Job details Job role Teaching assistant Visa sponsorship
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Subject
Special Education Needs (SEN)
Working pattern
Full time, part time
Contract type
Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
£17,391.00 - £19,734.00 Annually (Actual)
Teaching Assistant (Primary and Secondary School - Complex - Cressex) job summary
We are looking to recruit new teaching assistants to join our already established complex primary and secondary team at our Cressex site.
Our Cressex departments host children with severe and complex learning needs (including complex autism), who follow a life-skills curriculum to ensure they leave our school with the skills to live as independently as possible.
You will be well supported by experienced and welcoming staff within a well-run, hard-working school who put the wellbeing of pupils and staff at the forefront.
We pride ourselves on building positive relationships with our pupils, their families and supporting professionals to enable communication, physical, social and emotional development for each individual.
Chiltern Wood follows a therapeutic approach and is well-supported by occupational and speech and language therapists who work on-site.
If you are interested in learning how to contribute purposefully to the educational and social development of children and young people and you feel you have the qualities to successfully attend to their welfare and emotional needs, we want to hear from you!
Previous experience is not essential as full training will be provided, however experience of a play-based approach would be beneficial.
Training opportunities may include:
Using a communication book / device
Low arousal approach
Behaviour and de-escalation
Occupational therapy basics including sensory regulation
Child protection
Online safety and GDPR
Administering medication
Introduction to dysphagia
Chiltern Wood School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The successful candidate will be subject to full vetting checks, including a disclosure of criminal records at an enhanced level, online searches and satisfactory references
For full details and an application form please visit note, we cannot accept CVs.
A BUCKS non-teaching application form must be completed via My New Term)
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
Visas cannot be sponsored.