Lead Autism Support Worker Springfields Academy Job Calne area,England UK,Education / Teaching

About this Role

Post: Lead Autism Support Worker

Location: Curzon Street, Calne. Wilshire, SN11 0DS

FTE Salary Range: NJC Grade H Pt 15
-17. £32,578 - £34,811

Actual Salary Range: £24,877.58 - £26,583.08 Pro Rata

Contract Type: Permanent, Part Time, Term Time Only

Working Hours: 31.75 hours per week

We are looking for a Lead Autism Support Worker (LASW) to join our child-centred team Springfields is a fantastic, vibrant and caring community that engages pupils and develops positive attitudes to learning. Our autism approach is accessed by all our pupils and is personalised to meet specific needs. All our pupils have an education, health and care plan.

The Springfields Academy is a Reach South Academy for young people aged 4-19 with autism, we are proud to hold the NAS Advanced specialist award and to be recognised as an Ofsted good school. We have 250 pupils attending our provision. Our goal is to build safe independent lives for autistic young people through support, understanding and enablement.

Part of the excitement of working at Springfields is the broad range of individuals that you will care for. A key aspect of working at Springfields is taking the time to get to know pupils and their individual needs, and given their complexity, being able to create a safe, stimulating and supportive learning environment is crucial.

You will be joining a happy, hardworking and well-established team. You will also work in partnership with our multi-disciplinary therapy team as part of our therapy first culture.

The position of Lead Autism Support Worker (LASW) is an exciting opportunity for a passionate and compassionate individual to lead interventions, cover classes and support our autistic learners.

The Person / Key skills:

To have a good knowledge and understanding of autism and social communication needs and appropriate strategies to support pupils with this need.

E.g. TEACCH
To have knowledge and understanding of social, emotional & mental health needs and cognitive needs, that affect children and young people's development.
To have a track record of successful leading groups. Able to cover classes.
Excellent listening skills
An ability to build strong, trusting relationships
To be resilient and able to take regular responsibility for agreed learning /activities
Promote and support the inclusion of all pupils in the learning and social skills activities
To use positive and personalised anxiety management strategies.

What we can offer you:

The opportunity to make a difference to the lives of our autistic pupils.
The chance to deliver an engaging and creative functional curriculum that builds independent life skills.
A close-knit team of professionals who work in a supportive and inspirational environment.
An outstanding learning community that engages pupils and develops positive attitudes to learning.
The opportunity to be involved in wider-school life through trips, clubs, collapsed timetable days, Duke of Edinburgh etc.
On-going, specialist professional development.
A comprehensive CPD package with opportunities for individual development and development of knowledge linked to good autism practice
A commitment to 'Healthy Working Lives' through a comprehensive trust Employee Assistance programme
A work laptop
Small class sizes

School Background:

The Springfields Academy is an academy based in Calne. We aspire to build safe independent lives for autistic young people through support, understanding and enablement. We are an acknowledged centre of excellence for Autism; we are highly reflective in our practices, and are continually working to improve our provision and practices. We provide a personalised curriculum journey that enables our autistic learners to develop skills in areas of need and to overcome their…