Teaching Assistant (60% workload)

About the job

The Centre for Children with Sensory and Physical Disabilities ZKSK is an interdisciplinary competence centre for children and young people with physical, sensory, and multiple disabilities. At four locations, we offer individual medical and educational therapy services. With psychological and medical assessments as well as therapies, we support, advise, and accompany children and families.

The day special school in Trimbach (10 minutes from Olten main station) was opened in August 2022. We are looking for a committed, resilient, and flexible teaching assistant (60% workload) to start immediately or by arrangement.

You will support the basic level class and the small group in everyday school life and during lunch. The basic level class comprises seven pupils with a physical, sensory, or multiple disability, and the small group comprises three pupils with increased care needs. The workload is distributed over four to five working days during school weeks, with compensation during school holidays.

Your tasks

• Supporting the class teachers in educational, nursing, and therapeutic activities as instructed by the class teachers
• Independent supervision of small pupil groups during lessons
• Independent preparation and delivery of individual lessons where possible and in mutual agreement
• Participation in lunch and day care, break and lunch supervision
• Accompanying and assisting in swimming lessons, gymnastics, and crafts
• Participation in whole-school events and projects (e.g. camps, storytelling night)
• Other tasks as instructed by the class teachers and/or school management

Your qualifications

• Professional training as a FaGe, FaBe, nursing professional, or equivalent qualification desired
• Experience in educational and nursing work desired
• Responsible, resilient, and humorous personality with good empathy
• Enthusiasm for interdisciplinary collaboration, with the child at the centre
• Communication and negotiation skills, high social and self-competence
• Flexibility regarding the area of responsibility and infrastructure, as well as a pragmatic approach, are advantageous for the initial phase
• Knowledge of common Office programmes

We offer you

• Cooperative environment with professionals from school, therapy, social pedagogy, and medicine
• Good working conditions with an annual working time model and family-friendly working and holiday times
• 5-day week: every morning and two to three afternoons. Compensation during approximately 14 school holiday weeks
• Training opportunities inside and outside our institution
• Industry-standard remuneration and contemporary social benefits
• Good accessibility by public transport

For further information, please contact us by phone at 032 625 82 59 (Sandra Friedli, Head of School Trimbach) or 032 625 82 51 (Sibylle Richner, Personnel Administration). Interesting information about our organisation can be found at www.zksk.ch. Currently, it is school holidays. If you cannot reach us by phone, please send us an email and we will call you back.

We look forward to receiving your immediate application, which you can send as a PDF to personal@zksk.ch.