Verbal Behaviour Assistant

Salary: Scale 1: Points 2 to 3 (£25,854 – £26,238) Plus SEN Allowance (£1,455) FTE

Actual starting salary (pro rata), £23,673 including SEN Allowance

Hours: 36 hours per week – term time only + INSET days

Closing Date: 9AM, Monday 19th February 2024

Interview Date: To be held from 23rd February 2024

We are seeking to appoint Verbal Behaviour Assistants to join our vibrant and welcoming special school.

Manor School provides an Ofsted-judged ‘Outstanding’ specialist learning environment for pupils with a wide range of special needs and we have a clear and strong vision ‘love, learn, laugh’ which we achieve through creating a positive, engaging environment where pupils effectively learn.

We can offer you:

• A place within a committed Verbal Behaviour team;
• High quality professional development opportunities;
• Calm, purposeful and well-resourced learning environments;
• A forward-thinking approach to teaching and learning throughout the school;

We are looking for:

• Positive, energetic and creative teaching assistants with a love of teaching and learning;
• Applicants who have a keen interest in developing skills in Verbal Behaviour;
• Teaching assistants who have experience in positively managing behaviour;
• Experience or knowledge of autism and/or severe learning difficulties an advantage.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and education of our children and expect all our staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check and references will be required.

The advertised role is not eligible for visa sponsorship, only applicants with the automatic right to work in the UK should apply.

Completed application forms can be emailed to recruitment@therisepartnershiptrust.co.uk

Telephone:     0208 968 3160

Safeguarding Statement *

The Rise Partnership Trust take its’ responsibilities in relation to safeguarding and child protection very seriously. All appointments to the school are subject to Enhanced Disclosure by the Disclosure and Barring Service and comprehensive pre-employment checks.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.