SEN Teaching Assistant - Wokingham
Odyssey House School - Wokingham
Wokingham
- £21,000 - £24,000 per year
- New
- Quick apply
- Salary:
- Based on 40 hours per week, 40 weeks per year
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 31 December 2024
Job overview
*Must be living and have the right to work in the UK* Hours: 8:30-5
Do you want to make a positive difference? Then look no further…. Join our friendly team in our journey to support our students to achieve their true potential!
We are looking to appoint an experienced Teaching Assistant to join our friendly and supportive team. This would suit an experienced Teaching Assistant who is looking for their next challenge. We require an individual with extensive experience working in a school and are particularly interested in candidates who have worked in a special educational setting.
Odyssey House School, is an exciting new special school setting, aiming to provide the highest quality education to neurodiverse students. The school caters for a range of special education needs, primarily high-functioning autism, anxiety and emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA). All students will be able to follow a differentiated National Curriculum, with the aim of achieving a range of recognised qualifications at Key Stage 4 and 5 including Entry Level, Functional Skills and GCSEs and other Level 2 qualifications.
The school ethos is shaped by our mission:
“To change a child’s experience of education through connection, nurture and belief to help them learn, grow and achieve transformative life outcomes”.
The school’s premises have been designed specifically to meet the needs of neurodiverse children as well as providing an amazing work environment, where staff will benefit from excellent facilities of the highest quality, allowing exceptional education to be delivered to students.
Staff and students will benefit from small class sizes, a sensory room, staff well-being lounge and work area.
The successful candidate will:
- Truly believe in the Odyssey House values and mission, and passionately contribute to the school’s ethos and development.
- Be compassionate and caring with an understanding of students with SEN.
- Can work independently and as part of a wider team.
- Have energy, compassion and imagination.
- Have an interest and a passion for working with students with special educational needs.
- Contribute to all aspects of the school.
- Have a professional attitude that is open to learning, innovative ways of working, accepting of change and school development, flexible and adaptable when faced with challenges and problems.
What we can offer you
At Odyssey we pride ourselves on developing a creative and supportive environment. In addition to offering a competitive salary, our offer to you includes:
- Supportive, passionate and friendly environment
- Newly renovated schools, refurbished to a high standard including air conditioning and staff wellbeing areas based in beautiful surroundings
- Strong line management and induction programme
- Workplace pension scheme
- Staff celebration events
- Supportive CPD offers
- Cycle to work scheme
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and require all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment. The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the person specification and will be subject to the relevant pre-employment checks which will, where applicable, include a health check, an enhanced DBS check, the Children’s Barred List check and satisfactory references.
It is an offence for an individual who has been disqualified from working with children to knowingly apply for, offer to do, accept, or do any work in a ‘regulated activity’. The post is advertised is a ‘regulated activity’.
Odyssey will undertake a basic online check for all shortlisted candidates.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, should we receive a high volume of applications.
About Odyssey House School - Wokingham
- Odyssey House School - Wokingham
- Buckhurst Court, London Road, Wokingham
- RG40 1PA
- United Kingdom
We are looking for experienced and passionate teachers to work in a non-conventional setting.
At Odyssey House School, the journey is everything!
GOALS:
With an innovative child-led approach, collaborative nature, and exceptional specialist team, we aim to become the go to school for children who need a small, homely environment to grow within. Through our evidence-based methods and exceptional levels of service, we are known for making, a significant difference to the futures of our children. The children relish their experience of education and acquire happy childhood memories in the process. At Odyssey, we know that every child is different, with strengths, needs and aspirations that require a tailored approach to unlock their potential.
OUR GUIDING STAR:
Our unique outlook on education is encapsulated in the five-pointed Odyssey Guiding Star. Each arm points to a crucial part of the service we deliver and is supported by decades of evidence-backed tools and methodologies designed to help children succeed.
1. Understanding yourself and others: at Odyssey, we believe that, more than anything else, education is a voyage of self-discovery – about learning who you are, what your values are, and what you want to do with your life. The services we provide are designed to help children do exactly that.
2. Communicating effectively: we help our students become strong, confident young adults able to articulate their thoughts and opinions, stand up for themselves, and make their mark on the world.
3. Becoming global citizens: The children we teach today will reach adulthood at a pivotal moment in human history. Climate change, global pandemics, international struggles for justice and a rapidly shifting political landscape are already changing the world. We need to equip future generations with the skills, knowledge, and strength of character to navigate all that and more.
4. Being happy: It’s a sad fact that millions of people hated their time at school. It doesn’t have to be that way. At Odyssey, we believe we’ve designed a curriculum that teaches children everything they need to thrive in their personal and professional lives, and offers them the chance to have fun, form lifelong friendships and do the things they enjoy.
5. Being successful: What does success mean to you? At Odyssey, we help our students find out. Some children want to go to university. Some want to get a job. Some want to express themselves creatively. Others want to devote themselves to their families and friends. We support the children we teach to identify their goals, then achieve them.
Odyssey House School locations
- London
- Wokingham
- Bloomsbury
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