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SEN Learning Support Assistant (LABS)

SEN Learning Support Assistant (LABS)

Ambitious about Autism

Ambitious College, Pears Campus at West Thames College, London Road, Isleworth TW7 4HS

Salary:
£17,144 - £22,859 per annum
Job type:
Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2019
Apply by:
2 September 2019

Job overview

Are you a Learning Support Assistant looking to develop a career working with young people with autism?

Do you want to make the ordinary possible for young people with Autism?

Here at Ambitious College West Thames, part of Ambitious about Autism, we are hiring!

Ambitious College is an Ofsted Good college providing support and education to over 42 learners. We are looking for Learning and Behavioural specialist staff, with a passion for working with young people, aged 16-25, in particular those who may have received all manner of set-backs in and outside of education.

Working as a SEN learning support assistant at Ambitious College West Thames school you will:

  • Provide day to day support, delivering 1:1, paired and small group teaching, and learner sessions using a behavioural approach (PBS).
  • Supervise and support community-based learning and educational visits
  • Help to plan lessons by preparing materials and resources
  • Working with key pupils to help develop their personal plans and aspirations
  • Supporting pupils to develop crucial life skills to help them thrive

You will need to be well organised, have good planning skills, an appreciation of health & safety in the workplace along with a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Above all, you will also need the physical and emotional resilience to work with young people who sometimes present with behaviours that challenge.

Working at Ambitious College we offer a wide range of financial and wellbeing benefits, such as:

  • Competitive annual salary, Paid over 52 weeks
  • Pension scheme
  • Free healthy breakfast every day
  • Continuous professional development
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Subsidised classes and activities: such as Yoga, Zumba, Running Clubs and Book clubs

If you would like to find out more about working at Ambitious College, please find our recruitment pack attached. Alternatively apply today and help us in making the ordinary possible for young people with Autism

Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit. 

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About Ambitious about Autism

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+44 20 8815 5444

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Ambitious about Autism is the national charity for autistic children and young people. We stand with autistic children, young people, champion their rights and create opportunities. The voices of autistic children and young people are at the heart of everything that we do. We want to help create a world where autistic children and young people are heard, included and supported.

Our specialist education services support autistic children and young people to be themselves and realise their ambitions:

- TreeHouse School is a non-maintained special school based in the heart of a thriving community in north London. It educates autistic pupils aged three to 19 from across London and the Home Counties.

- The Rise School is a thriving special school based in Feltham, west London educating autistic pupils aged four to 18.

- Ambitious College is a specialist day college for autistic young people aged 16 to 25. The college has two campuses situated in partnership with mainstream colleges in north and west London.

- Spring School is a special school dedicated to educating autistic pupils aged four to 19. It was opened in 2023 by the Ambitious about Autism Schools Trust and is based in Kingston, south west London.

- St. John’s College is a specialist college based in Brighton supporting young people aged 16-25. The college became part of Ambitious about Autism in 2023.

We stand with autistic children and young people. Now is the time for change. Now is the time for ambition.

Our Values:

Autistic children and young people are at the heart of everything that we do. That’s why:

· We work together – with autistic children and young people, parents and carers, our partners and staff to maximise impact and reach.

· We are open – to new approaches, in how we make decisions, and engage with our community.

· We love learning – and commit to learn from our successes and mistakes; sharing knowledge, expertise and resources.

· We are ambitious – for autistic children and young people and our work.

· We celebrate difference – creating a world where everyone belongs.

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