Behaviour and Autism Support Assistant

Location: Westminster, Central London

Job Type: Long Term Contract

Hours: 8.30am - 4.30pm - Full time

The Role:

As a Behaviour and Autism Support Assistant, you will play a pivotal role in supporting students within a mainstream setting who have autism and behavioural needs. You will work 1:1 with students both inside the classroom and across the school setting, helping them to access the curriculum, develop social skills, and manage their behaviour effectively.

You will work alongside other support staff, teachers, the behaviour support team and Senior Leadership to help maintain and assist in providing a fun, creative, safe and inclusive learning environment for all learners.

Key Responsibilities:

Support learners throughout their day-to-day activities and schedule, within the classroom for academic support, and around the school setting. Manage and de-escalate challenging behaviour within the school in a controlled and calm manor, helping resolve issues and calm crisis moments down, whilst prioritising the well-being of the learners. Support the class teacher in helping all learners access their education, whether that is the set-out lesson, or working more on a specialised timetable. Work alongside classroom, teaching and SLT in recording learner progression, behaviour and development via system logs. Be willing to attend additional training in relation to safeguarding, Team Teac...