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Teaching Assistant - Secondary

Teaching Assistant - Secondary

Portfield School

Christchurch BH23 6BP

  • £16,625 - £16,800 per year
  • Quick apply
  • Expired
Job type:
Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
Start date:
July 2023
Apply by:
24 June 2022

Job overview

Our school provision is oversubscribed each year and we are extremely proud to be Ofsted ‘Good’ aspiring to become ‘Outstanding’.


The role

As a Teaching Assistant, you would support pupils in secondary phase with special educational needs, specifically autism. The role would be to work one-on-one with our students to support them though their educational journey. The rough age bracket for this phase would be 11-19.

Aiding the Teacher to deliver the curriculum, you will help our students understand lesson activities to support their learning and develop important life skills to prepare them for adulthood.

You will have the chance to work with specialist facilities such as our therapy pool and sensory room, creating unique and inspiring environments. The ability to swim is not essential, but you must be comfortable getting into shallow water with students. The main concept of this role is to support our students, know when to challenge, be open and honest and provide guidance on day to day school life.


About You

For this secondary phase of learning we would be looking for someone who has:

Bundles of energy and enthusiasm

An engaging tone of voice

A good sense of humour

Good understanding of mental health

Strong attention to detail

Ability to always put the student first

A positive and upbeat disposition 

Confidence to support someone if needed with personal care (helping with food, toilet trips)

An understanding of adolescence. 

Background


As a Teaching Assistant with us, you will embark on our 12 week on-boarding programme completing a variety of in-house training and development courses to allow you to learn about each student and how you can best support them. You will also have the opportunity to continuously gain new skills during your career with us, whether this is learning sign language, becoming a training tutor yourself or completing NVQ qualifications to allow you to progress within the charity. Previous experience within this field is not required.


What We Can Offer You:

Paid enhanced DBS when starting

Pay increase after passing probation

Employee referral award of £400 (each time!)

Work term time only

Paid during your time off

Bespoke training programs

Healthcare Benefits

Online perks and discounts

Extra hours available with our Adult Services during the holidays

Lunch available from the onsite canteen

Pension scheme

Career progression

Free Parking

About Portfield School

+44 1202 573808

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Mission Statement

To enable every autistic student to achieve their full potential

Values

•          Resilience

•          Partnership

•          Care

•          Courage

•          Curiosity

Who we are

Portfield School is exceptional due to the staff team that support our students. Their dedication, hard work, perseverance, and high expectations allow the students to thrive and achieve. All staff demonstrate high levels of compassion and understanding that brings out the best in every student. Our flexible approach supports students with their additional needs whilst creating an individual pathway that challenges and supports them to be the best that they can be.

Our skilled team of teachers, teaching assistants and therapists work collaboratively to design a personalised learning programme, tailored to the needs, strengths and interests of every student.

Partnership working is central to the success of our students; we are committed to working with our families to support the progress and well-being of their child. Families have regular contact with the team at Portfield School who offer high levels of support and advice.

What we do

At Portfield School we are proud of a truly unique curriculum design, which is flexible, creative and tailored to the individual. The curriculum offer is holistic and enables the self-confidence, resilience and self-advocacy of the students to bloom as well as allowing the individual to achieve accredited qualifications. In addition to academic achievement, we build emotional wellbeing and resilience and develop the students’ social and independence skills.

Our holistic curriculum includes not only education, but also therapy, the development of skills for life, independence, and a focus on accessing the world of work through a highly tailored work experience programme.

At Portfield School, respect and equity underpin everything we do. We recognise the amazing attributes that each of our students have, and we support their continual development to enable everyone to thrive. Our students are encouraged to take on new challenges, engage in appropriate risk-taking and apply the skills they have learnt their whole lives.

Most importantly, we inspire our students, finding creative ways to navigate challenges and ensuring that they have the skills to be independent adults who can make meaningful choices and take an active role within their community.

Each of our students receives a high-quality education delivered through the immensely capable and effective hands of our specialised school team. We have a highly motivated, talented, and dedicated team of teachers and support staff who have high aspirations for our young people. We provide a caring and challenging environment ensuring that all students reach their full potential.

Inclusion is at the heart of our school where all pupils are nurtured and encouraged to achieve their full potential and develop into creative and ambitious learners. We are extremely proud of their achievements and take every opportunity to celebrate them.

We are immensely proud of Portfield School which provides education to students from the age of 4 to 19. Our team is a dedicated group of individuals who make it their sole purpose to improve the lives of our students and find ways to make the impossible, possible.

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