Academic Intervention Practitioner
Churchward School, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN25 2PPThis job expired on 18 February 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
18 February 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
15 January 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £12.65 to £14.25
Academic Intervention Practitioner job summary
Note: Applicants will be considered as applications are received. Should a suitable candidate be identified, we may close the vacancy early.
The Opportunity
Brunel Academies Trust are a proud, growing educational community with a vision to be an exceptional creative education family opening doors, opening minds and changing lives. We strive to significantly improve the life chances and outcomes for our children and young people (CYP) whether they are within our SEND provisions or mainstream schools.
As a growing Multi Academy Trust, now is a fantastic time to join our community of school support professionals. Churchward is a special Education Provision (EP), rated Good by Ofsted in 2023, for young people aged 11-19 with Autistic Spectrum Conditions (ASC) and/or Social Communication Interaction Disorders (SCID).
Churchward is an inclusive and aspirational community where, built on absolute integrity, learning for life is holistic and specifically tailored to the needs of young people with social and communication challenges. Through our personalised approach and high expectations, we strive to ensure all CYP really achieve their potential helping to create positive young people equipped with life and work skills for a sustainable and fulfilled future.
As an Academic Interventions Practitioner (AIP), this is a fantastic opportunity to enhance your skills and experience as part of the Academic Interventions team. With a passion for delivering interventions throughout the EP, you will be working closely with the teachers and support staff to enhance the promotion and development of academic interventions across the provision.
Your Role
The attached job description will detail your role in full. But at a glance, some of the key fields you will be responsible for include:
· Deliver, record, monitor and review academic interventions throughout the EP.
· Provide support to identified CYP, attending meetings and writing reports as appropriate.
· Provide additional support in identified classes as appropriate.
· Support the assessment and collection of literacy and numeracy data throughout the year.
· Promote clear communication between wings and the academic interventions team.
· Support the academic interventions coordinator in analysing academic data to identify individual and class patterns where additional support may be required.
· To train employees in a range of strategies that enable that promote independent learning in the classroom.
Your Experience
Our person specification attached will contain the full areas of skills and experience, but it is really important to us that you feel comfortable and confident in your role, so although you may not have everything desirable, there are some essential features our appointee will need to have and these include:
· Level 2 Literacy/Numeracy (or NVQ equivalent)
· Experience in delivering academic interventions or a desire to do so
· Have experience of supporting CYP with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and have an understanding of Autism and associated barriers to learning
Interviews: 29.01.2024
Benefits
Brunel Academies Trust is a rapidly developing Multi Academy Trust. We value our colleagues and the effort they put into our children and young people day in and out. Whether through continuous professional development (CPD) to feed your ambitions, personal and impartial support through challenging days. These exciting and easy to use discounts to enjoy with friends and family, we have a package of excellent benefits which are available to all employees including:
· Support on continuous professional development (CPD) opportunities
· Brunel Perks – exclusive discounts on a range of products and retailers from cinema tickets, food shopping and holidays
· Discounts with Swindon Designer Outlet Village
· Carefirst – impartial counselling service in person, by video call or phone as well as a citizen’s advice function for advice and support on personal or professional queries
· Excellent pension scheme
· Free on-site parking
· Annual pay progression opportunities
· Continuous Service Date (CSD) honoured
Most importantly, we can promise that you will achieve a high level of job satisfaction through the professional family community our colleagues represent; and the positive impact your role will have on supporting and developing our children and young people’s futures. Your role matters.
Potential talent for this exciting opportunity are warmly invited and encouraged to visit our setting to explore how unique and inspirational our children and team really are. In addition to exploring our EP’s journey to success via our website, please contact the office to arrange a visit to tour the site or/and have an informal conversation with the Headteacher.
Commitment to safeguarding
Brunel Academies Trust is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check, references and medical clearance.
Under the provision of the Equality Act 2010, Brunel Academies Trust welcomes applications from everyone and operates a recruitment process that is fair and does not discriminate against or disadvantage anyone because of their age, pronouns preference, disability, gender reassignment status, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy, paternity or maternity, race or nationality, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
About Churchward School
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 19
- School size
- 98 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Churchward School website (opens in new tab)
Churchward is a special school, rated Good by Ofsted in 2023, for young people aged 11-19 with Autistic Spectrum Conditions (ASC) and/or Social Communication Interaction Disorders (SCID).We are an inclusive and aspirational community where, built on absolute integrity, learning for life is holistic and specifically tailored to the needs of young people with social and communication challenges. Through our personalised approach and high expectations, we strive to ensure all students really achieve their potential helping to create positive young people equipped with life and work skills for a sustainable and fulfilled future.
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