Job Title: Teaching Assistant SEN/LD
Location: Overton School, Ludlow
Hours: 40 hours per week
Salary: £16,000 - £18,000 per annum
Contract: Permanent, Term Time only
Options Overton School require a dedicated Learning Support Assistant (SEN/LD) to join our thriving education service, based in Ludlow, Shropshire. Salary £16,000 - £18,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience.
Our school provides specialist education for up to 30 pupils, aged 11 – 19 having a range of complex needs including ASC and ADHD, in addition to impaired social or cognitive functioning due to early life trauma and attachment difficulties.
As a Learning Support Assistant, you will work alongside a teaching team in small class groups to support a wide range of teaching strategies to engage and develop the progress of our learners. You must have a passion for working with young people and helping them to achieve their full potential.
This role is offered on a full-time basis working 8:30am – 4:30pm, Monday to Friday, term time only plus 5 inset days. Please note we are an independent school and therefore our school terms may differ from others in the local area.
Your day to day duties would involve:
- Working with a class teacher, assisting the children with their earning and supporting with pupil engagement
- Establishing good relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and responding to individual needs
- Encouraging pupils to interact with others and engage in activities led by the teacher.
- Supporting the planning lessons by preparing materials and resources
- Supporting pupil assessment through gathering and recording evidence
- Supporting pupils during off-site educational activities, including driving pupils to off-site locations
Key Skills Required:
- Experience of working with pupils with Autism Spectrum condition and/or challenging behaviour
- Ability to work independently or as part of a team
- Ability to adapt the support required to meet the needs of individual pupils to positively impact on progress in learning
- Effective communication skills, verbal and written including basic ICT skills
- Ability to support and manage complex and challenging behaviour
- preferably hold a valid UK driving licence
If you are keen to join an established SEN/LD school as a Learning Support Assistant, please apply immediately. In return, we offer a salary of £16,000 - £18,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience plus excellent company benefits.
Options Overton forms part of Options Autism, Outcomes First Group who employ approx. 2000 staff at locations throughout the UK and provide a range of education and residential care services to children and adults with autism, complex needs, learning disabilities and social, emotional mental health difficulties.
Outcomes First Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone in our care and therefore this post is subject to an enhanced DBS check where suitable references will be sought prior to your employment start date.