Teaching Assistant

About This Role

This teaching assistant role supports the education team at Kisimul School Lincolnshire, working with learners with special educational needs in a therapeutically informed way. The position focuses on facilitating a positive learning experience and supporting children's social and emotional development.

Responsibilities

• Provide support, learning, and education in a therapeutically informed way to learners in school
• Facilitate a positive lived experience enabling learners to become the very best version of themselves
• Support children with Special Educational Needs with their learning activities
• Help with children's social and emotional development
• Help with the care and support of the children
• Contribute to the health and well-being of the children

Requirements

• Teaching Assistant qualification or experience in a similar role (ideally)
• Passion for supporting children
• Motivation by seeing the progression and development of others
• High expectations of children, colleagues, and self
• Willingness to ‘go the extra mile’
• Sense of humour
• Ability to remain calm in testing situations and able to come back the next day and do it all again with a smile
• Due to current UK Government guidelines, unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role
• All applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS Check

Benefits

• Small class sizes
• Supportive team
• Professional development and ongoing training
• Beautiful school and grounds to work within
• Fully funded DBS checks
• Blue Light card - access to discounts in over 15,000 venues UK wide
• Refer a friend - earn up to £500 through our refer a friend scheme
• WageStream - a financial wellbeing app, allowing early access to some of your wages for unforeseen expenses
• Help@hand - a wellbeing app which gives you access to unlimited GP appointments, confidential 24/7 mental health support, and physiotherapy sessions
• Life Assurance

Important Details

• Schedule: 09:15am - 16:00pm Monday to Friday
• Annual leave: 13 weeks (65 days)

About the Company

Kisimul Group Ltd are a group of independent specialist schools and adult provisions providing exceptional residential care and award-winning education to children, young people, and adults with a diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorder, severe and complex learning difficulties, global development delay, and associated challenging behaviour. Kisimul is dedicated to helping people find their unique gifts and grow their abilities within a therapeutic community.