1:1 Teaching Assistant

The Gainsborough Hillcrest Early Years Academy, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 1SW

10 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  29 October 2024

• Closing date

  7 October 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  25 September 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years
• Working pattern: Full time: 32.5 hours per week
• Contract type: Fixed term - Ends when child leaves the Academy
• Full-time equivalent salary: £22,737

What skills and experience we're looking for

A qualified, caring, committed Teaching Assistant is required to work as part of a team with pupils with Education Health Care Plans.

The ideal candidate will:

• Enjoy working with children and want to make a difference.
• Be keen to learn and welcome continued professional development.
• Be organised and able to adapt planning, through daily assessment, to meet individual needs.
• Have relevant school-based experience, particularly working with children with additional needs.

The person appointed will:

• Work under the direction of the class teacher and Academy SENCO.
• Support the children on a personalised plan within a mainstream infant class.
• Deliver specific interventions as directed in an EHCP.
• Adapt planning and create resources to meet the children’s individual needs.
• Communicate positively and regularly with parents.
• Attend meetings with parents and professionals, where relevant, and support the children in reaching the targets set out on the children’s Education, Health and Care Plan and SEN Support Plan.
• Deliver intervention support for individuals or small groups of children.

The following will be an advantage:

• Working knowledge of the EYFS and Key Stage 1 Curriculum.
• Understanding of child development.
• Experience of working with children with Special Educational Needs.
• A Level 3 qualification (or equivalent) is desirable.

To apply, please go to www.hillcrestearlyyearsacademy.co.uk to download an application form along with Job Description. Alternatively, please email enquiries@hillcrest.lincs.sch.uk

What the school offers its staff

In return we can offer you:

• An ambitious, successful welcoming and vibrant place to work with great staff and children who deserve the very best;
• A place to work whereby Wellbeing is a key priority
• A supportive and nurturing environment
• An excellent Employee Assistance Scheme
• Continuing opportunities for CPD

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About The Gainsborough Hillcrest Early Years Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 7
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 237 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The Gainsborough Hillcrest Early Years Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: enquiries@hillcrest.lincs.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01427613483
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-gainsborough-hillcrest-early-years-academy (opens in new tab)

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