Learning Support Assistant
Acorn Education and Care Limited
Newton Abbot
- Expired
- Salary:
- £15,902.86 - £21,557.57 per annum
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 13 February 2022
Job overview
Position: Learning Support Assistant
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £15,902.86 - £21,557.57 per annum (dependant on experience and qualifications)
Contract: Permanent, Term Time Only
Location: Greater Horseshoe School, Newton Abbot
Do you love helping children? The outdoors? Animals? Do you want to have the autonomy to share your ideas to create fun, exciting and engaging lessons for Autistic children? The Greater Horseshoe School is looking for innovative thinkers who can help keep our students engaged and excited about learning.
This isn’t like your everyday mainstream teaching assistant role! We are looking for creative, active and open-minded Teaching Assistants, to join our family feel team. You must have a keen interest in encouraging and inspiring even the most challenging of minds and behaviours. We are looking for candidates, who want to get involved, have their ideas heard, aren’t afraid of getting dirty on the farm or in workshops and who are resilient, active and caring. Previous experience working with young people with high complex needs preferable.
The Greater Horseshoe School is a relatively new, large site surrounded by trees and flanked by a tranquil river and farmland. We have grown rapidly to support, currently, 41 young people, aged 7-18 Each child has individual needs based on communication and sensory challenges, which are associated with autism and we support them using a bespoke curriculum and the THRIVE approach.
The established staff team come from a variety of previous occupations and have individual skills, which can be utilised, within this school. So, if you have an interest and/or qualifications in animal care, horticulture, construction, outdoor education, forestry or any other specific trade or hobby, we would love to hear from you!
Acorn Education & Care is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education and residential care for vulnerable children and young people. As part of Outcomes First Group we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.
The benefits of working for this school are:
Intensive training including a Group wide 3 day induction, a site induction and buddy system
Enhanced DBS paid for
Defined career pathways with support to achieve your goals
Staff member of the week
Wellbeing activities every couple of weeks
Breakfast and lunch provided
Team building days
Summer and winter events
Access to shopping discounts, a wellbeing platform and a CPD online course account
Make a real difference to children
No day is the same so you will never be bored!
If this sounds like the role for you, please apply now. For additional information, please contact our recruitment team at recruitment@ofgl.co.uk.
We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All successful applicants will be subject to a fully Enhanced DBS.
Acorn Education and Care is part of Outcomes First Group. We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All successful applicants will be subject to a fully Enhanced DBS.
About Acorn Education and Care Limited
- Acorn Education and Care Limited
- 1 Merchants Place, River Street, Bolton
- Greater Manchester
- BL2 1BX
- United Kingdom
Great opportunities to develop your career
If you really want to make your mark in a rapidly growing business, which is committed to improving the lives of children and young people, we have the role for you!.
Our vision is to build incredible futures by empowering vulnerable young people in the UK, to be happy and to make their way in the world. Every day we improve the lives of thousands of young people, their families and communities, through a relentless focus on caring and learning.
Together we inspire trust, happiness and an infectious passion to accomplish our vision.
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