30 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    December 2024

  • Closing date

    3 November 2024 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    19 September 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£25,119.00 - £26,421.00 Annually (FTE) Grade F, Pt 9 – 11

[240918] Autism Support Worker job summary

The Springfields Academy, Reach South Academy Trust is seeking to appoint three experienced Autism Support Worker to join the School in December 2024.

Post: Autism Support Worker

Location: The Springfields Academy Curzon Street, Caine, SN11 ODS

FTE Salary Range: Grade F, Pt 9 – 11 £25,119 - £26,421 per annum pro-rata

Actual Annual Salary: £18,879 - £19,858

Contract Type: Permanent, term-time only (39 weeks a year)

Contract Hours: 31.25 hours per week; Monday to Friday

About the role

We are looking for three Autism Support Workers (ASW) to work alongside teachers 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 at our Calne site.

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.

About the successful candidate

The position of Autism Support Worker (ASW) is an exciting opportunity for a passionate and compassionate individual to lead 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

About the School

The Springfields Academy is a Reach South Academy for young people aged 4-19 with autism. We currently have 242 pupils on role. Our goal is to build safe independent lives for autistic young people through support, understanding and enablement.

At The Springfields 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.

About the Trust

Reach South is a young and developing Trust which operates across the South West of England with the aim of delivering all through 3-19 education. We operate 17 academies in Plymouth, Bournemouth, Dorset, Gloucestershire, and Wiltshire. We are building this Trust on a clear set of values, behaviours and curriculum principles. At the heart of those values and principles is a belief in our young people and a determination to support them to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes to become the successful citizens for today and all of their tomorrows.

Our core business is delivering exceptional education for children and young people with a mission to help all pupils aspire to achieve beyond the expectations that others put on them. We do this through the development of a talented and committed workforce. In order to deliver exceptional opportunities for learning, we need highly motivated staff across all parts of the organisation.

Those we recruit are able to demonstrate that they share our values, are highly motivated to work with colleagues, within and beyond their school, to continuously develop their skills and pursue professional excellence.

Next Steps

If you think this role may be for you and want to be involved at this exciting time in our development and have any questions about the position, please get in touch by calling the Marie Lopez, Office Manager on 01249 814125 or email connie.knight@springfieldsacdemy.org. Or contact theRecruitment team on 07759365064 or emailing us at recruitment@reachsouth.org.

Closing date: for applications is Sunday, 3rd November 2024

Interview Date: Interviews are provisionally booked for w/c 11th November 2024

To apply for this opportunity, please complete our online application form by clicking ‘apply now’ on the advert.

We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date. Therefore, an early application is strongly advised.

Opportunities and Benefits

We offer a competitive salary plus LGPS pension, great career progression and development opportunities, access to our Employee Assistance Programme with many other benefits.

We’re proud of how we support our staff in order that you have high levels of job satisfaction, are aware of the difference you are making for the children and families you work with and can see your contribution towards our community. There are regular opportunities for professional development and training, and a wider community of staff to network with within Reach South Multi Academy Trust. You will have the chance to visit other local schools, work alongside a range of outside professionals and take part in a variety of e-learning and face-to-face training.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Each post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Reach South Academy Trust has an Equal Opportunities Policy for selection and recruitment. Applicants are requested to complete the Equal Opportunities Monitoring section of the application form before submitting.

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.

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About The Springfields Academy

School type
Academy, ages 4 to 19
School size
210 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 19

School location

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