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SalaryOverview and Responsibilities Location: Salwick, Nr Preston (Lancashire) Salary: £11.72 to £12.78 p/hr depending on skills and experience Hours: 40 hours per week – Term Time Only The Aurora Group 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 experienced team of staff. 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, 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. 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 A recognised qualification at Level 2 or above in Support work for Teaching and Learning in Schools or an equivalent is desirable GCSE Maths and English Level 2/C or above qualification is essential. 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
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How to apply? Please complete an online application form in full, remembering to include all employment and education details. 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.
