Job Description
SEN Teaching Assistant
R.E.A.L Education – City Hub in Nottingham Salary: £12.87 – £14.03 per hour depending on skills and experience
Permanent Contract working 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday, term time
Here at R.E.A.L. Education, part of the wider Aurora Group, we're excited to welcome a dedicated and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to join our small City Hub. If you're passionate about helping young people reconnect with learning and rediscover their confidence, this is a role where you can truly change lives.
Our mission is simple but powerful: to help every young person re-engage, rebuild and reach their full potential. Relationships sit at the heart of everything we do, and we pride ourselves on creating safe, supportive environments where learners feel seen, valued and understood.
This role is working with young people of secondary age, with social, emotional, and mental health needs, who struggle in mainstream settings. We ensure they receive the encouragement, structure and opportunities they deserve.
A Learning Experience Like No Other
At R.E.A.L., education is personalised and flexible. You'll support learning through:
* Assisting a teacher in a group of 4 learners
* Leading a session for 2 learners
* Occasional one to one sessions
Our curriculum is wonderfully diverse and you'll be supporting and delivering a variety of core lessons with English being key! But will also include a wide variety of others such as Cookery, Business Studies, PSHE and Functional Skills.
A Role Full of Variety and Purpose
No two days look the same. You might be:
* Supporting a young person one-to-one
* Helping deliver creative, hands-on sessions
* Working out in the community
* Encouraging learners to build confidence, independence and essential life skills
Every day brings new challenges, new breakthroughs and new moments that remind you why this work matters.
Skills and Experience Required
You don't need to be a highly experienced Teaching Assistant to be successful in this role. If you have experience working with children or young people (paid or voluntary), we can provide the right environment and training for you to thrive.
* Ability to motivate and inspire children to believe in themselves.
* GCSE Maths and English (minimum Functional Skills Level 2).
* A proactive, can-do mindset with the ability to think creatively and adaptively.
* Ability to promote independence, positive behaviour, and personal development.
There is a need to be able to sometimes travel between sites within the specified locality to support and engage with young people as required. Having a valid driving licence and access to a vehicle is therefore essential for transporting them to various locations.
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.