds to an acceptable level. - Ensure all school buildings are fit for purpose and maintained well to provide a suitable education environment for the pupils. For the full job description please contact Liz from the recruitment team liz.hudson@the-aurora-group.com. Please note that duties will vary and you will be expected to contribute to the overall aims of Redehall when required.

Maintenance Assistant Locations: Smallfield, Caterham and Effingham, Surrey Contract: Full-time, Permanent Salary: £25,604.80 - £28,704 dependent on experience Hours: 40 hours per week – Monday to Friday - to include 3pm – 8pm – Additional 3 hours per day candidate choice   Aurora Surrey   We’re currently looking to recruit a Maintenance Assistant to join our team across our sites in Surrey. You will be working from Redehall School in Smallfield, Caterham Education Centre in Caterham and Poppyfield School in Effingham.   You will be responsible for ensuring that all matters relating to the continuous operation, grounds and equipment are maintained in such a way that ensures a high quality site service is provided at all times thus ensuring the safeguarding, health, safety and general well-being of all those accessing the site. You will be working with the premises manager you will also contribute to the development of the services through site expansion projects and integrating new/developed buildings.   Our students range from 6 – 16 years old across the sites with difficulties with communication and social interaction, typically associated with Autism. Redehall School, Caterham Education Centre and Poppyfield School all share the same Principal, but all other staff are separate, although the sites operate separately, students and staff do cross between sites.    To see more about the work that Poppyfield does please follow this link: Poppyfield School    To take a virtual look around our school please click here: Aurora Redehall   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 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: - Deliver all activities with an energy efficient approach and ethos. - Respond to and resolve Ad hoc maintenance requests via online ticketing software. - Organise and carry out the collection and movement of furniture and equipment as directed. - Ensure all fire and safety equipment and systems are functional and that safety awareness is promoted. - Ensure all relevant procedures and checks are completed in accordance with policy. - Support the Annual Fire Risk Assessment process. - Ensure all appropriate fire procedure communication for all visitors to site and ensure that all contractors are briefed in detail of requirements to avoid fire risks. - Carry out monthly vehicle check audits and report any concerns. - Ensure the safe storage of tools and equipment and help to maintain the equipment register. - Ensure the safe storage of materials, paints etc. in accordance with manufacturers’ instructions. - Attend your place of work reliably and punctually and maintain a good corporate image. - Play a full part in building good relationships with other staff, students and stakeholders. - Carry out regular planned maintenance inspection on services, utilities and the building fabric throughout the school. Report findings and take necessary actions. - Carry out any additional tasks and responsibilities instructed by the Premises Manager as and when required. - Maintain the school grounds to an acceptable level. - Ensure all school buildings are fit for purpose and maintained well to provide a suitable education environment for the pupils. For the full job description please contact Liz from the recruitment team liz.hudson@the-aurora-group.com. Please note that duties will vary and you will be expected to contribute to the overall aims of Redehall when required.

Teacher – Music and Performing Arts Location: Caterham, Surrey Contract: Full-time, Permanent Salary: £31,350 - £46,179 per year (M1 - UPS2 Fringe) Plus £5,000 Welcome bonus For Qualified Teacher* Hours: 40 hours per week   Start Date: we are looking for an immediate start but will accept a September start if required   Caterham Education Centre (CEC)   We’re currently looking to recruit a Teacher specialising in Music and Performing Arts to join our team at Caterham Education Centre.  The successful candidate will be delivering high quality teaching and learning. Our students are aged between 11 – 16 with difficulties with communication and social interaction, typically associated with Autism.    CEC is part of Aurora Redehall School, they share the same Principal and Head of School, however each site has its own Assistant Head and team of Teachers and TAs. There is also a full therapy team on site to support staff and students. Although the sites operate separately, students and staff do cross between sites.    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:   You will be accountable to the school leadership teams to provide the following roles and responsibilities. Below is a small part of the responsibilities that you will hold, for the full job description please contact Liz from the recruitment team liz.hudson@the-aurora-group.com - To contribute to the delivery and development of the curriculum, having regard to the educational, physical and social needs of the students within a learning environment. - To work collaboratively with other members of staff as part of a multi-disciplinary team. - To maintain and use short, medium and long term plans in delivering the curriculum. - To set, monitor and review personalised targets that will optimise learning for each individual. - To monitor, assess, review and report on the progress and work of students to parents, team members, senior staff, examination and funding bodies through reports and identified meetings as directed and as is required through school policies and procedures. - To develop lesson plans analysing and self-reflecting on the outcomes. - To contribute to the review of Statements and EHC plans, PEP and LAC reviews. - To provide clear structures for lessons maintaining pace, motivation and challenge. - To maintain an overall awareness of current issues in the field of autism in order to be able to plan for effective teaching and learning. - To work in a non-confrontational way to ensure individual needs are met. Please note that duties will vary and you will be expected to contribute to the overall aims of CEC when required.

Admissions & Transitions Administrator – Aurora Foxes   Location: Minehead Somerset Salary: £25,272.00 - £27,331.20 Hours: 40 Hours per week Contact: 12 month FTC   Welcome to Aurora Foxes, a specialist college and training hotel for young people with learning disabilities, situated in the friendly seaside town of Minehead. Foxes is a very special place. We believe in changing lives and giving our students the skills, knowledge, and confidence to successfully shape their own future. Our aim is to equip our young adults with the life and hospitality skills to become work ready, life ready.   The main purpose of the role:   As our Admissions & Transition Administrator you will work collaboratively, professionally and effectively within all areas of the organisation as appropriate. You will work directly with the Admissions & Transition team to complete all aspects of its administration.   You will be expected to work efficiently and to a professional standard at all times.   Key duties:   - Supporting the Admissions process by processing referrals, parental enquiries and applications. - Liaise with parents and staff team to facilitate initial contact, tours and giving general information about the college. - Keep accurate records relating to admissions and transition. - Liaise with the business development team as required. - Support the Admissions and Transitions team to identify and attend transition events. - Support the Admission and Transition team with transition-in activities and on Enrolment day. - To support processes for transitioning young people in to the college. - To deliver training regarding appropriate and pertinent information for all incoming Students. - To attend and chair EHCP reviews for 1st and 2nd year students, ensuring any pertinent information is shared in a timely manner. - To support the Transition Officer with all aspects of the Transition out of Aurora Foxes, in to employment and supported living.     For the full job description and break down of duties, please contact Adele from the recruitment team adele.richard@the-aurora-group.com  

Headteacher   Location: Horsham, West Sussex Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent Hours: 40 hours per week Salary: £73,509 - £81,070 (L19 – L23) Start Date: September 2024   Closing Date: 11pm 6th May 2024 Interviews: 9th/10th May   The Aurora Group   The Aurora Group is the sixth largest provider of education, care and support services for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.   As part of our growth strategy; we’re really pleased to be opening a brand new SEND Secondary School in Summer term 2025 in the heart of Horsham, West Sussex. This will be an 80 place, all age special school that will prominently meet the needs of secondary students in the local area.with Autism and the associated difficulties with communication and social interaction that are typically associated with Autism.   We arelooking for an experienced Headteacher to join us and take the lead in the creation, opening and running of a successful ASC provision in Horsham.   The role:   The building will be redeveloped; you will be expected to play a key role in the design, look and feel of the school to ensure it fulfils the independent school standards and the potential of an amazing learning environment with the facilities to allow students to access a varied curriculum in a calm and nurturing environment with a team that strives to give every student the confidence and opportunities to achieve their potential.   In line with all Headteacher roles; you will ultimately be accountable for all areas of operational and educational performance within the School, as well as the financial performance and management of education and support staff.   You will be instrumental in the recruitment and building of your entire team and the design and implementation of a brand-new curriculum in line with the aurora values.   To achieve in this role, you will be someone who inspires creativity and collaboration, a strong leader and a passionate advocate for your students, with a track record of school improvements and finding ways to deliver educational outcomes that make a real difference to each student..     It is an exciting time to be part of Aurora and this is a unique career opportunity to make your mark on our growing services.  

SEN Teaching Assistant, Aurora Brooklands Location: Leyland, nr Preston, Lancashire  Salary: £11.72 - £12.78 p/hr   Hours: 40 hours per week – Term Time Only.  12 month contract.    Aurora Brooklands School is an independent day school in Lancashire providing specialist education for young people with Social, Emotional and Mental Health difficulties (SEMH).     The role:    Our Teaching Assistants support the children with their learning and general wellbeing to ensure every child has the best opportunity to reach their full potential in a caring and safe environment. Where necessary this may include supporting with care needs from time to time as well as positive behaviour management adopting a tailored approach to the individual child.    Key duties:  - Participate in the planning and evaluation of learning activities.   - Provide meaningful feedback on pupil attainment and progress.  - Support the teacher in monitoring, assessing, recording and reporting pupils’ progress according to the school’s policies in order to monitor and foster pupils’ progress in all areas of learning.  - 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.  - Promote spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development and British values within the PSHE policy across the whole school.  - Promote pupils’ cognitive, social, emotional, behavioural, physical development and spiritual well-being through a whole Day Curriculum.   Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.  

Senior Support Worker, Orchard Manor  Location: Meldreth - Cambridgeshire / Hertfordshire Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week Salary: £13.05 - £13.65 per hour (£27,144 - £28,392 per annum) dependent on qualifications    Rated CQC Outstanding Aurora Orchard Manor are seeking compassionate and dedicated people to become Senior Support Workers for our young people on a full time basis.   Set within 14 acres, Orchard Manor offers a supportive living and learning environment for young adults with severe and profound learning difficulties and complex health needs. With specialist facilities and a focus on promoting independence, we support each of our young people through the transition from education into adulthood.   Find out more about the amazing work we do - Supported Living Accommodation for Young Adults Meldreth, Cambridge (theauroragroup.co.uk)   The Role:    Your role will be to provide support to the Team Leaders and Care Managers in managing, motivating and coaching a team of support workers to maintain a stable, happy and caring environment that puts the health, safety and welfare of our young people first.   You’ll provide appropriate physical and emotional support to the young people through the work of the care team within a residential environment and with off-site activities.    As our shift leader you’ll be expected to support the induction of new team members and their continued mentoring and development towards QCF and other mandatory training.   You’ll also be expected to take an active role in ensuring that activities are completed and effectively delegated and day-to-day implementation of young people’s individual program plans are carried out efficiently with adequate cover available at all times.   This is very much a hands-on role where you will work directly with our young people and will provide appropriate personal care and emotional support to those using our services.

Clinical Psychologist – Aurora Hanley and Summerfields School Salary:  £45,240 to £61,859 pro rata (depending on skills, experience and qualifications)  Permanent contact:  32 hours per week (ideally across 4 days, but open to discussion) Location: Stoke-on-Trent and Wilmslow Cheshire– Semi flexible remote working options can be discussed. The Aurora Group is an innovative provider of education and care for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities with an ambitious growth plan. We are looking for a HCPC Registered practitioner psychologist of clinical, educational or counselling who is keen to have autonomy in following preexisting programmes, supporting the planning of new ones  and developing a range of therapeutic practices in our Good and Outstanding schools.  The role is available due to the retirement of our current clinical practitioner who has led this service for the last 6 years.    We are looking for fun, passionate, dedicated, and driven professional to join our schools. The clinical team consists of three assistant physiologists across the two services who all work closely with the SENDCo, SLT, Pastoral Leads ,Teachers and young people.  We offer a truly unique workplace environment, embedded with a supportive culture, positive ethos, strong teamwork. We pride ourself on staff wellbeing.    The post will involve undertaking Clinical Psychology/Psychotherapy duties whilst adhering to professional and regulatory guidelines, you will carry out assessments, design individualised plans and strategies. As well as implementing evidence-based therapeutic interventions; report writing and multi-professional reviews you will provide advice, information, and training to staff, as well as parents, commissioners, and other agencies. You will be supported by Assistant Psychologists and a school staff team of nurturing and enthusiastic Teachers and TA’s who are committed to providing the very best. You and your team will be providing a unique and systematic high quality service within our schools, working with others to promote the wellbeing and best interests of our young people.  We are not just about outcomes in education but about empowering uniqueness, realising potential and  building resilience so that we are a safe place to learn and grow, where we nurture and support aspirational futures. We aim to provide the highest quality service to our young people and ensuring a provision in line with best practice guidelines and internal policies and procedures. Our schools maintain a nurturing environment where our young people can achieve their full potential. We put our young people at the forefront of everything we do, ensuring that young people are heard, respected, and involved in decisions that affect them wherever possible. With this in mind, we are looking for a  Psychologist who shares our vision; to build incredible futures by empowering our young people to be the best they can be.

Clinical Psychologist – Aurora Hanley and Summerfields School Salary:  £45,240 to £61,859 pro rata (depending on skills, experience and qualifications)  Permanent contact:  32 hours per week (ideally across 4 days, but open to discussion) Location: Stoke-on-Trent and Wilmslow Cheshire– Semi flexible remote working options can be discussed. The Aurora Group is an innovative provider of education and care for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities with an ambitious growth plan. We are looking for a HCPC Registered practitioner psychologist of clinical, educational or counselling who is keen to have autonomy in following preexisting programmes, supporting the planning of new ones  and developing a range of therapeutic practices in our Good and Outstanding schools.  The role is available due to the retirement of our current clinical practitioner who has led this service for the last 6 years.    We are looking for fun, passionate, dedicated, and driven professional to join our schools. The clinical team consists of three assistant physiologists across the two services who all work closely with the SENDCo, SLT, Pastoral Leads ,Teachers and young people.  We offer a truly unique workplace environment, embedded with a supportive culture, positive ethos, strong teamwork. We pride ourself on staff wellbeing.    The post will involve undertaking Clinical Psychology/Psychotherapy duties whilst adhering to professional and regulatory guidelines, you will carry out assessments, design individualised plans and strategies. As well as implementing evidence-based therapeutic interventions; report writing and multi-professional reviews you will provide advice, information, and training to staff, as well as parents, commissioners, and other agencies. You will be supported by Assistant Psychologists and a school staff team of nurturing and enthusiastic Teachers and TA’s who are committed to providing the very best. You and your team will be providing a unique and systematic high quality service within our schools, working with others to promote the wellbeing and best interests of our young people.  We are not just about outcomes in education but about empowering uniqueness, realising potential and  building resilience so that we are a safe place to learn and grow, where we nurture and support aspirational futures. We aim to provide the highest quality service to our young people and ensuring a provision in line with best practice guidelines and internal policies and procedures. Our schools maintain a nurturing environment where our young people can achieve their full potential. We put our young people at the forefront of everything we do, ensuring that young people are heard, respected, and involved in decisions that affect them wherever possible. With this in mind, we are looking for a  Psychologist who shares our vision; to build incredible futures by empowering our young people to be the best they can be.

SENDCo Location: Compton, Wolverhampton Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week Salary: M1 – UPS1 Closing Date: 8th May 2024   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.   We have opened a new specialist provision in Wolverhampton with a proposed capacity of 80 students aged between 5-19.   We arecurrently looking for a SENDCo to join us in June or September 2024to support with planning, creation and running of a successful ASC provision.  The building has been redeveloped into an amazing learning environment with facilities to allow students to access a varied curriculum in a calm and nurturing environment with a team that strives to give every student the confidence and opportunities to achieve.   The Headteacher is looking for fun, passionate, dedicated, and driven staff to help support her vision for the pupils and the school environment.  She is committed to offering a truly unique workplace environment, embedded with a supportive culture, positive ethos, strong teamwork, and personal drive, with further career opportunities as both the school and Aurora, as a company, grows.       It is an exciting time to be part of Aurora, and this is a unique career opportunity to be instrumental in the progress of some of the most vulnerable children in our community.   The main purpose of the role: Your role will be to act as a member of the leadership team to support the SLT and develop the schools Special Education Needs (SEN) provision and have responsibility and oversight of the day-to-day operation of that policy with the aim of raising SEN pupil achievement.   Key duties:  Identify and adopt the most effective teaching approaches for all pupils ensuring dissemination throughout all staff - Monitor teaching and learning activities to meet the needs of SEN pupils and track AFL data for the purposes of Annual Reviews, PEPs, LAC Reviews, and general School Reporting - Liaise with other schools to ensure continuity of support and learning when transferring SEN pupils - Promote best practice and contribute to the aims and ethos of the school through Inset and CPD for new teachers - Set targets for raising achievement among all pupils - Collate and present assessment and performance data and share with staff and other professionals where appropriate - Set up systems for identifying, reviewing, and monitoring need. This includes the management (chairing) of Annual Reviews for Statements and EHCPs - Update the Head and SLT on the effectiveness of the provision and delivery of SEN provision - Keep parents informed about their child's progress through individual meetings and at parents’ evenings - Provide training opportunities for learning support assistants and teachers to learn about SEN, including whole school Inset - Identify resources needed to meet the needs of SEN pupils and make recommendations to the Head for appropriate spends Duties will vary, for a full job description please contact Karen from the recruitment team: karen.barnfield@the-aurora-group.com  

Specialist Speech and Language Therapist – Aurora Cedars School Location:  Wolverhampton Salary: £30,617.60 to £44,699.20 pro rata, depending on skills, experience and qualifications  Hours:   - Part Time, 2.5 days / 20 hours per week.  Term time only The Aurora Group is an innovative provider of education and care for children, young people and adults with special educational needs and disabilities.  It is an exciting time to be part of Aurora, and this is a unique career opportunity to be instrumental in the growth of a new school and to make your mark on our growing services.   Aurora Cedars School in Wolverhampton offers a bespoke education provision for up to 80 pupils aged 5-19 who have ASC/SEMH needs, some of whom require support with their speech and language and communication needs.  We are looking for an enthusiastic Speech and Language Therapist to work as part of a therapy team at Aurora Cedars.   When it comes to looking after our young people, we strive for excellence, with this in mind, we are looking for a Speech and Language Therapist to expand our communication friendly statutes and who shares our vision ; to build incredible futures by empowering vulnerable young people to be happy and to make their way in the world.   Working collaboratively with the staff, you will support teams to deliver bespoke assessment and intervention plans for our children and young people with a range of Special Educational Needs.   You will be responsible for holding a small speech and language therapy caseload for the school and with the support of our experienced Clinical Lead and SENCo, you will also contribute to staff training, consultation and reflective practice.   This is a rewarding role, with a great emphasis on wellbeing, this position would suit an enthusiastic individual, with a nurturing approach and the ability to make decisions, as well as manage their own workload.   Our well-established educational team maintain a caring and warm environment where our young people can flourish, always putting our young people at the forefront of everything they do. All our settings maintain a strong safeguarding culture, and our young people are heard, respected, and involved in decisions that affect them wherever possible.

Registered Manager Location: Westbury Park, Bristol Salary: £45,000.00 - £47,000 Hours: 40 hours per week   Based in Westbury Park, Aurora Hyde lodge (Rated CQC ‘Good’) makes a difference to the lives of 7-8 vulnerable adults by providing a homely supported living and learning environment for young adults aged 19+ with severe and complex learning difficulties and challenging behaviour.   The main purpose of the role:   As our Registered Manager, you will be responsible for the operational day-to-day management of the service, ensuring continued compliance with relevant legislation. Working in partnership with colleagues in the senior management team and your wider Aurora colleagues; you will drive the provision of a high quality service enabling individual needs and organisational priorities to be met in accordance with available resources.   You will provide leadership of a CQC Registered Adult’s Home which provides a stable, happy and caring environment that puts the enjoyment, outcomes, health, safety and welfare of clients first.   You will  lead the day to day behaviour management programmes for each resident ensuring that staff are trained, supported and engaged to provide consistent responses to all clients. The home’s leader must ensure that reflective supervision and learning takes place following incidents for all stakeholders.    Key duties:  - Provide effective leadership using a trust based relationship model which embraces a culture of high support and high challenge to enable positive outcomes for clients. - Lead, motivate, coach, and manage the performance and development of the staff team ensuring the quality of care as well as effective deployment of team resources to ensure CQC & Aurora standards are exceeded. - Oversee and take responsibility for the effective and efficient day to day running of the home. - Oversee and take responsibility for all aspects of the care plans for each resident. - Enable effective delivery of the agreed behaviour management programme for each resident. - Ensure that the staff team all deliver the agreed response and that reflective and learning practice are fully embedded and embraced - Understand what quality and good care is in practice, be able to articulate this and act as a role model in demonstrating this in practice. Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.

Location:Pilning, South Gloucestershire, BS35 4JN Hours: 40 hours per week – Term Time Only  Hourly Rate: £11.72 - £12.78 ph  Annual Salary:£20,941.30 - £22,835.30 actual salary - dependant on experience and qualifications Contract: FTC until April 2025   Aurora Hedgeway is a dynamic and inspiring provision for children and young people aged 7-19 with a primary or secondary diagnosis of Autism and related social and communication needs.   We offer every student the chance to explore and fulfil their own unique potential. With provision running from Key Stage 2 all the way through to post-16, we are set up to support children and young people at every stage of their academic journey.   The main purpose of the role:    The purpose of the Teaching Assistant is to support the children with their learning and general wellbeing to ensure every child has the best opportunity to reach their full potential in a caring and safe environment. Where necessary this may include supporting with care needs from time to time as well as positive behaviour management adopting a tailored approach to the individual child.    Key Duties:   - To establish a warm, caring and supportive relationship with pupils in order to support them feeling safe and enabling them to enjoy and learn during their time at the School.  - To promote and encourage independence and personal development in pupils and maintain high expectations of behaviour at all times.  - To contribute to providing high quality, challenging and differentiated educational activities and experiences through supporting the teaching of a broad and balanced curriculum aiming at pupils achieving their full potential in all areas of learning.  - Support the Class Teacher in all areas of the day to day running of the class  - To respond to the varying and changing needs of the school and adapt to any task presented to achieve the smooth running of the school.  - To promote pupils’ cognitive, social, emotional, behavioural, physical development and spiritual well-being.  - Demonstrate a proven ability to work collaboratively within a multi-professional team  - Under the guidance of a more senior TA or a teacher, ensure all documentation is completed correctly for records of incidents, health, behaviour etc. as necessary    For the full job description, please contact Adele from the recruitment team adele.richard@the-aurora-group.com  

Employee Relations Advisor Location: Home based (with one day per week to central office) Some travel to Aurora Services will also be required Salary:  £32K - £35k dependent upon experience Hours:  40hrs per week   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.    We’re currently looking for an Employee Relations Advisor to support the delivery of an effective and efficient Employee Relations Service across the Group.   The Role:    Effective and fair management of Employee Relations is an essential part of our commitment to providing quality provision and to the overall Engagement and Wellbeing of our Teams. Due to our exciting and continuing growth we are expanding the team.   Reporting to our Employee Relations Partner and working collaboratively with the Regional HR Business Partners, you will advise and support our Service Leadership teams with people management issues such as; unplanned absence, probation, grievance, disciplinary and capability.   Additionally; you will support investigating managers to ensure investigations are robust and carried out in a timely manner, supporting regional HR Administrators to ensure hearing documents (letters, papers for hearing, guidance for Chair) are produced to the appropriate standard.   The role will also give you the opportunity to guide, coach and train line managers in the development of their people management skills.   In collaboration with the wider HR teams you will also play a key role in the development and maintenance of HR policies, procedures and toolkits and provide support on the delivery of ER projects

Bank SEN Adult Support Workers - Day or Night - Orchard Manor - Meldreth nr Royston Location: Meldreth, Nr. Royston, Cambridgeshire/Hertfordshire border Salary:  £11.72 - £12.78 per hour (linked to competency and qualifications) + 14.5% holiday pay + Night supplement £25 per shift Hours: Choose from a range of shift times that will suit any needs    Situated in the village of Meldreth, just ten miles south of Cambridge, on the Cambridgeshire/Hertfordshire border. Orchard Manor offers a supportive living and learning environment for young adults who have severe, profound and multiple learning difficulties resulting in complex learning needs.    Set within 14 acres, our site provides extensive space for learning, developing and living in an environment where we have a range of incredible facilities that include:  - Music and Art Rooms - Rebound Therapy - Hydrotherapy - Hard and soft outdoor space - Forestry School - Adapted Kitchens - Enterprise Schemes - Sensory Rooms As one of our Bank Support Workers, you will work with our young adults who have varying degrees of special educational needs and disabilities. Your aim is to promote their confidence and independence and support them to lead a fulfilling life.   This is an incredibly challenging yet rewarding role, where being willing to lend a hand wherever required is essential.   Experience isn’t essential, the drive and compassion to empower and transform lives is.   Our bank staff are able to choose what shift they want to take on, giving them a great deal of flexibility when deciding to work days over nights, or weekdays over weekends.   You will have a chance to work with a supportive team whose common goal is to empower and support wherever is required.    Role Requirements  - Provide exceptional high levels of care during all daily activities such as washing, dressing, socialising, learning, washing/personal care and ensuring care during the night. - Ensuring that medical needs are met at all times - Assisting with therapy sessions such as hydrotherapy and rebound therapy. - Communicating effectively and building strong relationships that will empower the children and young adults are free to grow and develop - Ensuring that the environment is safe, supportive and enjoyable