Special School support assistant
Tuke School, London, SE15 6ERThis job expired on 24 September 2021 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
24 September 2021 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
14 September 2021
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: 32.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £23,850.00
Actual salary
- £18,533.23
Special School support assistant job summary
Tuke is a secondary special school serving the needs of 90 students who have severe, profound and complex learning needs.
We are located in the heart of Peckham, close to Burgess Park, with a number of nearby transport links.
Our mission statement:
“Learning everywhere, inspiring everyone”
Tuke School holds values of
Creativity Opportunity Achievement Positivity
at the heart of the outstanding education we provide for our students.
We are looking for bright, keen, healthy and hardworking people to join our motivated, friendly and highly skilled staff team at Tuke School.
Ideal candidates would have an interest in developing their career in the field of special needs. They would be sensitive to others, adaptable and calm, have excellent communication skills, and be able to offer ideas and solutions.
We can offer you a positive and supportive working environment. We have excellent working facilities in a purpose built school.
Regular training and development will ensure you have the skills you need to meet the requirements of the post and develop you professionally.
Previous experience of working with young people is desirable however, we are happy to meet with you if working in a school is something you have always wanted to do and perhaps you are looking for a career change.
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 Tuke School
- School type
- Special school, ages 11 to 19
- School size
- 93 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Tuke School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- office@tuke.southwark.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 02075258002
Tuke school is a welcoming and inspirational place to learn and work. We have been judged ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted at our last four inspection cycles. Our purpose built school has been open for 9 years and continues to be an exciting place for students and staff. Tuke school is all on one level and gives great access to the outdoor spaces. Our school has many sensory aspects to the design to enable students to engage with their learning at every opportunity. It is an essential part of our ethos that the curriculum and every part of the building is easily accessible to all. We aspire to be a centre of educational excellence for students with severe and complex learning needs, an exceptional place to work and learn for students and staff, a school that encourages creativity, challenge and self motivation and a place where learning will be enhanced and enabled through an inclusive approach.
At the heart of our curriculum is our mission statement: “Learning Everywhere, Inspiring Everyone’.
Our school provides state of the art specialist facilities for students with Severe, Profound and Complex Learning needs. Our facilities include a hydro therapy suite , art and design areas, food technology rooms, a space dedicated to physical exploration, music studio, a sensory trail and interactive lighting and touch screen ICT. We provide training to enable staff to use all of the school facilities.
At Tuke, we have developed our own curriculum framework which brings together Education Health and Care plan outcomes, curriculum schemes of work, learning intentions and a systematic way of monitoring student personal progress. Our students are unique in the way that they learn; they may experience difficulties with generalisation, memory retention, communication, problem solving, managing change, transitions and processing skills. It is our aim to minimise barriers by creating learning opportunities that are purposeful and meaningful to each individual. We have small class groups between 6-8 students. Each class will have 4 support assistants in each class who are directly managed by the class teacher. Our therapy staff work alongside educational staff to ensure that specific learning programmes are integrated.
Arranging a visit to Tuke School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@tuke.southwark.sch.uk.
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