About this role
New Horizons School
Teaching Assistant 2
Permanent - Term Time Only
30 hours per week
39 weeks worked per year, 46.2 weeks paid per year
(FTE Grade 3/SSP7 £25,614)
Pro-rata salary starting from £18,451 per annum
For an application pack, please visit the vacancy section of the SABDEN Multi Academy Trust website here: https://www.sabden.org.uk/216/vacancies-1
The SABDEN Multi Academy Trust, is an aspirational and supportive Trust, aiming to create a warm, caring, stable, supportive environment in which all staff and pupils feel safe. We are three special schools an we strive to discover success through learning, self-belief and achievement. Pupils are empowered to take responsibility through a personalised curriculum supported by secure systems.
New Horizons, St Leonards-on-Sea, is seeking to appoint a Teaching Assistant for our secondary department, who is innovative, enthusiastic and have empathy towards children with SEN.
You are someone who:
• Enjoys being part of a tutor team that supports pupils to learn inside and outside of the classroom.
• Understands the benefits of a bespoke curriculum for vulnerable, hard to reach children.
• Feels they could effectively manage pupils in the classroom and outdoors in a range of contexts.
• Would like to secure a range of coaching qualifications and outdoor skills as part of your personal CPD.
• Is able to reflect on their own practice to improve the outcomes for our pupils.
You will need to be:
• A highly skilled communicator
• Prepared to manage pupils with a range of complex needs
• Can Inspire and Motivate pupils to want to learn new skills
• A person who is calm, consistent and has high expectations
• A person who can follow the School structure, policies and procedures with the highest level of consistency
The working pattern is two days per week, Monday to Friday, from at least 08:30/45am to 15/15:15pm, term time only. Working hours to be discussed at interview and agreed on successful appointment. We are a frien