Teaching Assistant

Riverside School Invites applications for the following post: Teaching Assistant Salary BR7 (actual salary approx. £26,494 – 28,577 pa) Pro rata term time only; 36 hours per week, 39 weeks per year Are you ready to play your part in transforming the lives of children with complex needs and the lives of their families? Do you have the passion, resilience and dedication to enable our pupils to find true fulfilment? If so, we’d love to hear from you. Riverside is a highly-regarded school for children with severe and complex learning difficulties, many of whom are on the autistic spectrum. We are a forward-thinking and innovative all-age special school with a diverse population: our 358 pupils are based on four sites, St Paul’s Cray, Beckenham, West Wickham and Bromley and this post could be based at any of our sites. Pupil, family and staff engagement is extremely important to us and we strive to involve the whole school community in making Riverside a happy, safe and truly exceptional place for our pupils to learn. Our talented, multi-disciplinary staff team have the highest expectations of our pupils and we aim to provide the kind of specialist education which families want for their children. We are looking for enthusiastic Teaching Assistants to join our team. The post could be at Riverside St Paul’s Cray, Riverside Beckenham, Riverside West Wickham or Riverside Bromley and this position would provide the perfect opportunity for you to help build a better future for children with severe and complex learning difficulties and autistic spectrum disorders. Experience of working with pupils with a diverse range of needs would be an advantage. If you want to join a fantastic team of professionals working in a multi-disciplinary way to enable our special young people to be all that they can be then we would love to hear from you. Riverside School is committed to providing equality of opportunity and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young peopl