Literacy Teaching Assistant

Ivybridge Community College, Ivybridge, Devon, PL21 0JA

5 days remaining to apply

Closing date
27 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
20 January 2025

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Part time
Contract type: Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary: £13,574.00 - £13,787.00 Annually (Actual) NJC Grade B SCP 3-4

Literacy Teaching Assistant job summary

The post holder will work under supervision and direction of the Senior Literacy Teaching Assistant, usually outside the classroom, working with students who need support to fill gaps in literacy and reading. They will be part of a diagnostic literacy team so that precise diagnosis can be followed by evidence-based strategies, which support reading fluency; phonics and blending, and comprehension. The post holder will form a crucial part of a professional team and will receive precise training. Under the guided direction of the Assistant Principal and the Senior Literacy Teaching Assistant, the post holder will often be required to support learning, which takes place outside of the main teaching area with small groups or one-to-one as required. This post includes administration and assessment elements so that we can ensure all literacy catch-up interventions are tailored to the students’ required needs.

Please see the Job Description for more information.

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.