. This role does not offer sponsorship.
As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for a Teaching Assistant to join our brand-new Options Autism school – Meadows View School.
About the Role
As a Teaching Assistant, you’ll support our Teachers to take a creative and flexible approach to teaching, helping pupils to achieve their educational goals and develop their confidence.
This is a fantastic opportunity if you’re looking to build a career in education and want to inspire learning in pupils with varied and complex needs. Your work will be both challenging and rewarding, and you’ll play an important role in creating a school environment where pupils are listened to, respected, and actively involved in decisions about their learning.
Day to day, you’ll:
1. Work with individual pupils and small groups to promote interaction and learning.
2. Prepare classrooms and materials to support engaging lessons.
3. Build positive, trusting relationships with pupils.
4. Support Teachers in planning and delivering creative and meaningful lessons.
5. Help ensure a safe, supportive, and nurturing environment where every child can thrive.
Who We're Looking For
We’re looking for someone who is:
6. Caring and resilient, with the motivation to make a difference.
7. Engaging and calm, able to support children with autism and complex needs.
8. A strong team player who enjoys working collaboratively.
9. Educated to GCSE grade C or above in Maths and English (or equivalent).
Previous experience in an SEN/ASC environment is desirable, but not essential – excellent support skills, the right attitude, and a genuine passion for helping children are what matter most.
About us
Meadows View School is a brand-new specialist school in Lincolnshire, part of Options Autism. Based in Stamford, our school supports up to 25 pupils aged 4–11 with autism, complex communication needs, and associated learning needs.
For over 16 years Options Autism have provided care and education to pupils and adults with autism, complex needs and learning difficulties. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.
We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running.
Why join Options Autism?
We place the outcomes of the pupils in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.
Benefits
Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:
10. Life Assurance
11. Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
12. “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks
And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:
13. A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
14. 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
15. Cycle to Work Schemes
16. Electric Car Purchase Scheme
17. Critical illness cover
18. Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
*You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy. 4DWW is subject to successful completion of probation and is not a contractual benefit
Outcomes First Group is committed to carrying out a fair, thorough and efficient recruitment process in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. Whilst we aim to keep applicants informed throughout, Outcomes First Group does not accept liability for any loss of earnings or other associated costs incurred by applicants as a result of delays or changes in the compliance process. All stages of the compliance process are subject to necessary safeguarding checks and compliance with statutory requirements, which may affect timescales.
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