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Teaching Assistant

Ambitious about Autism

Haringey

  • £17,620 - £22,240 per year
  • Expired
Salary:
£17,620 - £22,240 per annum (Dependent on skills and experience)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
10 December 2021

Job overview

Come and join our team! We have an exciting opportunity for a Teaching Assistant.


Our learners begin their journey with us at various points of the year, depending on their previous educational situation and their transition to start at our school, which is specialised for them.


Who are TreeHouse School?


TreeHouse school is an Ofsted 'Outstanding' non-maintained special school, providing support and education to over 95 pupils aged 3-19. Our goal for all our pupils and learners is to ensure that when they leave our setting's they will have the opportunity to access employment, further education, or training and to live as part of the communities of their choice.


Your role as a Teaching and Behaviour Support:


Providing person centred, day to day support, delivering 1:1, paired and small group teaching, and learner sessions using Positive Behaviour Support (PBS). 

Supervise and support our learners to engage in community-based learning and educational visits.

Use your creativity daily to support lesson plans through preparing materials and resources.

Support our learners to develop crucial life skills, meet their goals and aspirations through communication, independence and participation.

What do you get in return?


Sociable Working hours: 8.45am start each day and an early finish on a Friday.

Holidays: 11 weeks non-term time per academic year + bank holidays.  

Salary: Highly competitive salary reviewed at 6 months and then annually.

Travel: Free on-site parking, Cycle2Work scheme up to £5000 and season ticket loans to spread the cost of your commute.

Learning & development: A wide range of CPD opportunities, internal vacancies and additional responsibilities to give you the chance to explore different career pathways.

Wellbeing: Excellent free wellbeing programmes, social wellbeing committee: open forums to discuss current and ongoing events, running clubs, cooking classes and more! We also have an Employee assistance programme, open 24/7 that offers support and counselling.

Please find our full list of benefits here: https://jobs.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/jobs/benefits-rewards/


Start date: We are accepting applications to start now and January 2021.


For further information please contact lmartucci@ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk or 0208 142 3845


See a virtual tour of our a school here - https://treehouseschool.org.uk/our-school/virtual-tour


Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit.


Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. 


The Safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification. 


Whether the post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendment to the Exceptions Order 1975,2013 and 2021. This 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 Filter Guidance

About Ambitious about Autism

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+44 20 8815 5444

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Ambitious about Autism is the national charity for autistic children and young people. We stand with autistic children, young people, champion their rights and create opportunities. The voices of autistic children and young people are at the heart of everything that we do. We want to help create a world where autistic children and young people are heard, included and supported.

Our specialist education services support autistic children and young people to be themselves and realise their ambitions:

- TreeHouse School is a non-maintained special school based in the heart of a thriving community in north London. It educates autistic pupils aged three to 19 from across London and the Home Counties.

- The Rise School is a thriving special school based in Feltham, west London educating autistic pupils aged four to 18.

- Ambitious College is a specialist day college for autistic young people aged 16 to 25. The college has two campuses situated in partnership with mainstream colleges in north and west London.

- Spring School is a special school dedicated to educating autistic pupils aged four to 19. It was opened in 2023 by the Ambitious about Autism Schools Trust and is based in Kingston, south west London.

- St. John’s College is a specialist college based in Brighton supporting young people aged 16-25. The college became part of Ambitious about Autism in 2023.

We stand with autistic children and young people. Now is the time for change. Now is the time for ambition.

Our Values:

Autistic children and young people are at the heart of everything that we do. That’s why:

· We work together – with autistic children and young people, parents and carers, our partners and staff to maximise impact and reach.

· We are open – to new approaches, in how we make decisions, and engage with our community.

· We love learning – and commit to learn from our successes and mistakes; sharing knowledge, expertise and resources.

· We are ambitious – for autistic children and young people and our work.

· We celebrate difference – creating a world where everyone belongs.

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