TEACHING ASSISTANT
Location: Tokers Green, Reading
Salary: £11.72ph - £12.53ph (actual annual salary = £20,941 - £22,388 per year) Dependant on experience and qualifications
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 40 hours per week, term time only
Start date: November 2024
This school is due to open in November 2024 in Tokers Green, Reading, Berkshire. The school will support young people aged 6 -16 with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Condition, moderate to Severe Learning needs and associated difficulties, who require an individualised, specialist approach.
You will join a passionate team that put the opportunity to provide the best possible outcomes for children and young people in their preparation for adult life at the centre of all they do and their decision making. The aim of the school is to raise standards by promoting a school ethos which is underpinned by core values. These values support the development of the whole child as an effective and engaged learner within a calm, caring, happy and purposeful atmosphere The support provided enables each of the students to engage and progress at their own level within a learning environment designed to help them achieve their full potential as they reach adulthood.
We are looking for team members who feel they can demonstrate the schools values.
The staff at this school:
Value all the children.
Display great patience and listen carefully to children.
Focus on and emphasise the positive.
Face reality and help pupils to come to terms with difficult issues as they arise
Only disapprove of poor behaviour, never the child.
Try to make time for one another.
Are mutually supportive.
Speak quietly and avoid shouting.
Are valued by the governors and the community.
Have a good sense of humour.
Communicate with parents to ensure that they appreciate the school's values and to ensure that there is a common understanding.
In order for the school's purpose to be effective and for the values to be meaningful to the pupils, the staff understand that the basic needs of children are:
To feel secure and know clearly what is expected of them.
To be valued.
To have a balance of activities – active/passive; quiet/talking; communicating/reflective; taught skills/exploratory work.
To have help to develop relationships.
To develop self-awareness and a knowledge of the world outside of themselves.
To have creative experiences, including external exploration and internal reflection.
To be fully involved in the process of education.
This an amazing opportunity to grow with the school in their success!