Teaching Assistant
North Hill House School
BA11
- Expired
- Salary:
- £22,796 FTE (£11.69ph) pre-probation
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 22 April 2024
Job overview
North Hill House are recruiting for a Teaching assistant to join our Education team. We are looking for versatile, resilient and committed Teaching Assistants, who can adapt their practice wherever necessary to support across all key stages. The successful candidate will work alongside the class teacher, assisting the children with their work and supporting with pupil behaviour while establishing good relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and responding to individual needs.
Our benefits include:
- Exclusive access to reward and discount scheme
- Comprehensive induction
- Blue Light Card
- full-time and part-time options
- No driving licence required
- Free staff lunch
- Free parking if needed
- Commitment to your ongoing training and career progression
- Paid for enhanced DBS
- Wellbeing support
- Cycle to work scheme and more!
Set in its own grounds close to Frome town centre, North Hill House is an independent specialist day school for children and young people aged 6 to 19 years with high functioning autistic spectrum disorders, including Asperger’s Syndrome and associated difficulties.
The school has been specifically designed to provide a strong focus for both UK and international students who need different levels of support to succeed, thus allowing young people with autistic spectrum disorders, Asperger’s Syndrome and associated difficulties to thrive effectively in an ever-demanding and complex society. Students have ambitions to live and work as self-reliant adults and we can help them to reach their goals with continued support, structure and guidance.
As part of Aspris Children’s Services, we are immensely proud of the career pathway and training we can offer you. We ask that you can demonstrate the values needed for a role, transferable skills and life experience and in return we will give you all the training and support you need to progress.
The successful candidate may have previous experience supporting in a classroom setting, but we welcome applications from candidates who may have no experience but are passionate about working with young people with SEN.
About North Hill House School
Mission Statement 'The fostering of a responsible, positive outlook on life and achievement through the provision of an appropriate and stimulating educational environment.'
Purpose North Hill House aims:
- To develop and enhance abilities, giving appropriate guidance with realistic expectations.
- To plan flexible and varied individual education programmes promoting academic and life skills in a supportive learning community.
- To manage behaviour consistently, clearly defining rules and boundaries and using rewards and sanctions to demonstrate the consequences of actions.
- To help students develop strategies to cope with conflict, anger, stress and anxiety.
- To motivate students to assert themselves in a positive way while respecting the rights and sensibilities of others.
- To encourage interaction with others, promoting participation and teamwork and building self-esteem and self-reliance through a broad range of approaches.
- To promote awareness of self and others by developing relationship-building and communication skills; thus helping students to recognise and share feelings, and by offering spiritual and moral guidance.
- To demonstrate the importance of acceptable and appropriate behaviour, including equal opportunities issues. · To build and develop a partnership between home and school, which is reflective of the school's team approach.
- To develop positive links with the local community.
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