Senior Teaching Aide, Orchard Hill College - Sutton

We are looking for a Senior Teaching Aide to join our busy, vibrant College, where our committed workforce is dedicated to empowering and enabling students to achieve. This is an exciting opportunity to join our teaching teams and support our Lecturers in delivering the curriculum. You will be required to deputise for Lecturers, prepare, plan and implement educational activities. You will also be required to ensure that an effective level of support and care is on offer to encourage and enable students to participate fully in activities.

The successful candidate will hold at least a level 2 qualification in Maths and English. Experience of working, caring or voluntary work with people who have learning difficulties and disabilities is essential, as well as experience of working within a team. The successful candidate will also need to be flexible as we deliver a range of courses to our students throughout the year and may need our staff to work at any centre., Disability Confident
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Orchard Hill College is an Outstanding Specialist College (Ofsted, November 2019) offering life-changing learning opportunities to young people and adults with a range of special education needs and/or disabilities. We have eight vibrant community-based College Centres across London and Surrey where committed, specialist teams deliver a range of programmes to meet the needs of over 400 students.
Students who study with us have a wide range of needs including profound and multiple learning disabilities, communication and behavioural difficulties and specific medical needs. All students are individuals, and their learning programme is designed to support and empower them to achieve their aspirations and goals, whilst developing skills to become more independent members of their community.
Orchard Hill College is a truly unique and rewarding place to work with inspirational students and a dynamic and supportive staff team.
The College is also an Academy sponsor and established Orchard Hill College Academy Trust in 2013 which is home to 14 special schools. Together Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust provide for over 1500 pupils and students with SEN across London, Surrey, Sussex and Berkshire. To find out more about Orchard Hill College please visit https://orchardhill.ac.uk/., Orchard Hill College is part of Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust, an established family of specialist academies and college centres that provide for over 1500 pupils and students with a wide