Inclusion Support - Teaching Assistant
Crispin School Academy, Street, Somerset, BA16 0AD5 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
20 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
14 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Part time (Can be done as a job share): 30 hours per week plus 1 hour bi-weekly team meeting. Currently Monday to Friday 08:30-15:10 less 40 minutes break. Term time only (38 weeks) plus two additional training days.
Contract type
- Permanent
Hourly rate
- hourly rate £11.98 to £12.38
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications
Essential
- Good English, Mathematics, ICT and communication skills
Desirable
- Experience of working with children / young people
Experience
Essential
- Good communication skills and the ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to be reliable, resourceful and take the initiative
- Ability to balance priorities and changing demands under pressure
- Ability to work independently within agreed boundaries
Desirable
- Knowledge of working with secondary school aged students
- Some experience of working with children and young people with complex needs
Personal Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- An understanding of the principles of inclusion
- A commitment to promoting equal opportunities and meeting individual needs
- Awareness of confidentiality
- Competent personal skills in dealing with young people
- Commitment to helping every student achieve his / her potential
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Able to manage time effectively.
- Ability to be flexible to the needs of the children.
- Effective communication, interpersonal and organisational skills.
- Ability to use ICT to support students’ learning.
Crispin’s Values and Ethos
Essential
- Value the contribution that each individual brings to the school community
- Respect and value diversity and promote equality
- Promote and model mutual respect
- Commitment to the importance of coaching and restorative justice
- Commitment to inclusive education
- Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people
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Personal Qualities
Essential
- Empathy for children with special needs.
- Patience, empathy and compassion.
- Positive attitude to student development.
- A genuine interest in children and young people and a willingness to support and assist them towards independence.
- Good communication skills, flexibility, accuracy, ability to prioritise workload, strong organisational ability.
- Enthusiasm to support young people to develop intellectually and personally.
- A strong commitment to ongoing professional development.
- Resilience.
- Emotional intelligence.
- Ability to develop and maintain positive relationships with colleagues, staff, students, parents and carers.
- The ability to speak fluent English.
Desirable
- Possess an excellent sense of humour
What the school offers its staff
The role of Inclusion Support (Teaching Assistant) is a varied one, working within whole class environments small groups and 1:1. You will be responsible for collaborative working with class teachers, children, parents and other Inclusion Support to ensure that the classroom, school environment, the intervention space and teaching is accessible to all students and working closely with students in the classroom setting to facilitate access to the learning.
The role will be working with students with additional educational needs to help support ways to raise their achievement taking a child-centred individualised approach. You will meet regularly with the SENDCo and SEND team to discuss strategies and interventions.
What the school can offer:
- The opportunity to work with excellent and committed colleagues
- Inclusive working environment
- Professional development
- Friendly and passionate atmosphere
- The opportunity to make a difference with an identified group of students
- Consistent CPD
- Access to the Graduate Teacher Training Programme via the Mid-Somerset Consortium
- Diverse working practice in a fast-paced environment
Commitment to safeguarding
Crispin is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This post requires a criminal background check via the disclosure procedure. The successful applicant will therefore be subject to an Enhanced DBS.
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement of the role.
Applying for the job
Please complete the online application.
CVs are not accepted.
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About Crispin School Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1052 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Crispin School Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- headspa@crispinschool.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01458442714
Crispin is a popular school with a strong reputation. We unashamedly have high expectations of all members of our community and we believe in challenging and supporting students to achieve their very best. Visitors regularly refer to our students and colleagues very positively. Relationships between staff and students are a strength of the school and colleagues are committed to providing every opportunity for students to have a broad experience and to be successful. We are committed to educating the whole child to ensure they enter adulthood as happy, supported young people with a love for learning. There is a sharp focus on learning and students receive excellent support. At all times we seek to be a compassionate institution.
It is important to state that Crispin has a very strong safeguarding culture which we would expect potential colleagues to wholeheartedly support.
We have a wide-ranging curriculum and have recently expanded the opportunities for students. We offer two Languages, a range of Arts and Technology options and have recently introduced new examination courses in areas such as Business, Engineering, Health and Social Care and Sport. Students have the opportunity to study Philosophy and our popular new course, Curriculum for Life. We have a high uptake of EBacc subjects but this sits alongside a commitment for students to retain a considerable degree of choice over which courses to follow. There are also a wide range of enrichment activities for students ranging from residential visits to school productions; sports to music; an enrichment week to work experience. We have recently expanded our ‘Employability’ programme considerably and we are also fortunate to have a successful Alumni Scheme.
We are proud of our vertical House system which is comprised of four Houses (Corvus, Falco, Sturnus and Tyto). This system allows for a wide range of opportunities for students from collaboration to competition, student leadership to support. All colleagues are members of one of the Houses.
We are fortunate to have a well-equipped site which includes extensive grounds, a range of curriculum area blocks and an astroturf pitch. We are also extremely fortunate to have opened a new purpose-built Innovation Hub in November 2020. This has been the most substantial development of the site since the opening of Crispin.
Crispin is due to become part of the Wessex Learning Trust on 1 March 2023. We have already been working closely with the Trust and this will offer a range of opportunities for the successful candidate.
Arranging a visit to Crispin School Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email headspa@crispinschool.co.uk.
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