Instructor/ Unqualified Teacher ( for work experience and Horticulture)

Help transform lives by joining our team.

A breakthrough can seem like the smallest thing, but it can make the world of difference to someone on the autism spectrum. By becoming a teaching assistant/ learning mentor you’ll help make everyday breakthroughs happen more often.

We need you to be resilient, supportive and sensitive towards the needs of autistic people. Being a teaching assistant/l learning mentor takes bravery, patience and commitment. But working with autistic people gives so much more in return.

You may have a personal connection, a desire to work with or real life experiences working with autistic people. You might not have lots of experience yet, but if you share our values and are willing to make a difference to the lives of autistic people, we’d love to hear from you.

We offer a fantastic one year induction programme, continuing learning and development opportunities, regular one to ones, annual appraisals, and the support you need to develop a career in social care. Along with a host of benefits – from shopping discounts to flexible working and a competitive pension scheme.

We are passionate about supporting autistic people into work, and particularly welcome applications from autistic people. We help autistic people from all backgrounds and strive to represent the same diversity in our staff and volunteers. We particularly encourage applications from people from all minority groups, who are currently under-represented in our workforce. Together, we can create a society that works for autistic people.

Instructor/ Unqualified Teacher – World of Work - Horticulture

Location: Sybil Elgar School (Situated in London Borough of Ealing)

Closing Date: 1/12/2022

Interview date (w/c): TBC

Salary (or hourly rate): Unqualified Teachers PayScale point 1 to 6 (depending on experience)

Contract Type: Full Time/Term Time

Hours per week: 35 hours per week

Who we are:

The National Autistic Society is the UK’s leading charity for autistic people. Since 1962, we’ve been transforming lives, changing attitudes and helping to create a society that works for autistic adults and children.

We transform lives by providing support, guidance and practical advice for the 700,000 autistic adults and children in the UK, as well as their three million family members and carers. Autistic people turn to us at key moments or challenging times in their lives, be it getting a diagnosis, going to school or finding work.

We change attitudes by improving public understanding of autism and the difficulties many autistic people face. We also work closely with businesses, local authorities and government to help them provide more autism-friendly spaces, deliver better services and improve laws.

We have come a long way but it is not good enough. There is still so much to do to increase opportunities, reduce social isolation and build a brighter future for people on the spectrum. With your help, we can make it happen.

Awarded Ofsted Outstanding in January 2022, Sybil Elgar School offers educational support for children and young people on the autism spectrum between the ages of 4-22. We strive to provide the most suitable support required by our students to assist them with their learning and educational needs, across our sites in both Southall and Acton. Working with children and young adults with special educational needs comes with its challenges and opportunities and our valued staff join us knowing that to have made a positive impact on a young person’s learning development is priceless.

Who we are looking for:

Are you an unqualified teacher/ Instructor who would love a challenge? Are you looking for a post that will be exciting, professionally demanding, stimulating and rewarding in (usually) equal measures?

Do you have a sense of humour? Are you naturally resilient and a team player who can work collaboratively in a multi professional team? And, most importantly are you a highly skilled creative teacher who can ensure every pupil makes good progress from individual starting points.

If you have genuine passion and enthusiasm for making a difference and can deliver engaging lessons across the curriculum we want to hear from you.

You will:

• To be responsible for high quality autism specific education and development of a class / group of children with ASD as appropriate as designated by SMT
• To have the potential to develop skills in order to work with pupils with complex needs in addition to autism spectrum disorder, such as ADHD, OCD and PDA
• To be responsible for planning implementing and delivering a personalised curriculum to individual children and groups that is relevant and motivating for each child.
• Ensure the quality of teaching and learning meets statutory requirements
• Ensure continuity across the 24-hour curriculum and contribute to joint planning
• To work in a non-confrontational non-directive way to ensure individual needs are met.
• Delivering inspiring and exciting student work experience programme in Horticulture in partnership with the schools Business Enterprise initiative

Additional Responsibilities:

• Highly motivated and committed to providing the highest standard of specialist support
• Commitment to providing high quality learning opportunities for all children/young adults aged 16-22.
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills and use these to inspire both students’ colleagues
• To be a flexible individual interested in actively supporting the vision and values of Sybil Elgar School and to provide professional management for the subject area they teach
• Show a clear understanding of what constitutes outstanding teaching and learning across the curriculum and the ability to communicate this to others
• To raise standards of learning and achievements for all students between the age of 16-22 years
• Maintain a supportive atmosphere and protect the welfare of each child in the school
• Achieved an excellent record of classroom practice and high expectations of achievement and behaviour
• Play an active part in promoting good public relations in the locality
• To adhere to all organisational policies and procedures

How to apply:

• To apply for this role please click the Apply button below
• When providing a supporting statement, please refer to the job description and person specification and include any information that shows your suitability for the role.
• For more information about this job please contact monika.chmura@nas.org.uk

For further information please read the Job Description

As part of the application process, please complete the Gaps in Employment form and upload with your application form.

Successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant safeguarding checks.

You can view the Safeguarding Children Policy

We are an equal opportunities employer.