About this role
School Therapy Assistant
Salary: £12.87 to £14.03 p/hr hour / £22,996 to £25,068 depending on skills and experience
Permanent Full-Time Term Time Only
Location: Cedars School, Wolverhampton
Hours: 40 per week
Closing Date: 31st May 2026
Interview Date: 3rd June 2026
The Aurora Group
The Aurora Group is an innovative provider of education and care for children, young people and adults with special educational needs and disabilities. It is an exciting time to be part of Aurora, and this is a unique career opportunity to be instrumental in the development of a new school and to make your mark on our growing services.
Aurora Cedars School in Wolverhampton will offer a bespoke education provision for up to 80 pupils aged 5-19 who have ASC/SEMH needs. The curriculum is creative and personalised for the pupils to ensure that we provide them with the best opportunities to succeed.
The Headteacher is looking for fun, passionate, dedicated, and driven staff to help support her vision for the pupils and the school environment. She is committed to offering a truly unique workplace environment, embedded with a supportive culture, positive ethos, strong teamwork, and personal drive, with further career opportunities as both the school and Aurora, as a company, grows.
We are currently looking for a Therapy Assistant to join our new school.
The main purpose of the role:
The post holder will implement and review therapy interventions as identified by the Therapy Team, through assessment and as set out as part of an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), to enable students to fulfil their potential in all aspects of their lives. These will include occupational therapy interventions as well as sensory and creative activities such as therapeutic art activities. Speech and Language interventions and psychology interventions as and when required
Key duties:
Enable students to regulate the impacts their sensory and emotional needs have on them
Enable students to develop SaLT