Hours: 40 hours per week – Term Time Only  Contract: full-time, 12-month fixed term contract

Aurora Keyes Barn School

The Aurora Keyes Barn School is a 'Good' rated specialist provider of education and care, supporting boys aged 5 - 12 with additional special educational needs such as Social, Emotional and Mental Health, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit and Hyperactive Disorders as well as Speech, Language and Communication Difficulties.

We're currently looking for an experienced SEN Primary Teaching Assistant to join our friendly team on a fixed term basis.

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 and maintain 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.

Some of the children at our setting, are transported by our teaching assistants in a company vehicle, and therefore you may be required to transport children to and from school.

We love to take our learning outside from topic trips, forest school, sports and swimming lessons, therefore, at times you will be required to support learning offsite within our local area.

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. Please see our full job description below:

Job Description - Teaching Assistant

What we're looking for:

Essential:

• Enhanced DBS and right to work in the UK
• GCSE Maths and English level 2/C or above qualification
• Full UK driving licence
• Safeguarding training
• Experience supporting pupils with SEND and following EHCPs / One Page Profiles
• Strong classroom behaviour strategies, record-keeping and teamwork skills
• Reliable, patient and flexible

Desirable:

• A recognised qualification at level 2 or above in support work for teaching and learning in schools or an equivalent
• Experience with interventions such as sensory diets, Makaton/PECS or Thrive
• Knowledge of trauma-informed practice or mental health awareness

How to Apply: 

You can apply online by completing our online application form.  For more information on this position please contact Kirsty in the recruitment team -   

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.

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.