Inclusion Teaching & Learning Assistant
Patcham High School, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 8PB7 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
5 July 2024 at 9am
Date listed
24 June 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
- Learning support or cover supervisor
- Pastoral, health and welfare
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Part time, term time: Working hours: 28.33 hours per week Monday to Friday 8.20am-3pm, term time only, paid for 47.36 weeks per year. Contract: Fixed Term for one year from September 2024
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 year fixed term from 01/09/2024
Actual salary
- £18739
What skills and experience we're looking for
Inclusion
Teaching & Learning Assistant – C Grade
A fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic, positive and forward-thinking individual to make a real difference to the life chances of young people.
We are looking for dynamic, child centred applicants for this key position within in our Inclusion Team. You will need to have an interest in working with young people and be looking for an opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge in this area. Many of our Teaching & Learning Assistants have undertaken training opportunities provided and have gone on to careers in teaching.
- As a Teaching & Learning Assistant in our Bridge and KS3 Alternative Provision, you will be working at our on-site alternative provision hubs, supporting and enabling students with behavioural needs to reach their full potential.
Salary Scale for this role: LGA Scale 5 Point 13 (£26,873-£28,770 FTE), Actual Salary £18,739-£20,062 per annum (Pay Award pending). There are also opportunities to increase your salary by running lunchtime and homework clubs.
Working hours: 28.33 hours per week Monday to Friday 8.20am-3pm, term time only, paid for 47.36 weeks per year.
Contract: Fixed Term for one year from September 2024
Located on the outskirts of Brighton, Patcham High is vibrant, proud and successful. We have an unshakeable faith in the power of education and want the very best for all our students. The school is values driven and inclusion sits at the centre of all that we do. We do not turn our back on any child.
We have a creative and supportive culture within a school that is hugely aspirational. We place great importance on positive relationships, teamwork and a can do attitude. We believe that we are at the cutting edge and, with exciting challenges ahead, this is a fantastic time to join the school.
We welcome
applications from individuals who are determined to make a difference.
To apply please complete the application form in full which can be downloaded form from the school’s website https://www.patchamhigh.brighton-hove.sch.uk/schoolinformation/vacancies/ and email to the Headteacher’s PA, Elise Holmes eholmes@patchamhigh.org.uk If you have any questions or would like to arrange a visit please contact Elise, either by email or by telephone (01273 543484).
Patcham High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS Check.
We welcome applications from all parts of our community as we aspire to have a staff body that matches the social and cultural diversity of our student intake. We are open to flexible working.
We reserve the right to interview on application should a suitable candidate become available and we have the right to withdraw this advert prior to the closing date.
The closing date for applications: Friday 5th July at 10am
Interviews – soon after closing date
What the school offers its staff
We offer a generous pension scheme, staff discounts available through the school, travel to work and cycle to work schemes, gym membership, CPD opportunities and more.
Further details about the role
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification
- Provide pastoral support to pupils
- Receive and supervise pupils excluded from, or otherwise not working to, a normal timetable
- Attend to pupils' personal needs and provide advice to assist their social, health and hygiene development
- Participate in comprehensive assessment of pupils to determine those in need of particular help
- Assist the teacher with the development and implementation of Individual Education / Behaviour / Support / Mentoring plans
- Support provision for pupils with special needs
- Establish productive working relationships with pupils, acting as a role model
- Develop 1:1 mentoring arrangements with pupils and provide support for distressed pupils
- Promote the speedy / effective transfer of pupils across phases / integration of those who have been absent
- Provide information and advice to enable pupils to make choices about their own learning / behaviour / attendance
- Challenge and motivate pupils, promote and reinforce self-esteem
- Provide feedback to pupils in relation to progress, achievement, behaviour, attendance, etc.
Support for the Teacher
- Liaise with feeder schools and other relevant bodies to gather pupil information
- Support pupils' access to learning using appropriate strategies, resources, etc.
- Work with other staff in planning, evaluating and adjusting learning activities as appropriate
- Monitor and evaluate pupils' responses and progress against action plans through observation and planned recording
- Provide objective and accurate feedback and reports as required, to other staff, on pupils' achievement, progress and other matters, ensuring the availability of appropriate evidence
- Be responsible for keeping and updating records as agreed with other staff, contributing to reviews of systems / records as requested
- Assist in the development and implementation of appropriate behaviour management strategies
- Establish constructive relationships with parents / carers, exchanging information, facilitating their support for their child's attendance, access and learning and supporting home to school and community links
- Assist in the development, implementation and monitoring of systems relating to attendance and integration
- Provide clerical / admin support e.g. dealing with correspondence, compilation / analysis / reporting on attendance, exclusions, making phone calls, etc.
Support for the Curriculum
- Implement agreed learning activities / teaching programmes, adjusting activities according to pupil responses / needs
- Be aware of and appreciate a range of activities, courses, organisations and individuals to provide support for pupils to broaden and enrich their learning
- Determine the need for, prepare and use specialist equipment, plans and resources to support pupils
Support
Commitment to safeguarding
Patcham High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS Check.
Applying for the job
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About Patcham High School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1118 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Patcham High School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- eholmes@patchamhigh.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01273 503908
Located on the outskirts of Brighton, Patcham High is vibrant, proud and successful. We have an unshakeable faith in the power of high quality teaching and want the very best for all our students.
Arranging a visit to Patcham High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email eholmes@patchamhigh.org.uk.
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