Teaching Assistant role Aspiring Speech and Language Therapist

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Teaching Assistant role Aspiring Speech and Language Therapist Windsor and Maidenhead - Education and Training Teaching Assistant role Aspiring Speech and Language Therapist Windsor and Maidenhead

This is an effective Teaching Assistant role for an English/ MFL Graduate, Psychology or Health and Social Care Graduate before you decide on committing to an MSc/Doctorate and Research Project.

Start date September 2nd 2021 with training and handover available in June and July, dependent on when you are available to start.

This is a fantastic training ground for both aspirations within mainstream and SEN teaching, watching OTS, Speech and Language Therapists at work, this role is all about giving the children a sense of purpose.

Can you make the children’s lives just that little bit better?

The Provision & LSA role in Maidenhead

**Specialist Autistic School for children aged 3-16, tailored curriculum for each student through positive reinforcement

**Intermediate learning levels, a tailored curriculum for each student

**Students with Physical Disabilities, PMLD and SLD

**Positive reinforcement with each student

**ADHD, Aspergers, OCD, Dyslexia and a focus on Social, Emotional and Mental Health challenges

**In Primary and EYDS, focus on verbal and nonverbal students - many therapies implemented

**Outstanding Teaching and support teams in place, a wonderfully holistic and positive atmosphere - EYFS to KS4

**OTs, Speech and Language and Specialist SEN Teachers, plus outside agencies will be at work dependent on the context of each child

**Focus on learning need and Autism, delivering key and personal/functional skills

**£75 per day PAYE, Monday to Friday, 8.30 to 4.30pm long term to permanent role

**ABA Training provided - A lot is placed on tonality of voice and positive re-enforcement, the days of punitive approaches are gone.

This is a Teaching Assistant role that will put you into challenging, sometimes Anti-Social contexts that will build your foundations of experience. Everything deployed through an ABA model is around positive re-enforcement, your use of language and building empathy with your students.

Restorative and holistic practices are in place, pragmatism and positive reinforcement will be key skills in this LSA role in Maidenhead. The role specialises in working with students who have Autism, Aspergers, OCD, Global Development Delay and some profound and multiple learning difficulties. The children you are raising attainment with are between the ages of 3-16, all have EHCPs for their Autism and SEMH, they will need to continue their education in either supported living or college.

Teaching Assistant role Aspiring Speech and Language Therapist Windsor and Maidenhead - Education and Training Teaching Assistant for Aspiring Speech and Language Therapist Windsor and Maidenhead

The focus here will be very different with each student, in terms of what they can do cognitively and neurologically, each student will have a different level of ability

Teaching Assistant role Aspiring Speech and Language Therapist Windsor and Maidenhead - Education and Training Teaching Assistant role Aspiring Speech and Language Therapist Windsor and Maidenhead