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SEN Teaching Assistant
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SEN Teaching Assistant
Location: Based near Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY5
Actual Salary: £22,795 - £23,083 dependant on experience and qualifications
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, across 5 days
Weeks: 39 weeks (Term Time Only, including 5 PD days)
The Fitzroy Academy is a New Reflexions independent school for young people with autism, learning disabilities, communication difficulties, complex needs, and associated emotional and behavioural difficulties. The Fitzroy Academy is a brand new school near Shrewsbury, which caters for students aged 7 to 18 years.
New Reflexions, "where every child matters," are one of the leading organisations for providing specialist services across the UK.
The school offers students a nurturing environment in which to grow, learn, and develop. All of our staff are trained in Reflective Therapeutic Intervention to ensure a consistent approach to managing behaviour. This compliments a structured provision along with our high expectations and individual plans to best support the learning and behaviour needs of each student as well as supporting with personal care.
We are looking for a Teaching Assistant to work within small classes with a class teacher, to support small groups or individuals to access bespoke learning programmes based on their developmental ages and abilities. The successful candidate needs to have some experience working in a special needs environment or educational setting. You will need to be confident and resilient in working one-to-one with students under teacher guidance. Further special needs training will be available for the right candidate.
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Applicants should have experience of working with challenging young people, will need to demonstrate a calm, positive approach, enthusiasm, energy, and plenty of patience. We can offer a supportive team, a very progressive approach towards professional development, and a positive, problem-solving working environment. If you would like to find out more or visit the school for a tour, please contact the Head Teacher, Lydia Swinton: 01939 210040.
Benefits
- Free access to 5 caravans throughout the UK for a personal holiday
- Funded DBS checks
- Refer a friend scheme – refer a friend to come join the New Reflexions team and earn a £500 bonus per referral or £1,000 for a qualified referral.
- Free confidential employee assistance programme and app.
- Blue Light discount card scheme
- Bike-to-work scheme
- Workplace pension
- Access to the Training Hub with 800 care sector-specific specialist online subjects; CPD accredited & certificated.
- A full current driving licence is preferred.
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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. Therefore, as this post is a regulated activity and/or on a regulated site, the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and our safer recruitment process. If you have any questions regarding this, please highlight these in your application.
This post is exempt from the provisions of section 4(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions Order) 1975.
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