[230106] Autism Support Worker
The Springfields Academy, Calne, Wiltshire, SN11 0DSThis job expired on 22 February 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
April 2023
Closing date
22 February 2023 at 11:59pm
Date listed
6 January 2023
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Part time: 31.25 hours per week; Monday to Friday.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Grade F, Pt 9 – 11 £23,194- £24,496 per annum pro-rata
Actual salary
- £17,357.80 - £18,332.19 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
The position of Autism Support Worker (ASW) is an exciting opportunity for a passionate and compassionate individual to lead lessons, interventions and support our learners with autism.
Key skills:
- To have a good knowledge and understanding of autism and social communication needs and appropriate strategies to support pupils with this need. E.g. TEACCH
- To have knowledge and understanding of social, emotional & mental health needs and cognitive needs, that affect children and young people’s development.
- Excellent listening skills
- An ability to build strong, trusting relationships
- To be resilient and able to take regular responsibility for agreed learning /activities
- Promote and support the inclusion of all pupils in the learning and social skills activities
- To use positive and personalised anxiety management strategies
What the school offers its staff
The Springfields Academy is an academy over two sites in Calne and Salisbury. This includes a residential provision at our Calne academy. We aspire to build safe independent lives for autistic young people through support, understanding and enablement. Additionally, we are a ‘National Autistic Society Accredited Provision’ with over 90% of the current cohort having a diagnosis of Autism. All students have the potential to access a primary/secondary curriculum.
We are an acknowledged centre of excellence for Autism; we are highly reflective in our practices, and are continually working to improve our provision and practices. We provide a personalised curriculum journey that enables leaners with a diagnosis of autism to develop skills in areas of need and to overcome their barriers to learning. The drive to build ‘safe Independent lives’ shapes this curriculum and everything else that we do. The Academy has a PAN of 190.
Further details about the role
We are looking for an Autism Support Worker (ASW) to work alongside the teacher to deliver a personalised autism friendly academic and social skills curriculum, as well as to support the families to implement functional skills within the home and community.
These are exciting times. In September 2023 we will open a new 150 place Free School in Salisbury and move our current provision (for 40 pupils) at the Sarum Academy site, into this larger and more purpose equipped facility. This role will be a part of that transfer process. The successful applicant will be part of the team who will make that move a success.
Springfields is a fantastic, vibrant and caring community that engages pupils and develops positive attitudes to learning. Our autism approach is accessed by all our pupils and is personalised to meet specific needs. All our pupils have an education, health and care plan.
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.
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About The Springfields Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 19
- School size
- 231 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Springfields Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@reachsouth.org
- Phone number
- 07759365064
School location
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