About This Role
Overview and Responsibilities
Teaching Assistant - no experience necessary
Location: Cranborne, Dorset
Contract: Permanent, 40 hours per week, term time only
Salary: £22,996 to £25,068 (Actual annual salary, dependent on experience and qualifications)
Hourly Rate: £12.87 to £14.03 p/hr Plus £1000 Welcome bonus*
At Aurora Boveridge College, we prepare our students for adult life, through person-centred academic and vocational study programmes leading to independent living with employment or further study. By working together, we increase resilience, confidence, self-esteem, emotional intelligence, and well-being: the cornerstones on which strong and successful long-term futures are built.
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The main purpose of the role:
As a Teaching Assistant, your role is essential to the support and development of our students being successful, independent, and achieving in a safe and caring learning environment. You will build a professional & trusted relationship with the students which put their health, safety and overall development first. This role will include supporting our teaching staff to deliver on a daily basis a broad and balanced curriculum for our students both on and off site. Flexibility is key in this role and may include working 1:1 with a student when required, or supporting in class working with a small group. Positive behaviour management is an important part of the role.
Key duties:
Support and facilitate the learning and independence of our students.
Contribute to planning, preparation, implementation and evaluation of education programmes, plans and reports as required.
Contribute to assessing, recording, and reporting on young peoples’ progress
Promote and encourage independence at all times.
Keep records accurately and up-to-date
Ensure safeguarding and health and safety procedures are followed at all times
Promote the development of positive social behaviours and self-regulation skills
Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.
Skills and Qualifications
Whilst previous experience isn’t essential; the ability and desire to build a professional & trusted relationship with our young people is.
Successful candidates qualities:
Full UK driving licence and access to your own car
Level 2 or equivalent in Maths and English
Please note that the minimum age to work on site is 21
Be positive and creative in meeting young person’s needs
Be able to work on your own as well as part of a team
Good numeracy and literacy skills
Competent ICT skills
Benefits and Additional Information
What's on offer?
Full training with the opportunity to gain qualifications (funded by us!) and CPD pathway for progressing
The little perks of appreciation, chocolates, food, tea & coffee pods, Christmas hampers etc
Free homemade lunches with a range of options
Well-being checks with our Mental first aiders & Well being Champions
Full management support
Life assurance
Enhanced pension scheme
Perkbox - offering high street discounts
Employee assistance programme
Car lease scheme
Fully funded training and qualifications
Bike to work scheme
Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.
If you are interested in this role then please apply on-line and complete our application form.
Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer
This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.
Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.