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ASC Base Teaching Assistant

Budmouth Academy Weymouth, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 9SY

This job expired on 14 July 2022 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 September 2022

• Closing date

  14 July 2022 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  22 June 2022

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 30 hours a week Monday - Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £14,131
• Actual salary: £14,131

ASC Base Teaching Assistant job summary

We are looking to appoint enthusiastic, dedicated Teaching Assistants to support students in our specialist provision ASC BASE and with their learning needs across the school. You will be skilled at engaging and motivating students who find learning and communicating a challenge, in the classroom as well as during intervention groups. Our ASC Base is a provision which supports x12 students, who are fully integrated into our mainstream school alongside their peers. These students are offered additional resources, intervention and at times different spaces to work as needed, in order to help them to succeed in our school. As an ASC Base Teaching Assistant, you will be supporting pupils with special educational needs, specifically autism and associated difficulties including Complex Communication Needs. Aiding the Teacher to deliver the curriculum, you will help children and young people to understand and access activities and overcome challenging behaviour, both in the main classroom as well as in the Base as necessary, delivering intervention. We are looking for someone who: • Has extensive SEN experience • Has experience with non-verbal students • Is knowledgeable and has experience in how to support children who demonstrate some challenging behaviour and who have complex needs including communication needs • Is confident to work with specific sensory difficulties This role is about working with students, staff and other professionals to achieve the best outcomes for our students who have special educational needs and/or disabilities. You will play a key role in the school as we strive to further develop our learning support. The successful candidate will be enthusiastic and dedicated, with a passion for working with pupils who require additional support with their education. Budmouth Academy Weymouth is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to have an Enhanced DBS check in line with the government’s safer recruitment guidelines. Budmouth Academy also values the diversity of our workforce and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Full Information pack and application form can be found via the Budmouth website www.budmouth-aspirations.org search job vacancies. For further information please contact Mrs Nita Dooley, Director of Inclusion and SEND, ndooley@budmouth-aspirations.org at the above address. If applicants have not received a response from the school by 20th July 2022 they can assume they have not been successful with their application.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Budmouth Academy Weymouth is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. We value the diversity of our workforce and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

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About Budmouth Academy Weymouth

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1499 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Budmouth Academy Weymouth website
• Email address: lvincent@budmouth-aspirations.org
• Phone number: 01305830500
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/budmouth-academy-weymouth

As a proud member of the Aspirations Academies Trust, our vision is “To empower future generations to follow their dreams and build a society of which we can all be proud.” At Budmouth we are on a mission to provide the highest-quality educational experience for all.

Budmouth is a large 11-18 academy in beautiful Dorset, situated on the south coast. We are fortunate to have excellent facilities which are set to be even better, with our new build currently in the planning stages. We are within commutable distance of Poole, Sherborne, Purbeck, Dorchester, Portland and surrounding areas, with excellent public transport links.

We offer an ambitious and inclusive curriculum so that all of our students will learn, thrive and lead successful lives. Our extra-curricular offer is equally impressive, with a vast range of opportunities for students to engage in.

We are committed to raising the aspirations of our young people at Budmouth and this is reflected in our approach to all areas of our work. Our teaching and learning framework has been greatly influenced by Allison and Tharby’s Making Every Lesson Count, and our centralised behaviour systems mean that you are free to teach. We expect impeccable behaviour from our students, who really appreciate staff going above and beyond on a daily basis.

What we offer:

Wonderful, inquisitive students
Clear and consistent centralised behaviour systems and detentions
Excellent career development and promotion opportunities across the Aspirations Academies Trust
Collaborative planning with centralised resources
A feedback policy focused on whole class feedback with no onerous marking policies
Budmouth Wellbeing Charter - we treat workload very seriously
Comprehensive package of CPD opportunities, including NPQs, through the Aspirations Learning Institute
Highly supportive senior leaders who are visible and approachable
We are a warm, welcoming and friendly place to work and learn - we are truly at the heart of our community
What we are looking for:

Hard-working professionals with excellent knowledge in their area of expertise
People who live and breathe our values and mantra to ensure the life chances of our students are maximised
Someone who passionately believes that all children can achieve, no matter their starting point, background or needs
Someone who is aligned to our vision and values - we are one team
Budmouth Academy Weymouth is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to have an Enhanced DBS check in line with the government’s safer recruitment guidelines.

Budmouth Academy also values the diversity of our workforce and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Principal - Mrs Sara Mashike

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