Teaching Assistant
High Oaks
Hounslow
- Expired
- Salary:
- £18129 to £19468 per annum
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2019
- Apply by:
- 5 July 2019
Job overview
Teaching Assistants - Great Oaks College
Actual Salary: £18129 to £19468 per annum
Great Oaks College is a new specialist independent college that caters for students aged from 19 to 25. We are co-located within Oaklands School in a new state of the art, purpose built premises in Gresham Road, Hounslow, close to Osterley Tube Station and other public transport links.
The college provides further educational opportunities to post 19 students that have moderate, severe, and profound and multiple learning difficulties or autism. We currently have three tutor groups of students on three courses. Eventually Great Oaks will offer six distinct courses in three pathways. Our education programmes are designed to prepare students for active lives, increasing the opportunities available to them through increased independence.
Our three pathways in college are; Vocational, Life Skills and Sensory. Life Skills is a two-year course for young people who need to remain in education to develop skills for adult life. Students will work within their ability to become as independent as possible in everyday tasks and in accessing community facilities. The course consists of a core curriculum delivered two days per week, and the life skills program delivered two days per week.
Due to our rapid and continued expansion, we are looking to appoint an experienced teaching assistant to work with students on our life skills pathway. We are interested to hear from you if you have an NVQ3 in a relevant subject and have worked in a special school or specialist college before. You must be familiar with using Makaton signing and symbols for communication and essentially have experience of working with students with autism and complex needs. We believe that all of our students are capable of making outstanding progress and we want to appoint individuals who share our belief. Please refer to the job description and person specification for full details of the role and the skills/experience needed.
You will have previous experience of working in a special school or similar environment, be familiar with using Makaton signing and symbols for communication and essentially have experience of working with students with autism and complex needs.
We offer a comprehensive induction, Inset and CPD programme for our staff, a pension scheme and other wellbeing benefits including an employee assistance programme.
Oaklands is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and anyone applying to work at the school or college is expected to share this commitment. This position is subject to a satisfactory fully enhanced DBS check and references being received. All positions are subject to the satisfactory completion of a 26 working week probation period.
Details of this post are available on the school’s website: www.oaklands.hounslow.sch.uk
Visits to the school are welcomed. Please contact Rany Kalsi, HR Manager for an appointment on 0208 560 3569.
To apply, please complete and email the application form to HR@oaklands.hounslow.sch.uk
Please ensure that you explain clearly in your application how you meet the person specification.
Closing Date: 9am on 5th July 2019
Interview Date: 11th July 2019
Start Date: September 2019
Contract Type: Permanent, Term Time Only
Pay Scale: Scale 6 Hounslow Single Pay Scale point 16 to 20
Actual Salary: £18129 to £19468 per annum
Hours of work: 9.15am to 3.45pm Monday to Friday (28.75 hours per week)
CV’s will not be accepted. No agencies please.
Attached documents
About High Oaks
Oaklands is an ‘outstanding’ special school serving the London Borough of Hounslow that provides specialist education to students with severe learning difficulties, profound and multiple difficulties and autism aged 4-19. We have a Primary school (New Oaks), and a Secondary school (High Oaks). We are based across two different sites with both our school buildings offering state of the art facilities for our students and we serve a socially and ethnically diverse population, with children coming from within Hounslow and the surrounding Boroughs.
We are interested to hear from qualified teachers (QTS/QTLS) who are already working in special education and looking for a change, NQT's and those who work mainstream but are considering branching out into special education. All teachers are invited to come along and see our school and find out more about what its like working here.
We value our employees and offer excellent training and support along with a pension scheme, Employee Assistance Programme and other well-being benefits.
Call or email Rany Kalsi HR manager on 0208 560 3569 rkalsi@oaklands.uk.net to discuss career opportunities.
Careers at Oaklands School
Can you make a difference to children and young people’s lives? We have opportunities for people who wish to develop a career working with students with learning disabilities.
We need to employ many more staff over the coming years and would like to hear from anyone looking to develop a career in special education.
Oaklands secondary school moved to its current location in 2018 and boasts excellent facilities to provide a secondary and preparing for adulthood curriculum. Facilities include a sports centre, which is hired during evenings and weekends and outside term time under a planning condition.
Oaklands holds both an Ofsted Outstanding grade and also an advanced level accreditation from the National Autistic Society.
At Oaklands we aim to work closely with Hounslow’s special educational needs department to provide for the needs of Hounslow borough and are strongly committed to meeting the needs of Hounslow’s children and young people. We work with a school partnership established with schools in 3 boroughs, and with the Hounslow Education partnership. Oaklands provides training to a range of local provisions.
Oaklands believes that all of our students are capable of making outstanding progress and we want to appoint individuals who share our belief.
Career Opportunities
Apprentice Teaching Assistant
Relief/Bank Learning Support Assistants
Education Support Assistant (ESA)
Teaching Assistant (TA)
Teachers
Lunchtime Classroom Assistants
The application form, job descriptions and person specifications can be found for all positions on our website https://www.oaklands.hounslow.sch.uk/page/?title=Vacancies&pid=16
Upon completing their apprenticeship, our staff will gain a level 3 qualification.
We offer teacher training sponsorship.
We would like to offer work experience placements to students interested in pursuing a career in special education and are always keen to hear from those wanting to volunteer in our school.
Benefits of Working for Oaklands School
•Membership of Pension Scheme
•Extensive CPD training programme for all staff
•Employee Assistance Programme (Counselling, information and support)
•Well-being
•Childcare voucher scheme
•Annual flu jab
If you would like to find out more about working for us, please get in touch with Rany Kalsi our HR Manager on 0208 560 3569 or email rkalsi@oaklands.uk.net
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