Student Support Assistant
| Posting date: | 21 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 December 2025 |
| Location: | Croydon, CR0 9AZ |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 5de0c811-6bb0-4d46-9ec7-52640aeffb6b |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to expand our capacity to support students across the school by employing a skilled and enthusiastic Student Support Assistant to join our Student Support Team, with a focus on supporting students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The successful candidate will work closely with students and class teams to promote positive engagement, regulation, and learning.
Key Responsibilities:
-To assess the LIDS data (Learning Interruptions and Dysregulations), liaising with class teams to identify behaviours of concern and advise accordingly.
-To work across education and therapy teams to build an effective pupil profile for all students.
-To challenge practice & attitudes which do not align with ASD best practice and the values of the school as well as model best practice within your own profession.
-To promote positive and proactive strategies so that individuals are enabled to live active and rewarding lives that are not limited by a restrictive risk prevention approach.
-To model best practice in de-escalation, Autism strategies, and communication approaches, and provide coaching and guidance to less experienced staff.
Key Requirements:
-Educated to GCSE standard level 4 and above in English and Maths
-Safeguarding training
-Extensive experience working across education / adult services for Autistic individuals and within the SEND sector
-Experience of working with students with challenging behaviour.
-Good people skills to enable you to assist with liaison between student and school or other agencies
What the school offers its staff
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:
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 to expand our capacity to support students across the school by employing a skilled and enthusiastic Student Support Assistant to join our Student Support Team, with a focus on supporting students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The successful candidate will work closely with students and class teams to promote positive engagement, regulation, and learning.
Key Responsibilities:
-To assess the LIDS data (Learning Interruptions and Dysregulations), liaising with class teams to identify behaviours of concern and advise accordingly.
-To work across education and therapy teams to build an effective pupil profile for all students.
-To challenge practice & attitudes which do not align with ASD best practice and the values of the school as well as model best practice within your own profession.
-To promote positive and proactive strategies so that individuals are enabled to live active and rewarding lives that are not limited by a restrictive risk prevention approach.
-To model best practice in de-escalation, Autism strategies, and communication approaches, and provide coaching and guidance to less experienced staff.
Key Requirements:
-Educated to GCSE standard level 4 and above in English and Maths
-Safeguarding training
-Extensive experience working across education / adult services for Autistic individuals and within the SEND sector
-Experience of working with students with challenging behaviour.
-Good people skills to enable you to assist with liaison between student and school or other agencies
What the school offers its staff
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:
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.