Position: Teaching Assistant

Location: Horley, Surrey 

Hourly Rate: £12.31 - £13.16 per hour

Salary: Actual salary £21,995.67 - £23,514.45 dependant on experience and qualifications (plus possible welcome bonus!)

Hours: 8.30am-4.30pm flexibility within these hours is crucial and you are required to work till 5pm one day a week for staff training and meetings. Term time only.

We're currently supporting a local specialist school near Horley who are looking to recruit a Teaching Assistant to join their team. Students are aged 7 - 11 and have difficulties with communication and social interaction, typically associated with Autism. 

There is a full therapy team on site to support both staff and students. 

You should apply if: 

You want to make a difference to the lives of our students and their families.
You want to contribute to a broad and creative curriculum.
You enjoy working as part of a collaborative and committed team.
You have a strong commitment to student and staff well-being and want to work in an organisation with the same values.
You want to work within an organisation that support, develops and invests in their staff.
Key Duties:

To establish a warm, caring and supportive relationship with pupils in order to support them feeling safe and enabling them to enjoy and learn during their time at the School.
To promote and encourage independence and personal development
Support the Class Teacher in all areas of the day to day running of the class
To respond to the varying and changing needs of the school and adapt to any task presented to achieve the smooth running of the school. Some physical intervention may be needed upon occasion, full training on this will be provided.
To promote pupils' cognitive, social, emotional, behavioural, physical development and spiritual well-being. 

Ideal Candidate:

GCSE Maths and English qualification minimum Grade 4 or equivalent is essential.
Level 2 or 3 Teaching Assistant Qualification (desirable but not essential)
Experience of working in a special school environment is highly desirable.
Team TEACH Training- desirable

Be part of the team and benefit from a generous package that includes:

Life assurance
Enhanced pension scheme
Welcome bonus - payable in 2 payments - 50% following successful completion of probation and 50% after one year service 
Perkbox - offering high street discounts
Employee assistance programme
Car lease scheme
Fully funded training and qualifications
Bike to work scheme
Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.

How to apply:

Send through your CV or email

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Trust is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled. 

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ's on the Teaching Personnel website for details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with DfE statutory guidance 'Keeping Children Safe in Education' this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.

We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.

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