Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Full Job Description

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Are you an innovative Higher Level Teaching Assistant committed to improving the lives of pupils and young people?

We are looking for a Higher Level Teaching Assistant to join our new Options Autism School - Claystone School in Luton. Bedfordshire. The school will have capacity for 48 pupils ages 4-16 years old and is due to open March 2025. 

Our New Options School will cater for pupils who have ASC and Complex Needs.

• Up to £24,000 per annum, depending on experience (not pro rata) 
• Monday to Friday
• Term Time only
• Permanent

About the role

The ideal candidate will have a passion for working with complex young people who have needs including neurodiversity, communication and sensory difficulties and associated complex needs who are keen to help us develop our nurturing approach towards helping our young people achieve successful outcomes.

The successful candidate will have experience of working with complex young people in an educational setting. 

• To form part of the senior support lead team and assist teachers in offering mentoring support, training and guidance to other Teaching Assistants
• To lead and model positive behaviour management with proactive and solution focussed approaches
• To contribute to the preparation and planning of lessons including developing resources and opportunities for young peoples to learn in school and out-of-school contexts in accordance with lesson plans and in response to young people need
• To prepare and deliver lessons, under the direction of the teacher, including covering for teacher absence 
• To share the school’s responsibility to support and promote the learning, personal development, safeguarding and well-being of all young people
• To ensure recording and reporting across the school is completed to a high standard

About the school

Our new Options Autism School - Claystone School in Luton, Bedfordshire will have capacity for 48 pupils ages 4-11 years old, and will cater for pupils who have ASC and Complex Needs. 

The school is due to open March 2025. 

For over 16 years Options Autism have provided care and education to pupils, young people and adults with autism, complex needs and learning difficulties. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running.​

Why join Options Autism?

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

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