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SEN Teaching Assistant, Blackburn with Darwen
Client:
The Aurora Group
Location:
Blackburn with Darwen, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Education
EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Reference:
34c42cef83b4
Job Views:
6
Posted:
03.03.2025
Expiry Date:
17.04.2025
Job Description:
Overview
The Aurora Woodlands School is an 'Good' rated innovative provider of education and care, supporting students aged - with complex needs typically related to Asperger’s Syndrome, Autism and other conditions.
We’re currently looking for an experienced SEN Teaching Assistant – Level 1-2 to join us at our beautiful woodlands surrounded school in Darwen.
The Role
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 and maintain 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.
Key duties:
1. Participate in the planning and evaluation of learning activities.
2. Provide meaningful feedback on pupil attainment and progress.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Promote spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development and British values within the PSHE policy across the whole school.
6. Promote pupils’ cognitive, social, emotional, behavioural, physical development and spiritual well-being through a whole Day Curriculum.
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.
Skills and Qualifications:
1. Experience working with SEN in an employed or voluntary setting.
2. Full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle is absolutely necessary, as you will be required to carpool students to and from school, on a rota basis.
3. A recognised qualification at Level 2 or above in Support work for Teaching and Learning in Schools or an equivalent is desirable.
4. GCSE Maths and English Level 2/C or above qualification is essential.
5. Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures.
6. Knowledge or experience of pupils with SEN or SEMH/ASD.
7. The desire to put the child first and treat them as an individual.
8. Be positive and creative in assisting to meet pupils’ individual needs.
Benefits and Additional Information:
1. Training and Development: Within Aurora, we strongly believe that learning and development should not be limited to just the children and young people we support. We offer wide range of programmes and opportunities to all our employees to improve your skills and further your career.
2. Save money on your bills: With the cost of living rising we have a fantastic benefit through Perkbox to help with cutting costs and help make your money go further. Perkbox is a free app for you to use on the go wherever you are. You can get deals and discounts to save money on things like your weekly food bill, phone plans, internet, eating out, gym memberships, insurance and more. You can also use Perkbox for our cycle to work scheme and car scheme.
3. FREE Lunch: All staff are able to take advantage of school lunches whilst onsite, at no cost.
4. Competitive Pay and Reward: Every year we compare the market rates of pay and rewards to ensure they are comparable or better to other similar organisations. We also offer Enhanced Annual Leave, Company Sick Pay, Enhanced Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
5. UK Health Cash Plan: This plan can help cover your day to day healthcare expenditure such as optician and dental bills. You and your children are covered on this plan and you can also choose to upgrade and add a partner to enjoy the benefits with you.
6. Employee Assistance Programme: Your health and wellbeing is very important to us and we have support available on a wide variety of issues, helping you with online tools, information and via a freephone counselling service available 24/7.
7. Refer a friend for £1,000: We’ll reward you for recommending friends and family to come and join the company (*terms apply).
How to apply:
Please complete an online application form in full, remembering to include all employment and education details. If you need any assistance or would like any more information please contact Karen in the Aurora Group Recruitment Team.
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