Teaching assistant

• Support students with special educational needs including moderate (MLD), severe (SLD) and profound (PMLD) and complex learning difficulties (CLDD) as well as those on the Autism spectrum
• Work with students with PMLD who require high levels of care including toileting and personal care, assistance with eating and drinking, administering medication
• Attend Monday after school training sessions during probation
• Support students to thrive academically, socially and emotionally within a safe and supportive educational setting

• Highly motivated and committed
• Resilience
• Ability to communicate effectively using a range of tools
• Previous experience of working with children and young people with learning difficulties and/or social communication difficulties is desirable but not essential
• Must not be barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children
• Subject to enhanced DBS check
• Subject to overseas criminal record check if lived or worked outside the UK in the past 10 years
• Subject to satisfactory references, health assessments, and right-to-work checks
• Must adhere to safeguarding and child protection policies
• Role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

Previous experience of working with children and young people with learning difficulties and/or social communication difficulties

• Employee Assistance Programme to support staff wellbeing
• After-school training sessions to support staff development
• Career development
• Long Service Awards