Reference:
OPTKINTA
Job Details:
We are looking for Teaching Assistants to work at an independent specialist provision located in Holywell, providing education and care for young people with Autism and Learning Difficulties. This school educates young people to fulfil their potential.
This setting offers integrated residential, education and care packages for children between 8 and 19 years with a wide range of complex needs, including Autistic Spectrum Conditions, Learning Difficulties, ADHD, Sensory Processing difficulties, Dyspraxia, Communication Difficulties.
Your Role:
As a Teaching Assistant, you will connect directly with the brilliant children and young people we care for, helping to make sure they get the very best from their education. Each individual has a diagnosis of Autism and may have additional needs. They have so much potential, and they will rely on you to guide their learning journeys bespoke to them.
You will help prepare learning materials and run classroom activities, with plenty of hands-on experience and some supervision too. You will take responsibility for their emotional and physical needs, supporting them to develop as individuals and engage with the world.
You will face challenges and overcome them as you flourish and thrive, sharing your skills and learning from others as your career takes you as high as you always dreamed you could go. Every day will be different, but you will have all the support you need, with lots of skills and experience to draw on along with valuable advice and guidance too.
What we need:
We would love to hear from candidates who have their GCSE C or above (or equivalent) in English and Maths. Experience in an education setting and/or work with young people with additional learning needs is essential to this post.
You will be adaptable and ready to work in a variety of classroom roles, both indoors and outside according to individual need. Taking a responsive and caring approach, you may be running classroom activities, leading outdoor experiences or supervising children as they explore further afield.
- An Enhanced Child Workforce DBS(We can process one for you)
- Referencing to cover a minimum of 2 years.
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As members of the REC and Umbrella body to the DBS, Excell Supply is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children, and as such all applicants will be subject to employment checks and must have a valid Enhanced DBS certificate.
Important Notice: To apply for the above position all applicants must be eligible to work in the UK, or eligible to apply for a relevant work visa. Excell Supply are unable to offer a work permit to any applicant or facilitate work permits for any vacancy.
Excell Supply is a Recruitment Agency and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its Clients