SEN Teaching Assistant

Grace Garden School is an exciting and innovative provision which offers full time education to children who have significant/complex social, emotional or educational difficulties. At Grace Garden School, our students learn through an outdoor, land and craft-based curriculum, which includes practical skills; textiles, green woodwork, pottery and cooking with a significant period of time involved in growing biodynamic produce in the school gardens and looking after the farm animals.

The key duties of this role will be:

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To provide one to one support to learners with learning difficulties and/ or learning disabilities and challenging behaviour.

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To help students adjust to their new settings, recognise signs of distress and offer reassurance, and to promote and encourage the acceptance and inclusion of all pupils.

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To supervise and support students to ensure their safety and access to learning and facilitate students’ physical, emotional and educational development.

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To establish and promote supportive and productive relationships with pupils: acting as a role model and being aware of, and responding appropriately to, individual needs.

You must have:

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Experience of working with children in an educational setting.

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Experience working with autism and attachment needs.

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Good levels of literacy and numeracy skills. (e.g. GCSE Maths and English, or equivalent).

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A desire to learn and a passion for working with children with additional needs.

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A patient, caring, compassionate and child-centred approach.

Excellent observation skills and the ability to problem solve and think Grace creatively to enable our students to reimagine their potential.

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Emotional intelligence and resilience with the ability to react calmly in challenging situations.

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An interest in / or skills in working in the outdoor environment.

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Hold a full UK driving license

You will need to be:

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Honest, reliable, an excellent communicator, resilient, hard-working, versatile, and a great team player.

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You must be keen to improve your own knowledge and skills in a genuinely unique educational environment.

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Experienced in, or willing to develops skills in, supporting the delivery of our unique curriculum

Working at Ruskin Mill Trust is incredibly rewarding; we offer competitive salaries and holiday allowances, an auto-enrolment pension scheme with a salary sacrifice option, a health cash plan and employee assistance programme via Medicash.

In addition, staff receive valuable training opportunities including an in-depth interactive induction to enable our new team members to experience our Practical Skills Therapeutic Education (PSTE) curriculum and opportunities for further training and academic research including our own MSc in Practical Skills Therapeutic Education.