Teaching Assistant
| Posting date: | 26 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 October 2025 |
| Location: | Croydon, CR0 9AZ |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 98e3695e-6e30-4114-ad2a-ed14f2c3fec3 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Teaching Assistants to join our team. You will support our pupils both in the classroom and around the school, working closely with teachers and other staff to ensure all learners can access the curriculum and reach their potential.
Key Responsibilities:
• Provide tailored support to pupils with autism and complex learning needs
• Assist in the delivery of engaging and accessible lessons
• Promote positive behaviour, communication, and independence skills
• Support personal care and wellbeing, where required
• Work collaboratively with teachers, therapists, and families to achieve the best outcomes for pupils
• Contribute to creating a safe, caring, and stimulating learning environment
Key Requirements:
• Be able to follow the school’s Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy and procedures and undertake mandatory Safeguarding training as directed by the school.
• English and maths at Level 2 (GCSE Grade C or 4 above) or functional skills or a willingness to undertake a functional skills qualification.
• Proven successful experience working with or caring for children in any setting.
• Ability to evaluate own learning needs and actively seek learning opportunities.
• An ability to approach the management of challenging behaviour with sensitivity and patience and via a team-based approach.
• Patience, empathy, a positive ‘can do’ disposition, flexibility and 100% commitment to supporting young people with disabilities
OHCAT is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and we offer many benefits to attract and keep our staff, contributing towards maintaining and improving wellbeing, and encouraging our required behaviours, achievements, values, and skills. Below is just a selection of the benefits available to our employees
What the school offers its staff
Rewards & Benefits: Pathways for progression within the trust, ensuring you can grow and thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment.
• Pension Scheme - you will be enrolled in either the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), both offering life cover and financial protection for your family.
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes (Cycle Scheme and Home Electronics Scheme)
• Employee Wellbeing - We support employee wellbeing with access to counselling, mental health support, generous leave, flexible working, and enhanced parental leave including Employee Assistance Programme, MyGym Discounts, Corporate Eyecare Scheme
• Employee Discounts (Blue Light Card, Costco Membership, Discounts for Teachers, and more)
• Other (Season Ticket Loan and Employee Referral Scheme)
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
We are seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Teaching Assistants to join our team. You will support our pupils both in the classroom and around the school, working closely with teachers and other staff to ensure all learners can access the curriculum and reach their potential.
Key Responsibilities:
• Provide tailored support to pupils with autism and complex learning needs
• Assist in the delivery of engaging and accessible lessons
• Promote positive behaviour, communication, and independence skills
• Support personal care and wellbeing, where required
• Work collaboratively with teachers, therapists, and families to achieve the best outcomes for pupils
• Contribute to creating a safe, caring, and stimulating learning environment
Key Requirements:
• Be able to follow the school’s Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy and procedures and undertake mandatory Safeguarding training as directed by the school.
• English and maths at Level 2 (GCSE Grade C or 4 above) or functional skills or a willingness to undertake a functional skills qualification.
• Proven successful experience working with or caring for children in any setting.
• Ability to evaluate own learning needs and actively seek learning opportunities.
• An ability to approach the management of challenging behaviour with sensitivity and patience and via a team-based approach.
• Patience, empathy, a positive ‘can do’ disposition, flexibility and 100% commitment to supporting young people with disabilities
OHCAT is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and we offer many benefits to attract and keep our staff, contributing towards maintaining and improving wellbeing, and encouraging our required behaviours, achievements, values, and skills. Below is just a selection of the benefits available to our employees
What the school offers its staff
Rewards & Benefits: Pathways for progression within the trust, ensuring you can grow and thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment.
• Pension Scheme - you will be enrolled in either the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), both offering life cover and financial protection for your family.
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes (Cycle Scheme and Home Electronics Scheme)
• Employee Wellbeing - We support employee wellbeing with access to counselling, mental health support, generous leave, flexible working, and enhanced parental leave including Employee Assistance Programme, MyGym Discounts, Corporate Eyecare Scheme
• Employee Discounts (Blue Light Card, Costco Membership, Discounts for Teachers, and more)
• Other (Season Ticket Loan and Employee Referral Scheme)
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.