Social Language Technician
Hurst Lodge School
Ascot, Berkshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- Negotiable
- Job type:
- Part Time, Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 07/01/18
- Apply by:
- 31 December 2017
Job overview
Social Language Technician Required for January
We are seeking to appoint a Social Language Technician to work on a one to one basis with a Foundation aged pupil from January 2018.
This is a new, multidisciplinary role within a mainstream school and the candidate will be trained to deliver targets across three different disciplines.
1. ABA/VBA (applied behaviour analysis & Verbal behaviour analysis)
2. Occupational therapy
3. Speech and Language therapy
Targets and training will be given on site by qualified professions, and the candidate must be highly motivated to train and learn on a constant, on going supervised basis.
The ideal candidate will have training and/or experience with autism and working with non-verbal or emerging verbal learners with a diagnosis of ASC.
Experience with BSL/Makaton or SSE sign language is preferred, or the candidate must be willing to learn.
Experience of working with young children is essential. The candidate should have very good play skills.
Hurst Lodge is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All successful candidates will be expected to undergo an enhanced DBS check.
About Hurst Lodge School
Hurst Lodge is a mixed, non-selective, Roman Catholic all-through school with sixth form situated in Ascot, Berkshire. It is an independent boarding school. The school capacity is 220 children aged 3-18.
Hurst Lodge was founded in 1942 in London as a dance school by Doris Stainer, before moving to Sunningdale. It moved to its current site in Ascot in 1999.
Principal
Vicky Smit
Values and vision
Hurst Lodge, which prides itself on being a nurturing environment, has a particular focus on creativity and building self-worth. It offers a broad general education to help children become well-rounded, as well as supporting them with personal goals.
Since its origins as a dance school, Hurst Lodge has focused on the arts. Extra-curricular activities include drama and art classes as well as maths or science clubs. ICT has improved in recent years and there is a comprehensive careers programme for students, particularly for older students and sixth-formers.
ISI report
“Strong personal development is a noticeable characteristic of the pupils throughout the school. Their spiritual and moral development is expressed through their self-awareness and confidence, and in their relationships with one another and the staff. Pupils are prepared to take on responsibilities and clearly benefit from the growing understanding of the importance of their relationship with the environment.”
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