Special School Educational Teaching Assistant - Woodley School and College

Educational Teaching Assistant – 2 full time vacancies

31.25 hours per week term time plus 5 inset days.

Hours:

8.45am – 3.30pm daily (Monday to Friday).

Woodley School and College is a Kirklees Local Authority special school for children and young people with autism aged 5-19. We are looking to appoint enthusiastic and highly motivated Teaching Assistants to join our committed and friendly team of happy and hardworking staff and children.

You will share our vision for high standards in all aspects of school life. You will support learning and social and emotional needs, working alongside the class teacher. You will relate with children and young people from diverse backgrounds and will have good verbal communication skills to liaise with children, young people and other staff members.

• Inspire trust and confidence.
• Build team commitment.
• Engage and motivate pupils with autism.
• Be a flexible, reflective, and self-evaluating practitioner.
• Take positive action to improve the quality of learning throughout the school.

• A well‑resourced and pleasant working environment.
• A supportive leadership team that values and invests in staff.
• Bespoke CPL opportunities to support you to meet the needs of our pupils.
• A school committed to its children and families.
• An ethos based on improving the quality of life for its students and staff.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff are subject to an enhanced DBS check. A conviction may not exclude candidates from appointment but will be considered as part of the recruitment process.