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Job Title: Higher Level Teaching Assistant
Location: Acorn Park School, Norwich
Salary: £22,879.80 per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8:30 - 4:30
Contract: Permanent, Term Time Only
Job Purpose:
* Work throughout the Education Department, using specialist knowledge and experience to support the Class Teachers to ensure the entitlement of the students to a broad-based appropriate curriculum which meets their discrete needs and learning styles.
* Manage a team of learning support assistants on a day-to-day basis. Ensure that learning support assistants are fully up to date with curriculum developments on a school basis.
* Work with teachers in delivering agreed learning activities under an arranged system of supervision.
* Support collaborative working with the residential department ensuring effective communication between adults and opportunities to maximise and generalise learning for all students including supporting the students in their morning routines ready for school.
Support for the students
* Carry out all duties as directed by the class teacher/Head (Education) teacher to maximise learning opportunities for all students.
* Support the development of communication skills by implementing communication goals in collaboration with Education, Therapy Team and Residential staff.
* Set targets, keep records, assess and evaluate students’ learning with support from other professionals.
* Participate in, and complete reports for statutory reviews and meetings concerning the students.
* Administer medication as specified from leading professionals.
About us
Acorn Park is a school for 160 pupils, who all have a primary diagnosis of Autism. We run two curriculum pathways – Formal and Semi-formal. Our Complex needs pupils are on the Semi-Formal Pathway which is highly personalised from their EHCP. We have a mixture of Day and Residential pupils as we have 8 co-located pupil’s homes on our 30 Acre site in rural Norfolk. On site, we also have a large Forest School and Animal Care Farm along with play facilities, a sports hall and sensory rooms.
For over 16 years Options Autism have provided care and education to pupils, young people 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 committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All successful applicants will be subject to a fully enhanced DBS and social media check.
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