Teaching Assistant
Drumbeat School and ASD Service
Lewisham
- New
- Quick apply
- Salary:
- Scale 4 £31,434 - £32,346 pro rata for 39 weeks per year.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 22 November 2024
Job overview
Salary: Scale 4 £31,434 - £32,346 (pro rata)
Drumbeat School and ASD Service
Teaching Assistant
Working pattern: Term time only (39 Weeks)
Hours: 32.5 hours per week pro rata for 39 weeks per year
DBS check: Enhanced DBS
Location: Lewisham
The Role
Drumbeat School is currently recruiting for Teaching Assistants, you may be required to work at any of our sites. This is an exciting time to join the school as we are expanding. We offer a great place to work. We have an exciting curriculum, a great staff team and provide lots of support, guidance, friendship and fun for all our staff. Drumbeat is a state of the art special school for children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) from 4 to 19.
Drumbeat is more than a school, it is acknowledged as an outstanding hub for (ASD) support for Lewisham. It takes a leading role in the provision of outreach support for children (and their families) in mainstream schools and Early Years Centres. We are continually striving to develop our work with our pupils, parents and carers, the local community and the schools we provide specialist support though our Outreach team and the training we offer. The school is committed to being a Centre of Excellence. The vision for Drumbeat is for its staff to work in trans-disciplinary ways - professionals working together seamlessly to meet the needs of the child or young person, putting the child and family at the centre. Drumbeat's work is progressive, innovative and creative, with a 21st century pedagogy that puts children and young people's needs at the heart of everything it does.
What qualities are we looking for? Experienced Teaching Assistants who have worked with students with Autism. English and Maths qualification at GCSE level or above. Excellent communication skills, innovative, creative practitioner, experience of special educational needs, flexibility and reliability, high levels of motivation, imagination and enthusiasm to promote strong and effective teamwork. What can we offer you - a challenge! Brilliant students, ambitious working environment and school community. Excellent CPD opportunities, creative collaboration, cutting edge research.
Staff benefits include season ticket loans, bicycle loans and childcare vouchers etc. Highly professional staff team to support within the classrooms. Supportive and positive leadership team. Drumbeat is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the child and young people and expects all staff and staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Drumbeat is an equal opportunities employer. If you have lived or worked abroad for more than three months since you were 18 you will need to apply to the country where you lived for a police check. We will help you do this but you will need to pay any costs.
To view the job description, person specification and to apply for this position, please see below.
When completing the personal statement in the application please show how you match the requirements in the person specification and give examples from you past work history. Applicants who do not do this will not be shortlisted.
Closing date for applications is 22nd November 2024. Interviews will be held shortly afterwards
Please note CVs will not be accepted for this position. Application forms should be submitted via the TES.
There is a virtual tour of the school on our website, it is not possible to currently visit the school.
Previous applicants should not reapply.
Attached documents
About Drumbeat School and ASD Service
- Drumbeat School and ASD Service
- Roundtable Road, Downham, Bromley
- Kent
- BR1 5LE
- United Kingdom
Our school values underpin everything we do at Drumbeat.
Drumbeat is a centre of excellence with a strong mission and purpose to transform CYP's lives, and the lives of their families, for the better. Its work should be groundbreaking, innovative and creative, with a 21st century pedagogy that puts the CYP’s needs at the heart of everything it does.
Drumbeat’s work draws from the latest research in Autism to build upon ‘tried & tested’ practice and shape teaching approaches closely to children’s learning styles.
Teaching will be unswervingly personalised so CYP actively and meaningfully engage in learning. A high priority will be given to developing effective communication approaches. Underpinning the school’s values will be a comprehensive understanding of the link between behaviour and communication, recognising that behaviour is communication. Through proper interpretation, understanding and meeting needs, and enabling children to communicate their needs and desires effectively, it is possible to reduce challenging behaviours.
We have a very strong shared vision that was developed after discussion with staff, governors, students and parents. When students leave Drumbeat they should be; Independent, caring, ambitious, confident, safe, courageous, respectful, resilient and successful.
Drumbeat’s staff will be reflective practitioners, who strive to refine, improve and ‘open-up’ their practice. Drumbeat will be ambitious for its pupils, striving to transform their lives, unlocking their potential and helping them to become as independent as practicable so that as adults they become capable of contributing positively to the local community.
Drumbeat will work closely with Health, Social Care and Voluntary Agencies so services are wrapped around the child in a truly transdisciplinary way, putting the child and family at the centre. Drumbeat’s transdisciplinary work will include school employed speech and language therapist (SaLT), occupational therapist (OT), music therapist (MT) and clinical psychologist (CP) who will be an integral part of the school team and work closely with children and young people, families, teachers and TAs.
Drumbeat’s children and young people will work in an environment:
- that is expert in ASD,
- with a ‘can do’ culture,
- with high expectations,
- that nurtures the holistic development of the child and young person,
- that is caring, safe, happy, positive and supportive,
- that helps pupils build upon their individual strengths and interests,
- that enables them to reach their full potential within the context of their individual needs,
- that values equality of opportunity and actively encourages pupils to exercise control over their lives,
- where children and young people will be treated with dignity and prized for the contributions they make,
- where individual differences will be recognised, respected and celebrated,
- where pupils’ voice is respected and listened to, however subtle or loud,
- where parents and carers will be consulted, listened to, respected and supported.
Read more about us on our website www.drumbeatasd.org
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