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Autism Support Worker (Named Pupil Contract)

The Springfields Academy, Calne, Wiltshire, SN11 0DS

This job expired on 19 September 2021 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 October 2021

• Closing date

  19 September 2021 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  23 July 2021

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term - Named Pupil Contract
• Full-time equivalent salary: Salary Range: £20,903 rising to a maximum of £22,183, per annum, pro-rata. Actual Salary:£15,643.28 rising to a maximum of £16,601.20 per annum

Autism Support Worker (Named Pupil Contract) job summary

 

Hours/Contract: Term-time, Part-time, Fixed-Term. 31.25 hours per week, 39 weeks per year.

The Role:  If you have a passion for working and enabling with young people with autism to achieve their potential then we have the children for you! 

The Springfields Academy is a Reach South Academy for young people aged 5-19 with autism. We have 170 pupils attending our Calne site and 40 pupils at our Satellite provision in Salisbury.  Our goal is to build safe independent lives for autistic young people through support, understanding and enablement. 

We are looking for 3 Autism Support Workers (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 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.

The Person: 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 

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: 01752422955
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-springfields-academy (opens in new tab)

 School Background: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. 

Trust Background:  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 14 academies in Plymouth, Bournemouth, Dorset 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. 

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