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Specialist SEN Support Assistant

Job details
Posting date: 14 January 2025
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: Actual L1 – L8 £19, 249 - £21,879 dependant on exp
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 29 January 2025
Location: Swindon, Wiltshire, SN2 1HL
Remote working: On-site only
Company: eTeach UK Limited
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 1461462

Summary

Eotas is seeking exceptional and motivated TA’s / HLTA’s to join us. We are a school which truly values its staff and provides a highly supportive environment, to work as part of our team to promote the emotional, physical and educational development of pupils
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed by appointment.
Salary: Actual L1 – L8 £19, 249 - £21,879 dependent on experience – more competitive for HLTA experience
Hours: Full Time 8.40-4.30pm Mon – Thurs 8.40-3pm Friday Part time considered Start date: As soon as possible
Please note we do not have a specific closing date and will review applications as they come in. We reserve the right to close this advert at any point.
The Role:
We are looking to develop a team of specialist support across EOTAS to work with the Head of Years, curriculum leads and other support staff to deliver quality assessment and intervention. You would be linked to a subject area in order to identify and develop an understand of each young person’s individual needs in order to engage them fully in their learning with the view to reintegrate back to a mainstream school or special school with an EHCP.
The position will enable you to build positive relationships to motivate students, engage parents and raise student’s aspiration in order to provide them with best opportunities and outcomes. EOTAS is committed to continued professional development and candidates with the right level of experience could be developed further with the potential to expand the role in the future.
If you are able to offer strong support, effectively manage behaviour and engage students in their own learning, we want to hear from you. We want to appoint highly effective and aspirational professionals who are influential and enthusiastic.”
“Better Choices, Better lives”
Why choose us?
Welcome to EOTAS. We are a maintained school consisting of three Alternative Provision Colleges based in Swindon. Our three Colleges are Fernbrook College, Oakfield College, Riverside College including Medical provision. All three colleges are alternative provisions for pupils aged 11 – 16.
We provide an alternative education for children and young people who, at certain times of their lives, may require specific support. This is often when they are encountering personal crisis or need help with their behaviour and are at risk of exclusion from mainstream schooling.
All of our staff care passionately about supporting students who are in need of help and we strive to gain the best outcomes for all of our students to either return to mainstream school, move into specialist education settings or enter the world of work or further education.
We provide a high-quality education that includes a broad and balanced curriculum alongside excellent pastoral and welfare support to enable our students to become the best versions of themselves.
Our colleges place the students at the centre of all that we do, there is fun, laughter and positivity all around.
If you want to discover more about EOTAS then please do not hesitate to contact us, our doors are always open.
To be successful you will:
• Have a passion for teaching and learning, understanding of SEN and the needs of vulnerable young people with social, emotional and mental health
• show commitment to a culture of continuous improvement that promotes excellence for staff and students alike.
• have the personal and professional qualities required to develop our vision and ethos of the service.
We are seeking to recruit applications from teachers of Mathematics and or STEM subject areas and the ability to teach other subjects when required.
We offer:
• A positive and dynamic environment in an Alternative Provision
• A strong pupil ethos centered on mutual respect and knowing our students
• Competitive salary
• Annual pay progression opportunities
• Continuous profession development (CPD) to meet your ambitions
• A variety of career progression opportunities within the school
• Support from experienced and knowledgeable colleagues across the school
• Staff well being: discounted gym membership, Employee Assistance Programme, well being app
• Free onsite parking
• Attractive Pension Scheme