Teaching Assistant

Job Title:
Teaching Assistant - Specialist School
Location:
Leatherhead, Surrey
Salary:
£12.31 - £13.16 per hour (£21,995.67 - £23,514.45 actual salary dependant on qualifications) Plus £1000 Welcome bonus *
Hours:
40 hours per week, Term time only Monday to Friday
We are currently seeking an experienced Teaching Assistant to join a specialist school in Effingham, Leatherhead supporting students aged 11-16 years old with Autism and associated behavioural and communication difficulties.
The role:
As 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 will include safely supporting challenging behaviour with positive behaviour management, adopting a tailored approach to the individual child and contributing to risk assessments and behaviour support strategies to ensure our children can access education and develop life skills.
Forming positive relationships with our children is critical. 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 and maintain high...