Level 1 Teaching Assistant - Autism Base
New Bridge School, Oldham, Lancashire, OL8 3PH13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
24 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
10 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3
Working pattern
- Part time: 32 hours 55 minutes per week Term Time only (190 days)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,027
Actual salary
- £17,980
Additional allowances
SEN allowance - £1,491
Base allowance - £2,106
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Previous experience of working with young people of primary/secondary school age who may present with challenging behaviour and complex needs, preferably within an educational setting
- A nurturing and empathetic approach to behaviour management
- The physical and emotional resilience to support students with complex needs, taking a non-judgemental approach
- The ability to support teaching and learning within a special needs setting to a dedicated group of students
- The ability to support the class teacher to monitor student progress, ensuring their improved engagement with the school and their learning
- The ability to record student progress and provide regular feedback to stakeholders.
- The ability to model and encourage appropriate social behaviour in and out of school and to cater for the general welfare of students.
- The ability to work in partnership with classroom teachers to differentiate appropriate interventions for students in relation to the curriculum
- The ability to work as part of a team using own initiative when needed
- Willingness to participate in own professional development
What the school offers its staff
If you’re the kind of person who is committed to improving the lives of children, you’re just the person New Bridge is looking for. Be part of our vision to create meaningful futures, not only for our pupils but our staff team as well. We are a vocation destination, not just a job!
Part of the wider New Bridge Multi Academy Trust (MAT), New Bridge School is a generic special needs school for pupils and students between the ages of 11 and 19 across four sites within Oldham.
New Bridge school is an Outstanding rated provision which caters for 230 pupils with a wide range of SEND, from moderate learning difficulties to profound and multiple learning difficulties, including severe and complex learning difficulties. The school also caters for pupils with physical disabilities, multisensory impairments, visual impairments, hearing impairments and specific conditions including autism spectrum condition.
Making a difference to the lives of these young people could be the most important job you will ever have. All pupils have an EHC plan. In order to cater to the needs of the range of pupils the school has developed a range of different provisions. From September, the Roman Road campus will consist of our Key Stage 3 Main Body and Communication Groups alongside our Key Stage 3&4 Interactive Base and Autism Base.
Further details about the role
New Bridge School’s discrete Autism provision is a consistent environment for students with a diagnosis of autism and associated complex needs. The curriculum echoes that of the main school and students enjoy all subjects and have full access to all the school’s facilities.
The main focus in the Autism Base is to develop social interaction, self and sensory regulation and communication skills. This supports the pupils to express their wants, needs and emotions in more appropriate ways. These pupils are working towards a destination of playing a part in their community and are likely to require lifelong support to do so.
The class teachers in these settings focus largely on EHCP outcomes and deliver the majority of subjects to pupils. Enrichment subjects like PE, Music and Art are delivered by a specialist teacher. The pupils in these groups may have associated sensory sensitivities and require support from staff to engage in sensory diets to regulate their level of arousal. The majority of pupils have behaviour plans with strategies to support proactive interventions to successfully support the regulation of emotions.
All staff in the department are Team Teach trained but will only use physical intervention as an absolute last resort. Groups in AB are usually no more than 7 pupils supported by one teacher and up to four TA’s. TA1’s working in the Autism Base will be assigned a class group and support pupils with all interventions to ensure that they can successfully access their curriculum and aspirational destination.
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@newbridgegroup.org
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About New Bridge School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- School size
- 644 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- New Bridge School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- dhall@newbridgegroup.org
New Bridge Multi Academy Trust (MAT) presently comprises New Bridge School, New Bridge Learning Centre, Spring Brook Academy, Hollinwood Academy (all situated in Oldham) Hawthorns School and Thomas Ashton School (situated in Hyde), Samuel Laycock School (situated in Ashton-Under-Lyne) Our new Oldham AP free school, Spring Board Project, opened in September 2019.
Arranging a visit to New Bridge School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email dhall@newbridgegroup.org.
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