Teaching Assistant – Wandsworth Hearing Support Centres
Linden Lodge School
Wandsworth
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- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 19 January 2020
Job overview
Salary: Scale 3 point 5 – 6 (£17,606 - £17,924)
Hours: Full Time
Working Pattern: Term Time Only (39 weeks)
Required: ASAP
Wandsworth Sensory Support Service is a provider of education for deaf children and young people. We are constantly building and growing our provision and an opportunity to join our highly motivated and skilled team as a Teaching Assistant has become available.
This is an opportunity for someone who is passionate about transforming young peoples’ lives and has a desire to develop their career within a Specialist Resource provision within Mainstream schools (Primary and/or Secondary). You'll be working in a small team of colleagues committed to providing high quality support and education to the children and young people within the units.
The Willow Hearing Support Centre (based at Sellincourt Primary school) caters for deaf children of Early Years to the end of Key Stage 2. The Rowan Hearing Support Centre (based at Southfields Academy) caters for children and young people from Key Stage 3 to Key Stage 5. Within both centres, you will be working under the guidance and supervision of highly skilled Teachers of the Deaf and you will be providing specialist input to enable the children and young people within the centres to achieve their full potential.
Experience in a similar setting would be an advantage but training will be provided for the right candidate if required.
We can offer you:
• Personalised induction programme
• The opportunity to undertake recognised qualifications
• A positive and supportive team
• A staff wellbeing programme which includes:
o Employee Assistance programme
o Free local gym membership
o End of term staff awards
o Weekly art and Pilates classes
The Wandsworth Sensory Support Service is a very special place to work and staff wellbeing and career progression is very important to us. In addition to our Staff wellbeing programme you will be provided with tailored in-house and external training appropriate to your needs and interests.
School Tour: We would encourage applicants to visit the centres before applying. Please contact Frankie Punzi, to arrange a suitable date and time on 0208 3945944 or punzi@wandsworthhis.org.uk
Completed applications should be emailed to: hradministrator@lindenlodge.wandsworth.sch.uk.
You can also download an application and details from the school website http://www.lindenlodge.wandsworth.sch.uk/75/staff-vacancies/cat/7/linden-lodge-school
Closing Date for all applications: 19th January 2020
Shortlisting: 20th January 2020
Interview Date: Week commencing 20th January 2020
Linden Lodge School and Wandsworth Support Service is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment, an enhanced DBS will be required.
Please note that CVs are not accepted.
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About Linden Lodge School
Linden Lodge School is a day and residential special needs school for pupils with Vision and Multi Sensory Impairment. We are based in Wimbledon, southwest London, and consider prospective pupils from a wide area.
We accept children from nursery to year 14 ( 2 to 19 ) with Vision Impairment, Hearing Impairment and Multi-Sensory Impairment. We also consider applications for pupils who would benefit from our sensory education approaches and facilities.
The education of pupils with Sensory Impairment is highly specialist and therefore we have specialist teachers, a specialist sensory curriculum and extensive specialist resources and facilities on our campus.
These include:
- A large workforce of specialist sensory impairment teachers who in addition to their teaching qualifications hold a Diploma or Masters Degree in teaching the visually impaired, hearing-impaired and multi-sensory impaired
- A large on-site therapy team of Speech and Language therapists, Physiotherapists and Occupational therapists directly employed by the school who work alongside teachers and education teams
- A team of habilitationists for the visually-impaired
- An onsite Learning Resources Centre which enables us to provide a wide range of fully accessible learning resources tailored to meet each pupil’s specific sensory needs
- On-site Vision assessment hub to carry out Functional Vision Assessments
- An NHS standard Audiology testing booth to assess pupils’ hearing and the use of audiological equipment
- A centre for families of children with Sensory Impairment to provide training, parent guidance and social opportunities
- An accessible physical environment including acoustically treated classrooms and clear signage for the visually-impaired
Our expectations for each pupil are high and we understand that each pupil with a Sensory Impairment has a unique diagnosis and learning profile. We have specialist centres for pupils with profound multiple learning needs and also for pupils following the National Curriculum and a range of GCSE, BTEC and externally accredited pathways.
We, therefore, offer a range of Curriculum pathways each tailored to pupils’ needs and abilities delivered through our departmental and specialist centres. A number of our centres are in separate purpose-built accommodation on site.
We want our pupils to reach their potential and achieve as much independence as possible. Every pupil has, in addition to their curriculum targets, personal goals to optimise their use of Vision, Hearing and other Senses.
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