SEN Science Teacher – KS3/4
Location: Torton, Kidderminster
Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent
Hours: 40 hours per week
Annual Salary: £30,000.00 - £44,870.00 (M1 – UPS2)
Start Date: 1st September 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.
As part of our growth strategy; we’re really pleased to have recently opened a brand new ASC/SEMH school, Wilden View School in Torton, Kidderminster, for students aged between 5-19.
Amongst a number of other new roles, we’re currently looking for a SEN teacher specialising in Science.
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.
The role:
We are looking for a passionate, inspirational and engaging SEN Science Teacher to deliver high quality teaching and learning to children and young people with SEMH and other complex or anxiety related needs who may present with challenging behaviours associated with their diagnosis. Some pupils may have multiple learning difficulties.
Experience in working with pupils with SEMH and/or ASC needs in a mainstream or specialist environment is essential.
Key duties:
- 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.
- Work collaboratively with other members of staff as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Maintain and use short, medium and long term plans in delivering the curriculum.
- Set, monitor and review personalised targets that will optimise learning for each individual.
- 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.
- Maintain knowledge through training and research where appropriate and take responsibility for own professional development.
- Develop lesson plans analysing and self-reflecting on the outcomes.
- Contribute to the review of Statements and EHC plans, PEP and LAC reviews.
Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.
HLTA Positive Behaviour Support - Aurora Severnside School
Location: Berkley, South Gloucestershire
Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent, Term time only
Annual Salary: £25,015.20 - £27,301.96 actual salary (based on 44.67 paid weeks)
Hours: 40 hours per week - Term time only
Aurora Severnside is a bespoke school for 11-16 year olds with SEMH and ASD needs, having taken the best elements of a mainstream school and the best elements of a special school to create an environment where young people can achieve their own goals and thrive in a future of their own choosing. We aim to prepare students for life beyond school, so further education and employability is truly at the heart of our culture and ethos.
The Main Purpose of the Role:
We are looking for a Higher-Level Teaching Assistant with responsibility for Positive Behaviour to support our students to develop and use strategies to enable them to access learning and achieve the best outcomes and to promote their cognitive, social, emotional, behavioural, physical development and spiritual well-being through the whole curriculum and extra-curricular activities.
Key duties:
- To take responsibility for leading behaviour approaches and pastoral care on a day-to-day basis
- To support the class teachers in all areas of the day to day running of the classes.
- Support all staff with training needs both whole staff sessions and individual class group sessions as required.
- To be accountable to the school leadership team in all areas of work and responsibilities
- To work closely with the Deputy Head Teacher for Behaviour and Safeguarding to lead on behaviour across the school.
- Carefully monitoring the health and well-being of the pupils and passing on information to relevant colleagues and other professionals with both concerns and positive changes.
- Carefully monitor behaviour reports and identify any trends in behaviour where strategies or interventions are required and support staff to implement these.
- Promote and encourage independence and personal development and maintain high expectations of behaviour at all times and support in the achievement of this.
- Under the guidance of a 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.
- Work with the students and support their learning and work towards positive outcomes for them.
- Respond to the varying and changing needs of the school and its pupils and undertake duties and tasks to the highest standards in order to achieve the smooth running of the school.
Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.
THRIVE Practitioner
Location: Quidenham, Norwich, NR16 2NZ
Hours: 40 hours per week - Term Time only
Hourly rate:£14.00 - £15.28 per hour
Salary:£25,015.19 - £27,302.29 Actual per year
Aurora White House School and Aurora Eccles School
We’re currently looking for a THRIVE Practitioner to join our team. Part of the Aurora Group, Aurora White House School in Quidenham, Norwich provides day placements for students aged 5 to 11 years, whilst Aurora Eccles School provides day placements for students aged 11 to 16 years, both are primarily students 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, typically 7 children 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 schools please click here: Eccles Virtual Tour or White House Virtual Tour
The Role:
You will work within the therapy team supporting the THRIVE lead / coordinator (and relevant staff) in the day to day running of a THRIVE provision to support the development, social, emotional and behavioural needs of pupils improving their active engagement in their social and academic environments and access to learning.
Key duties:
- Take responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils according to the school’s policies, including safeguarding and PREVENT.
- Use specialist skills, training, or experience to support pupils’ social and emotional development and support the development of positive behaviour.
- To support the day to day running of a Thrive provision ensuring that pupils are effectively supervised, implementing timetables, planning, strategies and activities to meet the individual needs of pupils
- Establish positive relationships and partnerships with young people, acting as a role model and responding to the needs of each individual student.
- Provide play and arts-based enjoyable experiences that give young people the opportunity to learn through experience rather than through cognitively based learning.
- Deliver 1:1, small groups and class group sessions (Primary and / or Secondary)
- Establish constructive relationships and partnerships with parents and families and participate in feedback sessions as directed.
- Maintain a calm and positive environment in which pupils can learn and which is conducive to positive behaviour.
- Support teaching staff to carry out assessments and implement action plans, both whole class and individual
Duties will vary, for a full job description please contact Liz from the recruitment team at liz.hudson@the-aurora-group.com.
Deputy Hotel Manager– Aurora Foxes
Location: Minehead, Somerset
Salary:£26,000.00 - £28,000.00 Depending on experience and qualifications
Hours: 40 hours per week – the role will involve shift work including some evenings and weekends
Contract: Permanant, 52 weeks per year
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 Deputy Hotel Manager your role will be to support the hotel leadership team to develop and coordinate the running of Foxes Hotel. The role requires the highest of professional standards in Hospitality and Education, and this is always promoted and maintained.
This role requires you to assist the Hotel Manager and team to ensure that we provide an excellent level of service, enabling us to achieve the required level of hotel bookings to meet business needs and to ensure our students are provided with realistic experiences. To help achieve this, you will work collaboratively with the Vocational Programme Lead and SLT team.
Key duties:
- Support leadership to develop and coordinate the work of the Foxes Hotel Team enabling them to perform at the highest professional level
- Mentor, support and develop the Foxes Hotel Team, identifying and supporting appropriate CPD that enhances the work of individuals within the team and allows professional progression.
- Support the Hotel Manager to put together the hotel rota, working in collaboration with members of SLT to ensure that it meets the needs of students, health and safety compliance, and the hotel business needs. To ensure all shifts are covered in the absence of team members for events/functions
- Work collaboratively with SLT to develop vocational business opportunities ensuring that they meet the training requirements and needs of our students.
- Support the Hotel Manager to manage and develop all financial matters relating to Foxes Hotel. Take responsibility for keeping meeting budget targets. Ensure all purchase orders are raised prior to purchases and take responsibility for managing supplier relationships
- Deliver an outstanding guest experience including quality of reception delivery, booking process, quality of food, quality of service, cleanliness of accommodation, public areas and non-public areas of the hotel.
- Work collaboratively with the Vocational Programme Lead (VPL) in the development of the vocational qualifications
Speech and Language Therapist – Foxes
Location: Minehead, Somerset.
Salary: £11,330.87 - £13,578.57 (FTE £30,617.69 - £36,691.20)
Hours: 16 hours per week – Term time only
Contract: Term time plus additional days and training (42 weeks per year)
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 Speech and Language Therapist, you work as a dynamic speech and language therapist as part of a multi-disciplinary team within the therapy service based at Aurora Foxes Academy. To provide a high standard of speech and language therapy assessment and intervention to young people, including advice and training to relevant parents, carers and professionals in line with proposed treatment plans.
Key duties:
- Provide a speech and language therapy service, which is run in an efficient manner so that young people’s needs are met effectively.
- Work autonomously, managing a caseload of young people with complex needs within a special education setting.
- Undertake assessment of young people with a wide range of additional communication needs. To analyse and interpret assessment findings to recommend and deliver the best course of intervention for each young person.
- Provide speech and language therapy interventions, as required for individuals, groups and within education areas.
- Develop, implement and review individualised speech, language and communication programmes. To enable these programmes to be delivered by others the therapist will provide accessible written guidelines and training.
- Demonstrate sound understanding of clinical governance and clinical risk and to demonstrate the use of treatment plans with an evidence-based link.
- Attend appropriate reviews and team meetings, promoting our culture of joint working with other disciplines and outside agencies.
- Liaise and work with other relevant agencies or professionals to gain and share information as required, (medical professionals, therapists, dieticians etc.), to include attendance at appointments where necessary e.g. transitions.
Maintenance Technician – Aurora Foxes
Location: Minehead Somerset
Salary: £14,626.20 - £16,398.60 (FTE £24,377 - £27,331)
Hours: 24 Hours per week
Contract: Permanent, 52 weeks per year
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 one of our Maintenance Technician your role will be to support in the implementing of all planned works onsite and all other maintenance repairs and minor alterations at any of the Aurora Foxes Academy properties.
You will follow a planned maintenance programme for each property and revise and update as required, working independently when required and be a supportive member of the team for larger projects
Key duties:
- Be prepared to assist in all areas of building repairs and maintenance, subject to skills and experience, including floods, burst pipes, blocked gutters, broken windows, failure of electrical equipment, redecoration, and damaged or dangerous furniture and equipment.
- Act as a key holder, carrying out security procedures for the buildings and grounds. The routine and non-routine opening of premises and grounds.
- Responding to calls outside normal working hours as a result of break-ins and emergency repairs are required.
- Make regular checks on all fire alarms, emergency lights and maintain appropriate records, logs, etc.
- Ensure that all fixtures, fittings, new installations and any work undertaken complies with appropriate Health & Safety legislation and Company Policy. To be fully aware of all Safety at Work Policies when undertaking or supervising work/contractors, and identify any remedial action required to avert or avoid potentially hazardous situations or conditions
- Prioritise and schedule all maintenance and repairs in consultation with Managers, giving due consideration for the working and living environment of learners, staff and hotel guests.
- Ensure all records, registers and other relevant logs are completed as work progresses in accordance with the inspection procedures, or as required by legislation. Liaise with the Line Manager and Administration staff to ensure all relevant equipment is properly recorded and listed for PAT testing, fire alarm inspection guarantees, asset register etc
Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required. There is a rotational on-call requirement for emergencies, which attracts an additional allowance.
Location: Minehead, Somerset
Salary: £14.00 - £17.64 per hour + 13% Holiday Pay
Hours: 8 hour shifts – Flexible days to suit you
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 one of our Bank Functional Life Skills Tutors, you will be required to deliver and evaluate inspiring, engaging, and individualised sessions of the highest quality that challenge and stretch every student in all areas of their Functional Skills. If appropriate you will also complete session plans for the next session.
We expect all functional skills tutors to support the students professionally, effectively and sensitively in their learning.
Key duties:
- Deliver professional, inspiring, and engaging sessions of the highest quality that challenge and stretch every student, and in which all students are motivated and engaged throughout. We expect every tutor to be always fully engaged in the session without exception.
- Ensure that all students receive professional, timely and effective feedback, with appropriate strategies (next steps) to improve their performance, and that such discussions are evidenced through effective and professional record keeping.
- Prepare, direct and lead Learning Support Practitioners (LSP) within your session, and to actively always promote a professional attitude and approach with the LSP. Ensure the LSP is provided with direction to best support students within the session.
- All tutors must be familiar with, and actively use the principles of RARPA (Recognising and Recording Progress and Achievement). Functional Skills tutors will become familiar with City and Guilds assessments in maths, English and ICT.
- Ensure that all Risk Assessments are read, understood and used to ensure the highest standards of student and staff welfare, health and safety.
For the full job description, please contact Adele from the recruitment team adele.richard@the-aurora-group.com
Teaching Assistant
Location: Berkeley, Gloucestershire
Annual Salary:£20,941.30 - £22,835.30 actual salary - dependant on experience and qualifications Plus £1000 Welcome bonus*
Hours: 40 hours per week - Term time only
Aurora Severnside is a bespoke school for 11-16 year olds with SEMH needs, having taken the best elements of a mainstream school and the best elements of a special school to create an environment where young people can achieve their own goals and thrive in a future of their own choosing. We aim to prepare students for life beyond school, so further education and employability is truly at the heart of our culture and ethos.
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:
- 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.
- Promote and encourage independence and personal development in pupils and maintain high expectations of behaviour at all times.
- 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
- Respond to the varying and changing needs of the school and adapt to any task presented to achieve the smooth running of the school.
- 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
Housekeeping Assistant
Location: Meldreth, Nr. Royston, Cambridgeshire/Hertfordshire border
Salary: £11.72 - £11.93 ph, £24,377.60 - £24,814.40 per annum (linked to competency and experience)
Contract: permanent, 40 hours per week, 52-weeks a year
Aurora Meldreth Manor/Orchard Manor
Situated in the village of Meldreth, just ten miles south of Cambridge, on the Cambridgeshire/Hertfordshire border, Meldreth Manor and Orchard Manor provide education, care and therapeutic support for children and young people 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
We are currently seeking a housekeeping assistant/cleaner to join our housekeeping team across our services in Meldreth.
Main duties include:
- Dusting and polishing
- Maintaining clean and sanitary kitchen areas
- Vacuuming and washing floors
- Tidying up rooms
- Monitoring cleaning supplies and ordering more as and when needed
- Reporting any necessary repairs
- Keeping bathrooms stocked and clean
- Emptying bins and disposing of waste
Please note that duties will vary and you must expect to lend a hand wherever is required.
SEN Teaching Assistant
Location: Wilmslow, Cheshire East
Salary: £13.00 - £13.72 per hour depending on experience and qualifications
Hours: 40 hours per week – Term Time Only
Contract: Permanent and 12 months fixed term contract available
The Aurora Group
We’re really pleased to have opened Aurora Summerfields School in April 2023 in Wilmslow with a proposed capacity of 50 students.
This is a brand new independent specialist school for young people aged 5 to 19, who face difficulties as a result of complex communication needs typically associated with Autism spectrum conditions. The school will mirror our ‘Outstanding’ rated Aurora Hanley School which you can read about here
Amongst a number of other new roles, we’re currently looking for experienced 1-1SEN Teaching Assistant's with a Level 3 qualification.
The Role / Key duties:
As our new Teaching Assistant, your role is to support our 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.
You will be expected 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, and to promote and encourage independence and personal development in pupils while maintaining high expectations of behaviour at all times.
You will support the class teacher and 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.
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.
SEN Teaching Assistant
Location: Wilmslow, Cheshire East
Salary: £11.72 - £12.78 per hour depending on experience and qualifications
Hours: 40 hours per week – Term Time Only
Contract: 12 months fixed term contract available
The Aurora Group
We’re really pleased to have opened Aurora Summerfields School in April 2023 in Wilmslow with a proposed capacity of 50 students.
This is a brand new independent specialist school for young people aged 5 to 19, who face difficulties as a result of complex communication needs typically associated with Autism spectrum conditions. The school will mirror our ‘Outstanding’ rated Aurora Hanley School which you can read about here
Amongst a number of other new roles, we’re currently looking for experienced 1-1SEN Teaching Assistant's.
The Role / Key duties:
As our new Teaching Assistant, your role is to support our 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.
You will be expected 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, and to promote and encourage independence and personal development in pupils while maintaining high expectations of behaviour at all times.
You will support the class teacher and 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.
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.
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist – Aurora Meldreth & Orchard Manor
Position: Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Location: Meldreth, Cambridgeshire/Hertfordshire border
Salary: £37,669 - £44,699 per annum, depending on skills and experience
Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week, 52 weeks a year
Aurora Meldreth Manor School is an independent Special day school which provides a highly specialist learning environment for students aged 6 to 19 who have a range of MLD and SLD needs including autism spectrum disorders, ADHD and associated difficulties, who require an individualised, specialist approach. Many of our students have complex medical needs and sensory/ physical impairments. Our students are supported to manage sensory overload, anxiety, low self-esteem, low confidence, and difficulty with transitions which is often demonstrative through their behaviours.
Aurora Meldreth Manor Childrens Home offers up to 52 week placements for children, all of whom currently attend our on site school.
Aurora Orchard Manor is a residential transition service for 18 – 30 yr olds with a range of MLD – PMLD needs.
The main purpose of the role:
The role is a challenging, but exciting one. It will require you to be versatile in your approach to providing individualised communication and dysphagia support to our specialist population. The post will combine clinical, administrative and supervisory duties. You will work as part of an interdisciplinary team under the supervision of senior leadership but will be expected to autonomously manage your caseload including assessment, direct and indirect therapy programmes and line managing a speech and language therapy assistant.
The post holder will provide speech and language therapy services prioritising needs identified by the assessment process as stated in the Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) or via our MDT assessments of need.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Manage and prioritise a caseload including communication and dysphagia needs
- Carry out comprehensive communication, swallowing, eating and drinking assessments
- Provide advice on suitability and therapy needs of prospective students
- Provide individual aims for communication and eating and drinking as part of the MDT for Individual Education Plans
- Provide individual programmes for communication, assistive technology, swallowing and feeding
- Deliver speech and language interventions to individuals, small groups or within the classroom as required
- Maintain concise clinical recording in accordance with professional guidelines
- Monitor eating and drinking support practice and provide training as required
- Promote Total Communication practice across the service
- Work with staff and family members to ensure consistent, joined up communication support
- Attend and contribute to reviews, providing written reports where required
- Make onward referrals for specialist assessment or advice in respect of AAC or dysphagia
- Provide induction and individualised training as required
- Supervise and line manage speech and language therapy assistant(s)
- Work within professional boundaries and seek guidance where required
Assistant Head teacher & SENDCo
Location: Tokers Green, Reading
Salary – £47,185 - £50,807 (L1 – L4)
Full time permanent position, starting September 2024
Closing Date: 5th April
Aurora Rowan School
Part of the Aurora Group, Aurora Rowan School in Tokers Green, Reading, Berkshire is due to open in November 2024, supporting young people aged 6 -16 with a diagnosis of Autism spectrum disorder, moderate to Severe Learning needs and associated difficulties, who require an individualised, specialist approach.
We are a passionate team that put the opportunity to provide the best possible outcomes for our children and young people in their preparation for adult life at the centre of all we do and our decision making. At Aurora Rowan School it is our aim to raise standards by promoting a school ethos which is underpinned by core values. These values support the development of the whole child as an effective and engaged learner within a calm, caring, happy and purposeful atmosphere The support we will provide enables each of our students to engage and progress at their own level within a learning environment designed to help them achieve their full potential as they reach adulthood.
We are looking for team members who feel they can demonstrate our values.
Staff at Aurora Rowan:
- Value all the children.
- Display great patience and listen carefully to children.
- Focus on and emphasise the positive.
- Face reality and help pupils to come to terms with difficult issues as they arise, such as death.
- Only disapprove of poor behaviour, never the child.
- Try to make time for one another.
- Are mutually supportive.
- Speak quietly and avoid shouting.
- Are valued by the governors and the community.
- Have a good sense of humour.
- Communicate with parents to ensure that they appreciate the school’s values and to ensure that there is a common understanding.
In order for the school’s purpose to be effective and for the values to be meaningful to the pupils, the staff understand that the basic needs of children are:
- To be loved.
- To feel secure and know clearly what is expected of them.
- To be valued.
- To have a balance of activities – active/passive; quiet/talking; communicating/reflective; taught skills/exploratory work.
- To have help to develop relationships.
- To develop self-awareness and a knowledge of the world outside of themselves.
- To have creative experiences, including external exploration and internal reflection.
- To be fully involved in the process of education.
Opportunity
We are currently looking to recruit an Assistant Head teacher / SENDCo to join our expanding team and work alongside the Head teacher to aid the smooth running of the school.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a new venture in a school that will grow with you. You will be a part of a Brand-New School set up. It is an opportunity for you to help shape the provision and develop the school to be the best that it can be.
Job Summary
- To work with the Head teacher as part of the senior Leadership team in all aspects of leadership and management and to take responsibility for managing and developing learning and teaching, curriculum, assessment, and enrichment throughout the designated phases of the school.
- To take a central role in assisting the Head teacher, to develop our school in accordance with its shared values and our school development plans.
- To develop the schools Special Education Needs (SEN) provision and oversight of the day-to-day operation of that policy with the aim of raising SEN pupil achievement.
- To ensure each pupil’s EHCP paperwork, review, reports and actions are undertaken within statutory timescales
- To hold the role and responsibility for the designated teacher for the school, with responsibility for helping develop strategies and protocols, and understanding the issues which can affect how both looked-after and previously looked-after children learn and achieve, including attending PEP meetings, ensuring all relevant paperwork is completed within timescalesandto a high standard
- To carry out any other reasonable duties that the Head teacher may request in support of the effective running of the school.
Bank/Casual Housekeeping Assistant
Location: Meldreth, Nr. Royston, Cambridgeshire/Hertfordshire border
Salary: £11.72 - £11.93 ph (linked to competency and experience) + 14.5% holiday pay
Hours: Choose from a range of shift times
What is a Bank Housekeeping Assistant?
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.
Aurora Meldreth Manor/Orchard Manor
Situated in the village of Meldreth, just ten miles south of Cambridge, on the Cambridgeshire/Hertfordshire border, Meldreth Manor and Orchard Manor provide education, care and therapeutic support for children and young people 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
We are currently seeking individuals to join our housekeeping team across our services in Meldreth on a casual basis, to cover sickness, annual leave and staffing gaps.
Main duties include:
- Dusting and polishing
- Maintaining clean and sanitary kitchen areas
- Vacuuming and washing floors
- Tidying up rooms
- Monitoring cleaning supplies and ordering more as and when needed
- Reporting any necessary repairs
- Keeping bathrooms stocked and clean
- Emptying bins and disposing of waste
Please note that duties will vary and you must expect to lend a hand wherever is required.
Therapy Assistant – Occupational Therapy
Location: Smallfield, Surrey
Contract: Full-time, Permanent. Term time only
Hourly Rate: £12.31 - £13.42 per hour
Salary: Actual salary £21,995.50 - £23,978.84 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..
Aurora Redehall School
We’re currently looking for a Therapy Assistant – Occupational Therapy for our school. 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.
You will be responsible for the implementation of Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language, ELSA and Educational Psychologist advised interventions in a Specialist SEN secondary School setting. This may also include Emotional Literacy Support. The post holder will implement and review therapy interventions as identified by the Therapy Team, through assessment and as set out as part of a Statement of Special Educational Needs or Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), to enable students to fulfil their potential in all aspects of their lives
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 Responsibilities:
- Work effectively with teachers and key staff across the secondary and primary setting, including the SENCo and Management Team to understand the student and their needs and develop and implement effective interventions both in and outside of lessons.
- Develop appropriate profiles on all appropriate children with the therapy team.
- Work to develop integrated ‘Push in’ methods in the classroom, only ‘pulling children out’ to one to one sessions, where absolutely necessary
- To liaise effectively with teachers, the Occupational Therapist, SALT, Educational Psychologist and the SENCO such that best practice is evidenced throughout the whole curriculum.
- To be professionally and legally accountable in relation to KCSIE.
- To be accountable for the delivery of programmes as advised by therapy team.
- To provide professional support and leadership as appropriate to other Assistants.
- To engage in relevant training to ensure ongoing professional development.
- To manage resources on a day to day basis.
- To ensure compliance with Aurora policies, regulations and protocols.
- To advise colleagues in the multidisciplinary clinical team and senior leaders about issues related to Therapy.
- To maintain regular records of intervention using agreed protocols and in line with the code of professional conduct.
- To attend appropriate multidisciplinary student reviews and team meetings, promoting our culture of joint working with other disciplines and outside agencies.
For the full job description please contact Liz from the recruitment team liz.hudson@the-aurora-group.com
Specialist Occupational Therapist
Location: Quidenham, Norwich, NR16 2NZ
Salary: £37,668.80 - £44,699.20 per year dependant on qualifications and experience
Hours: 40 hours per week – Full year contract (open to Term time plus 2 weeks = 41 weeks total)
Closing date: 10/04/24
The Aurora Groupare an innovative provider of education, care and support for children, young people and adults with special educational needs and disabilities. We have a growing number of schools, colleges and homes across the UK providing a wide range of services and facilities.
Aurora White House School and Aurora Eccles School
We’re currently looking to recruit a Specialist Occupational Therapist to develop the Occupational Therapy provision within the school. You will provide Occupational Therapy Services in response to needs identified by assessment and as set out as part of a Statement of Special Educational Needs or Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), to enable students to fulfil their potential all aspects of their lives.
Part of the Aurora Group, Aurora Eccles and White House Schools in Quidenham, Norwich provides day placements for students aged 6 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, typically 7 children 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 the schools please click here:Eccles Virtual Tour Or: White House Virtual Tour
Key Duties
- Providing an Occupational Therapy Service, which is run in an efficient manner so that students’ needs are met effectively.
- Assessing the occupational, functional and sensory limitations of children within their academic and wider settings.
- To write in-depth reports demonstrating clinical reasoning skills that are based on the analysis of findings from the assessments carried out within a specified time frame.
- To work collaboratively with the child, their support network, and other agencies, in order to effectively communicate the needs of the child and how these needs can be best met.
- To deliver individualised interventions as outlined within the child’s EHCP and identified through Occupational Therapy assessment.
- To advise and source, where appropriate, specialist equipment believed to help address the occupational needs of the child or young person.
- To liaise effectively with senior managers, SENCO and all teaching staff such that best practice is evidenced throughout the whole curriculum.
- To be professionally and legally accountable and responsible for all aspects of your own work including the management of students in your care.
- To provide professional support, leadership and supervision as appropriate to Occupational Therapy Assistants.
- To provide Occupational Therapy training, support and advice to members of the multidisciplinary teams.
- To maintain regular records of intervention using agreed protocols and in line with the code of professional conduct.
- To attend appropriate multidisciplinary student reviews and team meetings; promoting our culture of joint working with other disciplines and outside agencies.
For the full job description please contact Liz from the recruitment team liz.hudson@the-aurora-group.com
Speech and Language Therapist
Location: Aurora Eccles and White House Schools, Quidenham, Norwich, NR16 2NZ
Salary: £30,617.60 - £44,699.20 per year dependant on qualifications and experience
Hours: 40 hours per week – Full year contract (open to Term time plus 2 weeks = 41 weeks total)
Closing Date: 03/04/24
Aurora White House School and Aurora Eccles School
We’re currently looking to recruit a Speech and Language Therapist. To contribute to and further develop an integrated Speech and Language Therapy service for students across both schools. To provide a dynamic service as part of a multi-disciplinary team, undertaking all aspects of Speech and Language Therapy clinical duties within the ethical framework provided by the rules of professional conduct. To provide a high standard of Speech and Language Therapy assessment and intervention to students, including advice, information and training to relevant parents, carers and professionals in line with proposed intervention plans.
Part of the Aurora Group, Aurora Eccles and White House Schools in Quidenham, Norwich provides day placements for students aged 6 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, typically 7 children 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 the schools please click here:Eccles Virtual Tour Or: White House Virtual Tou
Key Duties:
- Providing a Speech and Language Therapy Service, which is run in an efficient manner so that students’ needs are met effectively.
- To work autonomously, managing a caseload of young people with complex needs within a special education setting.
- Work with more senior Speech and Language Therapists, Clinical Lead and SLT to manage workload efficiently to provide a service which is run in an efficient manner so that young people’s needs are met effectively.
- To contribute to the development of the wider service implementation plan in respect of speech and language therapy input.
- To undertake autonomous assessment, including specialist assessment, of young people with a wide range of additional communication needs.
- To analyse and interpret assessments to recommend and deliver the best course of intervention for each child.
- To formulate, evaluate and review individualised speech and language therapy treatment plans, using clinical reasoning skills and utilising a wide range of treatment options to formulate a specialised programme of care.
- Plan, implement and review individual communication profiles as indicated and provide accessible written guidelines and programmes that can be delegated and delivered by others.
- Provide speech therapy interventions as required for individuals and groups and within education areas, providing direct and indirect interventions.
- Measuring outcomes of interventions against EHCP and Annual Review outcomes and record progress and outcomes using systems identified by schools (for example Earwig)
- To demonstrate sound understanding of clinical governance and clinical risk and to demonstrate the use of treatment plans with an evidence-based link.
- Provide clear and concise written reports for inclusion within Annual Review Reports. Attend and contribute to Annual Review Meetings.
- Attend appropriate reviews and team meetings, promoting our culture of joint working with other disciplines and outside agencies.
- To take a lead role in teaching other members of the multi-disciplinary team on relevant aspects of speech and language therapy and communication.
- Use specialist software to produce easy read and accessible resources for use in classrooms and for therapy.
- Work with others to plan and implement an accessible learning environment, including the use of technology across the school, this may include the implementation of appropriate low-tech and high-tech AAC/AT or other equipment.
- Provide screening assessment for prospective new students; this may include visits to other schools/residential settings.
For the full job description please contact Liz from the recruitment team liz.hudson@the-aurora-group.com
Night Support Worker
Location: Cranborne, Dorset
Hourly rate: £11.72 - £12.78+ £25 per night shift worked (approx. an additional £4,000 per year)
Annual Salary: £26,663.00 - £29,074.50
Contract: permanent, full-time, year-round
Hours: 7.45pm-8.15am- 4 on 4 off shifts- average of 43.75 hours per week.
About Us:
At our Aurora Boveridge College, we support young people between the ages of 16 and 25 who have additional social, emotional, autism and mental health needs.
We’re currently looking for a number of Life Preparation & Transition Night Support Workers to assist our students in their homes (on-site) (no personal care responsibilities). Come and join our exciting team and make a difference.
Our working environment is amazing - To take a virtual tour around our site, click here; Boveridge Virtual Tour
The role:
As a Night support worker, you will play an important role in our young people’s lives, preparing them for adult life and facilitating their transition into further education, training, or employment.
Following a handover from our day team, you’ll support our students with their evening routine. You will mentor and support our young people in their evening activities, sports, or hobbies both on and off site and ensure they settle for night. This will be with the use of verbal and visual prompting dependent on the need of the young person.
You’ll also provide a key liaison point for parents and carers and ensure all health/medical needs are looked after throughout the night. You will be the listening ear and emotional support for young people to talk to after a busy day.
The key to this role will be your ability to participate and to motivate whilst ensuring our students develop their own independent living skills.
Class Teacher - Primary
Location: Aurora White House School, Quidenham, Norwich, NR16 2NZ
Salary: £30,000 - £44,870 (M1 – UPS2)
Hours: 40 hours per week
Aurora White House School
We’re currently looking for a Class Teacher to join our primary school.
Part of the Aurora Group, Aurora White House School in Quidenham, Norwich provides day placements for students aged 5 to 11 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. There is a full clinical team onsite to support at all times and you will have the support of an experienced and stable SLT.
The successful teacher will work in a small class (5 or 6 children) who benefit from a bespoke package in our school. These delightful learners are in KS1/Lower KS2 and all come with significant amounts of additional therapeutic intervention. Their needs are such that we staff the class on a 1:1 basis - you will need to be a team player, both within this class, others with the same provision (there are 3 in total) and the wider school.
To take a virtual look around the schools please click here:White House Virtual Tour
For the full job description please contact Liz from the recruitment team liz.hudson@the-aurora-group.com
Occupational Therapist – Wilden View
Location: Torton, Kidderminster
Salary: Actual salary £15,781.22 – £26,748.00 (FTE 30,618.00 - £51,896.00) dependant on experience
Hours: 24 hours per week (3 days) – Term time only
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.
As part of our growth strategy; we’re really pleased to have recently opened a brand new ASC/SEMH school, Wilden View, in Torton, Kidderminster, for students aged between 5-19.
Amongst a number of other new roles, we’re currently looking for an Occupational Therapist.
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.
The main purpose of the role:
As our Occupational Therapist, you will work as part of amulti-disciplinary team within the therapy service based Wilden View School. You will provide a high standard of occupational therapy assessment and intervention to children and young people, including advice and training to relevant parents, carers and professionals in line with proposed treatment plans.
You will work autonomously and manage a caseload of children with complex needs, autistic spectrum conditions, sensory needs and attachment difficulties that are placed within the specialist education setting.
Key duties:
- Be professionally and legally accountable and responsible for all aspects of your own work including the management of young people in your care
- Undertake autonomous assessment of children with a wide range of additional needs, including autistic spectrum conditions, sensory and attachment difficulties within the setting a specialist residential
- Analyse and interpret assessments to recommend and deliver the best course of intervention for each child
- Support individual development and care plans and assist individuals in accordance with their needs and wishes, particularly their activities of daily living, self-care, productivity and leisure
- Formulate, evaluate and review individualised occupational therapy treatment plans, using clinical reasoning skills and utilising a wide range of treatment options to formulate a specialised programme of
- Demonstrate sound understanding of clinical governance and clinical risk and to demonstrate the use of treatment plans with an evidence-based