Pupil Support/Teaching Assistant
The Harbour School, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO2 8RAThis job expired on 21 February 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
21 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
12 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
- Learning support or cover supervisor
- Pastoral, health and welfare
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time, part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,790-£25,584
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Experience of working with children
- 5 GCSE’s with a minimum grade C or above in English and Mathematics, OR at least equivalent Level 2 qualifications in Literacy & Numeracy with relevant experience
- Able to use IT and software such as Microsoft office competently
- Evidence of recent Continuing Professional Development
- An understanding of SEMH needs including risk factors relating to substance misuse, offending behaviour, self esteem, social skills, risk taking behaviour and/or medical
- Ability to think creatively and problem solve
- Use a variety of interpersonal skills and strategies to establish supportive and positive relationships with colleagues, pupils, parents and carers.
- Excellent organisational skills
- Able to work independently
- Good understanding of safeguarding procedures and responsibilities and ability to handle confidential information with discretion
- Able to engage with young people in challenging circumstances
- Ability to write clear and concise reports
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Ability to involve pupils and parents/carers in
decisions relating to their children
What the school offers its staff
You will have the opportunity to develop your career in a School and Delta Education Trust, a small but growing Trust. Our ethos is encompassed in our vision “Learning together in pursuit of happiness”. We put this into practice by ensuring:
- All decisions are made in the best interests of staff, students and families.
- High support, high challenge and evidence informed in everything we do.
- We work collaboratively and make team, not individual, decisions.
- We acknowledge our mistakes and use them to learn and improve.
- We are always open to learning and seeking new ideas.
Further details about the role
Teaching Assistant / Pupil Support Worker (Bridge Campus)
Grade D: £24,790-£25,584 (Actual salary for term time £21,214-£21,894) plus generous sick pay and pension scheme. Permanent
* Successful candidate required to have use of own vehicle
Teaching Assistant / Pupil Support Worker also required at our Lighthouse campus. 37hrs, Term time only, fixed term until 31st August 2025. Car driver not required for this role.
As part of Delta, Education Trust, The Harbour School’s vision is “Learning together in pursuit of happiness”. This means we really care whether pupils love or hate their learning, so we work hard to create a space where pupils learn together to become knowledgeable, self-aware, independent and happy people who make a positive difference, wherever life takes them. Are you an enthusiastic individual who can bring this vision to life and make a real difference to children’s lives?
We are always looking for awesome people to join our team, and right now are looking for a Teaching Assistant / Pupil Support Worker . You will make a difference to children with social, emotional and mental health needs and give them the opportunities they deserve is a job like no other.
You will be part of an inclusive and collaborative team that, no matter what the challenge may be, are ready to face it head on and are committed to seeing it through.
Learning can look different for everyone; learning is continuous and enabled by the broad curriculum, therapeutic interventions, and the environment the school and staffing team create. It’s only through your awesome support that we will create that environment together to ensure the pupils progress towards a happy life that they can enjoy.
The Harbour School is a special school for learners with Social, Emotional and/or Mental Health (SEMH) Needs and/or Medical Needs.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. Please ensure a full work history is completed in your application form including any gaps of employment. Applicants will be required to complete satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) check is required for this post prior to commencement. The Trust is an equal opportunities employer.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Harbour School
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 19
- School size
- 101 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Harbour School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- HR@deltaeducationtrust.com
The Harbour School is a special school for learners with Social, Emotional and/or Mental Health (SEMH) Needs and/or Medical Needs. The school operates from multiple sites situated across Portsmouth with provision extending beyond these physical locations.
As a trust, our ethos is encompassed in our vision “Learning together in pursuit of happiness”.
Arranging a visit to The Harbour School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email HR@deltaeducationtrust.com.
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