Occupational Therapy Assistant

Occupational Therapy Assistant

Full Time, Permanent Contract, £10.90 per hour, working 35 hours per week, term time only. 

Actual salary £17.632.93 per annum

Dawn House School, Helmsley Road, Rainworth, Nottinghamshire, NG21 0DQ

WE HAVE AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE FOR YOU!

If you aspire to develop young people so that they can achieve their true potential....

If you want to be part of removing a child's barriers to learning

If you like the idea of working collaboratively in an energetic and forward-thinking school environment...

If you want to come to work every day knowing no two days are ever the same in the community that you work in....

If you are keen to continue to learn (every day's a school day 😉!) and want to work alongside like-minded colleagues.....

If you are excited to contribute to our whole school curriculum and work alongside amazing teachers and a wide range of other professionals...

If you believe that our role extends beyond the classroom...

...then look no further!

One of our OT Assistants Wendy says,

“It is the small steps/goals achieved by the students that make my day. The OT team is a great team to work with and all the staff are supportive throughout the school.”

I couldn't have put it better myself! Come and meet us- we'd love to have you as part of the team!

 “Staff have a clear sense of pride in the school and understand their role in contributing to its continued success…… One parent stated, ‘The school is outstanding and absolutely amazing, we can now live as a normal family.’”

(Ofsted, School Short Inspection Report 12 March 2018)

This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic forward-thinking Occupational Therapy Assistant who wants to continue to develop their career, skills and knowledge in an Ofsted rated “Outstanding” (2018) specialist educational setting from Primary to Key Stage 5. Our students' primary challenges are speech, language and communication but also have other diagnosis’ and sensory challenges too.

As an OT Assistant, you will be working within an enthusiastic and highly skilled team working closely with other Therapists, Teachers and Teaching Assistants. You will enjoy the chance to work in different ways, working 1:1 or with small groups, in the classroom and supporting the Sensory Integration Trained OT in the Sensory Integration room. If you believe you are an outstanding OT Assistant who would enjoy working with our friendly and supportive team and would help our pupils to achieve their full potential, this role may be just what you are looking for.

Dawn House – a Speech & Language UK school, is set in a beautiful location with acres of well-maintained grounds. We pride ourselves as delivering outstanding, high quality integrated education, therapy and care. You will work collaboratively as part of strong and supportive multi-disciplinary team of teachers, therapists, teaching assistants and residential care officers, with class groups, smaller groups and with individual children. To succeed we need people like you, who share our dedication and passion to contribute towards the successful futures of our young people. Dawn House School is a non-maintained day and residential school for pupils aged between 5 – 19 years, who have severe and complex speech, language and communication challenges with associated learning and/or behavioural differences.

For an informal discussion about the role and/or to arrange a visit to the school, please contact the school office on 01623 795361 or email catherine.ingram@dawnhouse.org.uk (School Business Administrator). To find out more about Dawn House School and Speech & Language UK please visit www.dawnhouseschool.org.uk and Speech and Language UK: Changing young lives

To apply, please download an application pack or register your interest following the link Work for us - Current Vacancies | Dawn House School

The closing date for this vacancy is 9am on 17th April 2023