10 Oct
Oldham Council
Oldham
Job description
Ref : 000218
The Trustees are looking to recruit to the post of
SEN Teaching Assistant Level 3 Autism Base (AB)
New Bridge School (Roman Road Campus)
Fixed Term - 12 months
NJC scale points 12-17
£26,421 - £28,770 per annum (full time, full year salary)
£19,771- £21,529 per annum (actual salary, pro rata)
SEN Allowance £1,455 per annum
Non-contractual base allowance : £2,055 per annum
Commencing as soon as possible
Part of the wider New Bridge Multi Academy Trust (MAT), New Bridge School is a generic special needs school for pupils and students between the ages of 11 and 19 across three sites within Oldham.
The school has an Outstanding rated provision which caters for 380 pupils with a wide range of SEND,
from moderate learning difficulties to profound and multiple learning difficulties, including severe and complex learning difficulties.
The school also caters for pupils with physical disabilities, multisensory impairments, visual impairments, hearing impairments and specific conditions including autism spectrum condition.
All pupils have an EHC plan. In order to cater to the needs of the range of pupils the school has developed a range of different provisions.
We have vacancies in 4 of these provisions and an overview of each is provided below.
The Trustees are looking to appoint a resilient and enthusiastic Level 3 Teaching Assistant to join our dynamic, growing and committed staff team in the following area :
Autism Base (AB) :
New Bridge School’s discrete Autism provision is a consistent environment for students with a diagnosis of autism and associated complex needs.
The curriculum echoes that of the main school and students enjoy all subjects and have full access to all the school’s facilities.
The main focus in the Autism Base is to develop social interaction, self and sensory regulation and communication skills.
This supports the pupils to express their wants, needs and emotions in more appropriate ways. These pupils are working towards a destination of playing a part in their community and are likely to require lifelong support to do so.
The class teachers in these settings focus largely on EHCP outcomes and deliver the majority of subjects to pupils. Enrichment subjects like PE, Music and Art are delivered by a specialist teacher.
The pupils in these groups may have associated sensory sensitivities and require support from staff to engage in sensory diets to regulate their level of arousal.
The majority of pupils have behaviour plans with strategies to support proactive interventions to successfully support the regulation of emotions.
All staff in the department are Team Teach trained but will only use physical intervention as an absolute last resort. Groups in AB are usually no more than 7 pupils supported by one teacher and up to four TA’s.
TA1’s working in the Autism Base will be assigned a class group and support pupils with all interventions to ensure that they can successfully access their curriculum and aspirational destination.
Applicants should be able to demonstrate how they meet the following essential criteria :
- Minimum 3 years’ experience of supporting young people with complex needs and / or a range of learning difficulties within an SEN setting.
- Experience of supporting teaching and learning activities for students including the preparation and organisational processes involved in the day to day running of a lesson.
- Experience of working in partnership with classroom teachers to differentiate appropriate interventions for students in relation to the curriculum.
- Experience of delivering bespoke interventions to individuals or small groups of learners.
- Experience of providing cover in the short-term absence of the class teacher.
- Experience of monitoring and assessing student progress and engagement; and providing regular feedback to stakeholders.
- Experience of supporting young people to overcome barriers to their personal,
social or learning development from a pastoral perspective.
- A nurturing and empathetic approach to behaviour management.
- The physical and emotional resilience to support pupils with complex needs, taking a non-judgemental approach and understanding that all behaviour is a form of communication.
- Experience of intervening to support students in crisis or trauma by using either emotional or educational support.
- The ability to build relationships with students, families and key partners around the students.
- Experience of supervising students over lunch and break times as directed.
- The ability to work as part of a team using own initiative when needed.
- Willingness to participate in own professional development.
Although based initially at our Roman Road site,
all staff are employed by the MAT and are expected to work at any site within the New Bridge Group
We are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment.
This post will be subject to a number of pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and proof of right to work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996.
It will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here .
For successful candidates, an online search will be carried out as part of our due-diligence in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023.
We strive to create a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy, and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
Salary : NJC Scale points 12-17 : £26,421 - £28,770 per annum (full time, full year salary)
Actual Salary : £19,771- £21,529 per annum (pro rata)
Allowance : SEN allowance £1,455 per annum
Non-Contractual base allowance : £2,055 per annum
Status : Fixed term - 12 months
Contracted hours : 32 hours per 55 minutes per week / term time only (190 days)
Based : Initially based at New Bridge School, Roman Road, Hollinwood, OL8 3PH
Closing Date :
Monday 21st October 2024 (9am)
Interviews : To be confirmed
Further info : Debbie Birch-Hall, Deputy Head of School [email protected]
Completed applications to be sent to : [email protected]
▶️ SEN Teaching Assistant - Level 3 (Autism Base)
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