SEN Teacher - ASC & SALT (Aspire Learning - Croydon)

Horizon Care and Education have an exciting opportunity for a Teaching Assistant at Aspire Learning in Croydon! Aspire Learning is an independent primary school providing inspirational, nurture-based specialist SEND education to pupils aged 5 - 11 years old. We are now looking for enthusiastic SEN Teachers to join our supportive team.

We are searching for SEN Teachers with experience working with children aged 5-11 with ASC and speech, language, and communication needs. SEN Teachers will need to have experience working with pre-verbal ASC pupils and supporting the development of communication skills using approaches such as PECS, Makaton, Attention Autism, and TEACCH. Some pupils will require an element of personal care and support.

Bright Futures, Inspired By You. Through education, we enable young people to gain the skills and resilience needed to succeed in life beyond school, inspiring the brightest futures. Our specialist independent schools offer unrivalled opportunities, securing strong educational outcomes with personalised, inclusive, and stimulating programmes of learning.

The ideal candidate should:

• Be an outstanding classroom practitioner.
• Have the energy, passion, and drive to raise standards.
• Have initiative, vision, excellent planning, and organisational skills.
• Have experience working with students with SEMH and additional needs.
• Have knowledge and understanding of developments in education.

About us: We take great satisfaction in being "good neighbours." Horizon schools foster a healthy sense of community both inside and outside of their immediate surroundings. As part of our highly personalised and purposeful provision, pupils at our schools participate in a wide range of academic, creative, sporting, and vocational learning opportunities and activities, supporting them in developing a range of skills and maximising learning outcomes.

If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of young people and enabling them to shape their own future, then we want you to be part of our team.

Why work for us?

• Competitive pay rates
• Christmas bonus
• Blue Light Card
• Colleague referral scheme with cash rewards - earn up to £2500 per referral!
• Financial wellbeing service
• Life Assurance
• Tastecard - spectacular savings on dining, pizza, cinema tickets, supermarkets, and UK attractions!
• Opportunity to progress in your career through our Education Academy, and ongoing training and professional development.
• Comprehensive and tailored induction programme including face-to-face training, online modules, shadowing, and local induction period.
• Face-to-face therapeutic training and support for all colleagues via our SHINE programme.
• Access to a wide range of free online courses for all colleagues on various topics.
• Employee assistance programme - free, confidential support via Bupa.
• Supportive management and senior leaders.
• High quality CPD opportunities.
• Free eye checks.
• Community and wellbeing - Your wellbeing matters to us, and we are committed to ensuring you get all the support you need to feel good about what you do.

To start your journey with Horizon, apply now!

Horizon Care and Education is committed to its employees, values the needs of our employees and the people we support. We recognise the need to recruit, retain and develop highly skilled staff, so we are committed to attracting and retaining talent who align with our values, vision & mission statement. We value diversity, equality, and inclusion, offering equal opportunities to all individuals interested in joining our organisation.

We are committed to safeguarding, the standards of safer recruitment defined under Keeping Children Safe in Education, and enabling a safe culture; a culture that ensures that our employees and the young people in our care and education are safeguarded and receive the right support that meets their individual needs. We promote the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults, and expect all employees, all visitors of Horizon, and partner organisations who support us to share this commitment.

Closing date for this role is the 5th March. However, we will interview immediately on receipt of suitable CVs. If you don't have a CV, don't worry - just let us know below the reason why you would be perfect for this job.