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Overview and Responsibilities
Teaching Assistant – Aurora Beeches School
Location: Cranborne, Dorset
Hourly Rate: £12.37 - £13.49 per hour
Annual Salary: £22,102.72 - £24,103.93 actual salary (FTE £25,729.60 - £28,059.20)
Contract: permanent, 40 hours per week, term time only
At Aurora Beeches in Cranbourne, we believe in giving young people, ages 11-16, the tools and opportunities to create the lives they want for themselves. With high-quality teaching, an excellent level of individual support and a range of expert-led, integrated therapy, we support all our young people with a range of needs including Autism and other associated conditions. We can take advantage of our beautiful setting to inspire and create fun experiences to enhance learning and progress.
The role of a Teaching Assistant is essential to the support and development of our young people being successful and achieving in a safe and caring learning environment.
Positive role modelling and flexibility is key in this role, including 1:1 support in both an academic and vocational setting such as Bushcraft, animal care and life skills.
Key duties:
1. Working alongside the teaching staff to support learning and provide further explanation to young people where needed.
2. Taking responsibility for Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our young people at all times
3. Supporting our young people to identify, meet and exceed their Education and Healthcare plan targets.
4. Implementing and supporting positive behaviour throughout the school, adapting own behaviour and responses when required to meet individual needs.
5. Ensuring all accidents, incidents, or health & safety documentation is accurately recorded as per the school’s policies.
6. Assisting our young people in attending a wide range of group activities, ensuring that choices are respected, with appropriate social interactions and friendships encouraged.
Skills and Qualifications
Whilst previous experience isn’t essential; the ability and desire to build a professional & trusted relationship with our young people is.
Successful candidates are likely to demonstrate:
7. The ability to manage a range of approaches to behaviour, including managing behaviours that challenge.
8. A desire to put young people first and treat them as individuals.
9. Able to be positive and creative in meeting the needs of young people and enhancing their outcomes.
10. Able to work collaboratively with good interpersonal skills.
11. Good numeracy, literacy and ICT skills.
12. Able to work within the parameters of the physical demands of the job role.
13. Qualifications:
14. GCSE English and Maths qualification - minimum grade 4 or equivalent is beneficial.
15. Full UK driving licence and access to your own car (essential)
16. Please note that the minimum age to work on site is 21
Benefits and Additional Information
What’s on offer?
17. Amazing opportunity to work in a stunning setting with grade 2 listed gardens
18. Being part of a supportive and friendly team
19. Full training and continued support
20. Opportunity to gain qualifications, which will be funded by us!
21. Regular staff wellbeing events
22. Free homemade lunches with a range of options
23. Life assurance
24. Enhanced pension scheme
25. Health cash back plan
26. Car lease scheme
27. Bike to work scheme
28. Perk box
29. Free parking
If you are interested in this role, then please apply on-line and complete our application form.
Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.
This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.
Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search
Safeguarding Statement
Aurora The Beeches School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.