Sen Teaching Assistant

SEN Teaching Assistant

Job details

**Posted**

30 January 2025

**Salary**

**£20,906.25 per annum**

**Enddate**

01-30-2025

**Location**

Stockport

**Job type**
- Permanent

**Discipline**
- Education

**Reference**

006265

**Contact**

Recruitment Team

Job description

**_At OFG, we work smarter so you can spend more time doing what makes you happy_**

**Role: SEN Teaching Assistant**

**Location: Reddish Hall School, Stockport SK5 6UY**

**Salary: £20,906.25 per annum**

**Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday**

**Contract: Permanent, Term Time Only**

**UK applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.**

**As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for an SEN Teaching Assistant to join our close-knit team at Reddish Hall School, part of Acorn Education.**

**Job Purpose**

To provide a high quality education support service to Service Users and in accordance with Company policies, procedures and practices and the standards set by the Regulatory Body.

**Key Responsibilities and Duties**
- To support the class teacher/tutor in order to ensure the delivery of a high quality education for all students
- To support the class teacher and/or tutor to ensure that all relevant education policies and procedures are implemented in full
- To provide relevant and appropriate support to students, on an individual or group basis, in order to enable them to access the curriculum as independently as possible
- To promote, in line with Company policies, the physical, educational and moral development of the students
- To ensure that the available equipment and resources are used, stored and maintained efficiently, reporting any maintenance issues to the appropriate staff
- To support the class teacher and/or tutor in organising the classroom, its resources, student groupings and displays to provide a stimulating learning situation appropriate for students with autistic spectrum disorder *
- To support the teacher/tutor to write, update, implement and evaluate documentation relating to the individual student. This will include Behaviour Support Profile (BSP), Individual Risk Assessment, Individual Education Plan, Communication Profile, and Pastoral Support Plan as required and appropriate.
- To work collaboratively with the class teacher and/or class tutor to adequately plan to ensure the safety of students, in line with risk assessments, while both on and off site
- To produce appropriate and effective resources/teaching aids at the request of, and following a brief provided by, the class teacher and/or tutor
- To contribute as a member of the School’s multi-professional team, ensuring good working relationships with colleagues
- To support the care team through participation in the morning routing for students. This includes supporting the children in preparation for school and personal care as appropriate
- Work with and manage challenging behaviour, enabling Service Users to develop from needing external control, to developing self control
- To maintain regular communication both informally and in meeting times, ensuring the individual needs of the student are being met effectively.
- To ensure that the available equipment and resources are used, stored and maintained efficiently
- To make, use and keep records in accordance with Company policies and procedures and standards set by the Regulatory Body
- Safeguard all students and ensure their safety and wellbeing
- Communicate effectively with care staff to ensure a consistent approach and to provide a daily link between School and Home
- Liaise with staff from other departments to provide a consistent approach to all aspects of Service User education and care
- Maintain regular communication and liaison both informally and in meeting times, ensuring a consistent approach to education and care of Service Users

To see the Job Description, please click here - Teaching Assistant

**For a full list of Duties and Responsibilities, please see the Job Description**

**About us**

Reddish Hall School is an independent specialist day school for boys and girls aged from 5 to 18, catering for pupils with social emotional and mental health difficulties, with a high proportion of pupils who have a diagnosis of ASC. Our dedicated team work together to ensure successful outcomes for pupils who often arrive at the school with a troubled view of education and life.

We pride ourselves in steering pupils in the right direction, nurturing aspiration to progress them both academically and socially to encourage them to take pride in their achievements. Socially, we build confidence in our students, so they are able to have a greater understanding of the wider community in which they live.

Acorn Education is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education for vulnerable pupils. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in ou