Experienced qualified SEN Teaching Assistant

Birmingham Independent College (BIC) is an independent specialist provision teaching high performing, functional and complex needs students with ASD, SLD, ADHD and Down’s Syndrome.  

Our facilities are registered for 74 students, with agreed capacity of 35 SEN students aged 14-25. BIC’s focus is to ensure all students are able to meet their fullest potential in-line with the college practice for continuous growth towards educational excellence and creating opportunities for students to improve their creative intelligence. Our staff strive to be a beacon of support, whilst developing innovative learning schemes to increase the academic and vocational potential of every student. 

BIC is seeking two:  

Experienced qualified SEN Teaching Assistants (male and female). You will be required to deliver 1:1 and to small teaching groups of SEN students.   You must have a minimum of 2 years UK teaching experience working with student with SEND.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Application Details:  To apply for any of these positions please complete the attached application form as we will not read accompanying Curriculum Vitae (CV) or accept them instead of an application form.

If you have not had a reply to your application within two weeks of the closing date, please assume you have not been selected for an interview on this occasion.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Safeguarding

BIC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including:

Enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and Right to Work.

References

All applicants will be required to provide three suitable references. 

Rehabilitation of offenders

Rehabilitation of offenders: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.