Teaching Assistant
- Full time
- Term time only
- September start
- £11.85 - £14.25 per hour
Long- Term Teachers are working with a fantastic specialist education provision that supports children ages 2-19. All students have profound multiple learning difficulties and complex needs, in addition medical and mental health. Part of a fantastic multi academy trust, that supports a number of Specialist provisions in and around Wiltshire.
Commencing in September 2024, you will be contracted to work full time, Monday to Friday term time only. Your hours of work will be 8:30am - 3:30pm (Mon, Tue, Thur, Fri). Then you have a fantastic opportunity to be offered training to develop your skillset, this will be after school every Wednesday until 4pm.
Key duties of the role:
- To offer general classroom support, in addition to 1:1 and small group interventions
- To provide care as required, which may include personal care and support for mental health and well-being
- To assist with lesson preparation and supervision during activities, ensuring students are feeling supported in a safe environment
- To ensure the safeguarding of all pupils, by operating with the Education Provisions (EP) safeguarding practice & policy, reporting to the Safeguarding team any concerns and record information on the EPs safeguarding system
- To support all pupils to access the curriculum and promote progress and achievement
It is also key that you are reporting regularly to the class teacher and senior leadership team, to monitor students progress. You will be expected to report and record evidence of pupil's progress and achievement on the EPs monitoring system. In addition to this, it is paramount that you inform the Teacher or lead of any safeguarding concerns they have raised.
We are seeking teaching assistants who are:
- Are nurturing and empathetic
- Have a great sense of humour
- Are an adaptable, collaborative team player
- Are patient with a flair for celebrating the smallest of successes
Essential prior to Application:
- Level 2 Literacy/Numeracy (or NVQ equivalent)
- Basic ICT skills
- Positive attitude to training & continuous professional development
- Experience with pupils in either formal or informal settings
- Punctual, polite & professional Be motivated, able to use initiative and work independently To meet challenges positively
Working with Long Term Teachers:
We are an independent agency working with Nurseries, Primary, Secondary and Special Schools.
LTT was founded with the aim of creating a genuine, transparent and straightforward service to help candidates secure their next role. We place a huge emphasis on delivering an exceptional service where you will be supported, listened to and valued throughout.
Your dedicated consultant will invest time to understand your experience, skill-set and what your ideal role looks like. You will have frequent updates with your progress through compliance, applications for specific roles as well as receiving additional information on roles which we feel may be of interest to you.
We are proud members of the REC and we have the highest standard of compliance. Working with us means you will get the very best support and guidance through the clearance process from your own specific point of contact from our in-house compliance team.