ABA Tutor - Hilltop School | Nexus Multi Academy Trust

Join the Nexus team as a ABA Tutor - Hilltop School

Position: ABA Tutor

Salary: Band F (12 – 17) 31.25 hours per week term time

Location: Hilltop School

Contract type: Fixed term, to cover a maternity leave (January 2025 – July 2025)

Closing date: Monday 25th November 8am

Interview date: Friday 27th November 2024

Hilltop School is looking for an ABA tutor to offer consistent support to a young person during the maternity leave of his current ABA tutor.

We are a well-established and passionately child-centred school that provides specialist education to pupils with severe learning difficulties and complex needs. We cater for children and young people aged between 2-19 and are proud to serve our 184 students and families from EYFS through to Key Stage 5. We benefit from having two sites, EYFS – KS3 at Hilltop in Maltby and our 14-19 provision at Forest View in Rawmarsh.

About the Trust

Nexus Multi Academy Trust was founded in 2016 and has the highest ambitions possible for everyone we work with. We are a forward thinking and innovative Trust with collaboration, enrichment and improvement enshrined within our day to day practice ensuring that leaners and their families are always at the centre of what we do.

The vision for Nexus is that we are constantly “Learning together, to be the best we can be.” This vision is what we aspire to and is as relatable to every employee and partner of our Trust as it is to our children, young adults and their families. Please see our website for further information.

Our Opportunity

We are seeking to appoint a dedicated and highly motivated Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) tutor to provide full-time support on a 1:1 basis to a pupil, aged 12 years old with ASD, following the practice of ABA therapy. This will be based at our Hilltop Site and will include following ABA programmes, speech and language programmes and supporting with Sensory Integration, as in the pupil’s EHCP. We would also like you to be able to share this good practice with the class team and support others to work effectively with the pupil.

What you can expect

An exciting opportunity to join a growing academy with strong partnerships to the academy schools’ network and other local schools and organisations
A high priority to your own learning, including access to tailored CPD and coaching
Leading employment benefits including access to a pension scheme and employee assistance programmes
An opportunity to join a team of dedicated and hard-working professionals who put our pupils at the centre of everything they do and are constantly striving to improve their knowledge, skills and practice
An opportunity to join colleagues who will make you proud to be part of our state education system
Access to tailored CPD through Nexus Academies Trust and the Opportunity Area which includes pathways into Initial Teaching Training
Working within an award-winning MAT who pride themselves on having friendly and supportive academies who together are helping to transform communities

Further information

For an informal and confidential conversation about the role, please contact Joanne Grantham, Deputy Headteacher jgrantham@nexusmat.org. Visits are encouraged.

Nexus Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.

This post involves working with children and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at an enhanced level and a barred list check. Further information about the Disclosure and Barring Service and can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check.

We are an equal opportunities employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce.

For more information and an application form to apply please contact Liz Worrall eworrall@nexusmat.org

All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.