1:1 Teaching Assistant

Position: 1:1 Teaching assistant (SEN/SEMH school)

Location: Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire

Hours: 40 hours per week, term time (FIXED term contract 1 year from start date)

Salary Details: £22,478.40 per annum

DRIVING LICENCE ESSENTIAL

Experience with complex needs is required for the role and it may include personal care.

 We currently have a vacancy for a highly experienced 1-1 Teaching Assistant who is able to engage and support vulnerable and challenging children. You will be relentless in supporting our students to achieve a high standard of attainment throughout their time with the school and in preparing the students for their next steps. You must be flexible, innovative and responsive, able to work effectively with our teachers to identify every opportunity to help our children and young people develop their skills and confidence, both academically and personally.

The ideal candidate will:


Have a passion for working with young people and want to make a difference in people’s lives.
The young people that you will be working with, have behavioural problems and have experienced trauma and so we would require an individual who will bring positive commitment to young people and has an awareness of their issues.
Be punctual and flexible.
Be well-organised, adaptable and practical.
Able to work under pressure, sometimes in stressful and challenging situations
Self-motivated and be able to use own initiative.


Why work for us:


Competitive salary.
Opportunity to progress in your career.
Training opportunities either face to face or online.
Wellbeing- Your wellbeing matters to us, and we are committed to ensuring you get all the support you need.
You will be a part of a dedicated team of professionals who will offer you clear guidance and mentor you in to this role.
Supportive management and senior leads.
We offer full induction, paid for DBS, friendly family atmosphere and the opportunity to progress with one of the UK`s biggest care providers.


Who we are:

Spark of Genius Ltd operates small therapeutic residential care homes throughout Scotland and England for young people with a variety of support requirements. We also educate young people in our schools who cannot sustain a mainstream educational placement.

Skypoint School School is a small specialist provision catering for pupils with complex social and emotional needs and autism. The school role is registered for 45 pupils who come from a range of different local authorities and for whom mainstream provisions are not accessible.

Caretech is committed to Safeguarding and protecting the young people and service users within our care. All candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and reference checks. Caretech  is an equal opportunities employer.

Caretech will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the search and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.