Teaching Assistant​/LS Group Worker

Full Time

20-10-2026

11-11-2026

Perthshire

PH3 1AD

Scotland

On-site

Education

Education

Classroom teaching

6 month

SVQ 3 Social Services (Children and Young People) at SCQF Level 7

** We do not offer Skilled Worker visa sponsorship for this role**

About Us

Ochil Tower School is an independent residential and day school for children and young people with additional support needs from the ages of 8-21. We are committed to promoting a nurturing, safe and fulfilling environment for the children and young people that we support. Our ethos is based upon a social pedagogy model and the purpose of the role is to recognise and build on the individual strengths of each pupil and use their interests to help them engage in their learning.

We are a Camphill community who incorporates the ethos of Waldorf education and Camphill values into our 24h curriculum which is based on the curriculum for Excellence.

The Role

We are looking to recruit a Teaching Assistant who will support pupils in the classroom setting to achieve learning aims and care and provide support to the teacher out with class hours in relation to documentation, creating learning resources and setting up course work. The post also includes support in the houses during breaks, lunch and rest hour when needed and agreed by the teacher.

The post holder will also be required to meet and address challenging behaviour and will encourage the pupils to engage in a meaningful and structured daily routine. You will also need to engage in personal and medical care as required. We are seeking a motivated and committed individual who has a view that ‘work is more than just a job’ and has a genuine interest in young people, being willing to work through difficult times with them.

You should be caring, nurturing and empathic, with an ability to support young people to feel safe and secure. You will need to be flexible, tolerant and understanding, being able to treat young people as individuals. You will be honest and trustworthy, know how to set limits and boundaries whilst being able to recognise your own limits and when to ask for help.

You will be able to be part of a team, to be supportive of others and cooperative with all members of the class and house community.

Qualities needed for the position

This post also will require the individual to have good levels of resilience, have a positive outlook and self-concept; be optimistic; pro-social, have stamina and endurance to be appropriately assertive, be able to handle pressure, set limits and boundaries and able to know their own limits, ask for help or respite, and is willing to be emotionally involved but also to step back when appropriate.

We are looking for someone who is honest, trustworthy, fair, consistent, likes young people and is genuinely interested in them.

Qualifications

A qualification of SVQ 3 Social Services (Children and Young People) at SCQF Level 7 plus HNC Social Care is preferable and or Certificate as a Class room assistant (there are also a variety of alternative qualifications accepted by SSSC - p lease check SSSC website to check ). Suitable candidates will be accepted without qualification if there is a commitment to work towards it.

Ochil Tower School will facilitate and pay for this.

Please note that you will need a driving licence got this position.

Registration

If not already registered with the SSSC (Scottish Social Services Council) this must take place within 6 months of commencing work. Compliance with all Codes of Practice as stated in SSSC guidelines is expected at all times. Anyone with a GTCS Registration is not required to do so, however has to…