Teaching Assistant – Autism Support – Key Stage 3 & 4

Graduate Learning Mentor

We are specifically working with a large secondary school in Bolton, who are looking to secure the services of an outstanding Teaching Assistant, for a long-term position in their SEN Team. This particular role is to support the needs of young people with ASC, who may display low-level challenging behaviours and can become disengaged from learning quite quickly. To be successful in this role, it is essential you are calm, resilient and overall, have a good sense of humour.

This post is to start in September 2022 and you will be attached specifically to three Year 7 students as they settle into their new school

CONTRACT/POSITION DETAILS

• Location – Bolton, Lancashire
• Position – Graduate Learning Mentor
• Type of work – Teaching Support
• Start date – September 2022
• Duration / Likely Duration – January 2022 in the first instance
• End date (if applicable) – January 2022, subject to review
• Contract type – Temporary
• Full time/part time – Full time
• Minimum rate of pay – Minimum rate £75 per day
• Hours – 8:30 am – 3:30pm

EXPERIENCE, TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree educated with a good classification
• Previous experience working of working with young people (which we can reference)
• Up to date Safeguarding training issued in the last year (desirable however not essential)

TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS ROLE THROUGH PROSPERO TEACHING, YOU MUST:

• Hold Right to Work in the UK
• Hold an enhanced child barred list DBS certificate registered with the online update service or be willing to process a new application
• Provide two professional child related references

Prospero Teaching is acting as an employment business/education recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy. The successful candidate will be required to register with Prospero Teaching in order to fill this vacancy.

Prospero Teaching is able to offer the successful candidate:

• Free, accredited continued professional development courses including safeguarding and behaviour management
• In-house Training and Development Team

Proud to be listed in the Times as one of ‘The Best Companies To Work For’, Prospero Teaching is an innovative and forward-thinking recruitment agency. With over two decades of experience, our education consultants work hard to find you the most suitable role, from a wide range of teaching jobs across the UK, in thousands of excellent schools, academies, and nurseries. We are an APSCO-audited education agency, and our awards for excellence demonstrate our commitment to high-quality service and best practice.