Teaching Assistant at SEN School & College
St Joseph's Specialist Trust, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 7DHThis job expired on 15 December 2022 – see similar jobs
Start date details
as soon as possible subject to pre-start compliance checks and training
Closing date
15 December 2022 at 9am
Date listed
9 November 2022
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
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- 36 hours per week, 39 weeks being term time including CPD days
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £20,168 - £21,384 FTE (Actual £16,830-£17,825)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking a number of Teaching Assistants to join the education team in our specialist SEN school and
college located in Cranleigh, Surrey (midway between Guildford and Horsham, south of London). You will be supporting students,
age 5-19, with severe social communication difficulties,
complex learning disabilities, most with autism and often challenging behaviours to access
therapy based education.
Our classes have between 4 and 10 students. They are grouped by ability and to meet their social needs rather than age. Some class time is structured. Many students follow a personalised timetable. They learn core skills including numeracy, literacy and science as well as life and living skills including cookery and gardening. Lessons are often 30 minutes long. Some of our students are non-verbal using alternative means of communication including Makaton, signs, symbols or communications aids, often using a multi-sensory approach.
What we are looking for:-
- Literacy and Numeracy Skills: you will need to support the students in their learning and be able to read, understand and complete medication forms, risk assessments and student reports and records.
- Common Sense: you will need work in a team and dynamically risk assess challenging situations to keep yourself and others safe.
- Communication skills: you need to be able to communicate effectively with children, families and professionals.
- Patience: you will need to adapt to the pace of each individual young person and be able to remain calm when faced with anxious, emotional or frustrated behaviours, some of which would be deemed unacceptable elsewhere.
- You don’t need experience to apply. You do need empathy and compassion, physical and mental resilience and the drive to make a real difference to the lives of our young people.
What the school offers its staff
- A two year nationally accredited TA qualification paid for by Trust with dedicated training, with opportunity for future progression
- **£1,000 Retention bonus - £250 after 1 month, £250 after 1 year, £500 after 18 months at Trust
- Life Assurance and Medical Cashplan (after qualifying period of employment)
- Team Teach positive behaviour support training, refreshed every two years, with ongoing assistance from on site Team Teach tutors within our Inclusion Team
- Excellent career progression opportunities
- Personalised approach to CPD and regular 1:1 line management support with online appraisals
- Free hot lunch during term time, provided by our excellent in-house catering team
- Ample free on-site parking
- Comprehensive Induction programme
- Employee assistance service (confidential, professional wellbeing and counselling 24/7 service for you and your family members)
- Excellent network of support across the organisation including a team of Adult Mental Health First Aid and Occupational Health
- Based on a beautiful 23 acre site in a semi-rural area on the edge of the Surrey Hills (own transport is desirable)
Further details about the role
St Joseph’s is a registered charitable trust comprising specialist school, college and registered children’s home working with vulnerable children and young people with complex needs and two supported living houses for young adults. Our 70+ students are aged 5 to 19 years old with complex learning disabilities and severe social communication and behavioural issues, many with autism. Our education team, working with our integrated therapy team, enable the students to access and enjoy therapy based education.
PLEASE NOTE that we do cannot sponsor candidates to move from abroad or convert visas at this time. You must be resident in UK with full right to work.
We reserve the right to interview suitable candidates before the closing date which may result in the role being filled.
Commitment to safeguarding
St Joseph’s Specialist Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This position requires an enhanced DBS disclosure and take up of references.
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About St Joseph's Specialist Trust
- School type
- Special school, ages 5 to 19
- School size
- 73 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 19
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- St Joseph's Specialist Trust website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@st-josephscranleigh.surrey.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01483272449
St Joseph’s Specialist Trust is an independent non-maintained specialist school and college, registered children’s home with two local adult supported living houses nearby. The St Joseph’s community consists of approximately seventy five students at the school and college, twelve tenants resident at the Supported Living Houses who are supported by almost 270 staff.
We cater for young people aged 5 – 19 with complex and severe learning difficulties, many of whom are on the Autistic Spectrum, and other associated difficulties. We use an embedded therapies approach and focus on access to the community for all, irrespective of their challenges.
St Joseph’s 22 acre site is situated on the outskirts of Cranleigh in the Surrey Hills between Guildford and Horsham. There are bus connections but we do not have a railway station. Due to the semi-rural location it is advantageous to have a car.
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