Teaching Assistant


Company:	Compass Community
Salary:	£25,190 to £25,190 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Kidderminster, DY14 8UH
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	25 Sept 2026
Closing date:	24 Oct 2026

Apply for this job

Summary

Are you a Life Changer? Do you want to lean in and transform the life of a child?

Compass Community puts children first through our therapeutic, innovative approach. Integrity, Courage and Care shape how we work. We listen deeply, challenge each other and fixing what needs fixing, together.

This is the work. And we’d like you to be part of it.

Who we are

Our children come from a wide range of backgrounds, but all have Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs (SEMH). Many will also have other Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) such as Autism, ADHD, and communication difficulties.

The work we do is both varied and challenging and, as a trauma and attachment informed organisation, all staff are provided with extensive therapeutic training and support.

Our closely triangulated approach places the child at the centre of decision making, ensuring that education and therapy professionals, parents/carers, local authority teams and, most importantly, our students can work together to secure outstanding outcomes for all.

The Role

Teaching Assistants at our school know that no two days are the same and that no two children are the same either. Our children require very special adults who can support children with complex and challenging behaviours.

TAs in our schools will understand that our children require lots of attention, just the right sort of communication, consistency and flexibility in equal measure, and a non-judgemental approach. They need to be resilient, persistent and solution focussed to meet the needs of our pupils and to do so they need to wear a lot of hats and be prepared to change them at a moment’s notice!

Our Teaching Assistants will

- Support teaching and learning

- Work with children 1:1 or delivering sessions with small groups of students

- Manage classroom resources

- Take children on educational trips and visits

- Have their lunch with children who struggle socially

- Have a good basic understanding or English and Maths

- Keep children safe when they are experiencing heightened behaviours with strong behaviour management skills and excellent communication

- Create, play and teach games to pupils to develop their social skills or further learning

- Create amazing displays which support teaching and create an exceptional learning environment

- Celebrate success

- Participate in therapeutic training sessions or reflecting on difficult periods

Our TAs are highly valued members of our team. We want our TAs to be part of the decision making that drives our school, provides outcomes for children and advocates for every child. We welcome their input in developing both the academic curriculum and the opportunities in our extra-curricular offer – bringing their own interests and passions to the table.

Apply for this job