Overview and Responsibilities

SEN Teaching Assistant

Location: Wolverhampton

Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent

Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm. Term Time only

Salary: £12.87 to £14.03 p/hr depending on experience and qualifications

The Aurora Group

The Aurora Group is an innovative provider of education and care for children, young people and adults with special educational needs and disabilities. It is an exciting time to be part of Aurora, and this is a unique career opportunity to be instrumental in the development of a new school and to make your mark on our growing services.

Aurora Cedars School in Wolverhampton offers a bespoke education provision for up to 80 pupils aged 5-19 who have ASC/SEMH needs. The curriculum is creative and personalised for the pupils to ensure that we provide them with the best opportunities to succeed.

The building has been being redeveloped, and work has been done to design the look and feel of the school to ensure it fulfils its potential of being an amazing learning environment with facilities to allow students to access a varied curriculum in a calm and nurturing environment with a team that strives to give every student the confidence and opportunities to achieve.

The Headteacher is looking for fun, passionate, dedicated, and driven staff. He is committed to offering a truly unique workplace environment, embedded with a supportive culture, positive ethos, strong teamwork, and personal drive, with further career opportunities as both the school and Aurora, as a company, grows.

Due to an increase in students we are currently looking for 2x full time Teaching Assistants to join the team.

The Role / Key duties:

As our new Teaching Assistant, your role is to support our children with their learning and general wellbeing to ensure every child has the best opportunity to reach their full potential in a caring and safe environment.

Where necessary this may include supporting with care needs from time to time as well as positive behaviour management, adopting a tailored approach to the individual child.

You will be expected to establish a warm, caring and supportive relationship with pupils in order to support them feeling safe and enabling them to enjoy and learn during their time at the School, and to promote and encourage independence and personal development in pupils while maintaining high expectations of behaviour at all times.

You will support the class teacher and contribute to providing high quality, challenging and differentiated educational activities and experiences through supporting the teaching of a broad and balanced curriculum aiming at pupils achieving their full potential in all areas of learning.

Working 1:1 with students and in small groups (3-4) to deliver personalised learning.

Like many SEN environments; your duties are likely to vary and therefore candidates will need to be flexible and be able to lend a hand whenever required. Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required. Please see the link below for our full job description: Job Description: SEN Teaching Assistant

Skills and Qualifications

Successful candidates are likely to demonstrate:

• Experience working with SEN in an employed or voluntary setting
• Full UK driving licence and access to your own car desirable
• GCSE Maths and English Level 3 or above qualification is essential.
• A recognised qualification at Level 2 or above in Support work for Teaching and Learning in Schools or an equivalent is desirable
• Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures.
• Ability to adapt
• The desire to put the child first and treat them as an individual
• Be positive and creative in assisting to meet pupils' individual needs
• Have a driving license and be prepared to drive our school vehicles to support off-site trips and visits that are fundamental to our curriculum (desirable)
• Ability to work 1:1 with students

Benefits and Additional Information

What's on Offer at Aurora?

We believe in supporting you as much as we support the children and young people in our care. Here's a snapshot of the fantastic benefits waiting for you:

Grow with Us - Training & Development

Learning never stops at Aurora! We offer a wide range of training programmes and career development opportunities to help you build your skills and reach your goals.

Save Money on Everyday Essentials

With the rising cost of living, our Perkbox app helps you stretch your money further:

• Discounts on groceries, phone plans, internet, dining out, gym memberships & more
• Access to our Cycle to Work and Car Scheme

Competitive Pay & Reward

We regularly benchmark our pay and benefits to stay ahead of the curve. You'll enjoy:

• Enhanced Annual Leave
• Company Sick Pay
• Enhanced Pension
• Life Assurance

24/7 GP Access - For You & Your Household

Need a doctor? No problem. Book a phone or video appointment anytime, day or night. This service covers everyone in your household.

UK Health Cash Plan

Cover everyday healthcare costs like dental and optician bills. You and your children are included in the scheme, and you can upgrade to add your partner too!