SEN Teaching Assistant

Location: Wilmslow, Cheshire East

Salary: £11.00 - £12.00 per hour (£19,654.80 - £21,441.60 actual salary) depending on experience and qualifications

Hours: 40 hours per week – Term Time Only

The Aurora Group

We’re really pleased to be opening our Aurora Summerfields School in February 2023 in Wilmslow just off the A34, with a proposed capacity of 50 students.

This will be a brand new independent specialist school for young people aged 5 to 19, who face difficulties as a result of complex communication needs typically associated with Autism spectrum conditions. The school will mirror our ‘Outstanding’ rated Aurora Hanley School which you can read about here

Amongst a number of other new roles, we’re currently looking for an experienced SEN Teaching Assistant.

The Role / Key duties:

As our new Teaching Assistant, your role is to support our children with their learning and general wellbeing to ensure every child has the best opportunity to reach their full potential in a caring and safe environment. Where necessary this may include supporting with care needs from time to time as well as positive behaviour management adopting a tailored approach to the individual child.

You will be expected 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, and to promote and encourage independence and personal development in pupils while maintaining high expectations of behaviour at all times.

You will support the class teacher and contribute to providing high quality, challenging and differentiated educational activities and experiences through supporting the teaching of a broad and balanced curriculum aiming at pupils achieving their full potential in all areas of learning.

Like many SEN environments; your duties are likely to vary and therefore candidates will need to be flexible and be able to lend a hand whenever required.

Skills and Qualifications

Skills and Qualifications:

Successful candidates are likely to demonstrate:

• Experience working with SEN in an employed or voluntary setting
• Full UK driving licence and access to your own car desirable
• GCSE Maths and English Level 3 or above qualification is essential.
• A recognised qualification at Level 2 or above in Support work for Teaching and Learning in Schools or an equivalent is desirable
• Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures.
• Knowledge or experience of pupils with SEN or SEMH/ASD
• Ability to adapt
• The desire to put the child first and treat them as an individual
• Be positive and creative in assisting to meet pupils’ individual needs

Benefits and Additional Information

What’s on offer?

• Full training and continued support
• Life assurance and pension
• Health cash back plan
• Car lease scheme
• Bike to work scheme
• Perk box - loads of discounts on high street retailers and restaurants
• Free parking

To apply please complete our online application form in full.

For more information on this position please contact karen.barnfield@the-aurora-group.com / 07920 223 415

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 Aurora Group 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 Aurora Group 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