SEN Teaching Assistant
St Oswald's Worleston CofE Primary School, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 6DPThis job expired on 14 April 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
May 2023
Closing date
14 April 2023 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
24 March 2023
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time: 32.5 hours per week Mon-Fri 6.5 hours per day term time only
Contract type
- Fixed term - 31/08/2024
Full-time equivalent salary
- £21189-£21968
Actual salary
- £15647-£16222
Pay scale
- Grade 4 SCP 4-6.
What skills and experience we're looking for
Person Specification Teaching Assistant - Primary with SEN Essential Desirable How Identified
Qualifications
NVQ level 2 or equivalent (eg. NNEB)
NVQ level 3 or equivalent (eg. NNEB)
Evidence of training and further professional development
Evidence of training specifically relating to SEN (eg ASC, Social Communication)
Application Form
Experience
- Experience in either key stage 1 and 2
- Ability to support the implementation of strategies suggested by colleagues and external advisors
- Experience working 1:1 as well as with small groups under the guidance of a teacher.
- Experience of working with pupils with SEN
- To act as a key adult to model and support allowing for success to support self-esteem and independence.
Experience working in a primary school setting.
Knowledge and experience of meeting a child’s social and emotional needs.
Application Form
Job Related Knowledge
Effective support for learners with additional needs and their teachers within a mainstream school.
Ability to enable independent learning
Interview
Letter of application
Skills and Aptitudes
- Effective organisational skills
- Commitment, sense of humour and enthusiasm.
- Ability to nurture and support vulnerable pupils
Interview
Letter of application
Other Requirements:
PROFESSIONAL
VALUES
- The importance of teamwork.
- Working in partnership with parents and carers
- High personal standards of performance
- Commitment to continuing professional development
- High expectations for all learners
- Commitment to high quality childcare and safety
Knowledge of child protection
What the school offers its staff
At St Oswald’s Worleston we inspire learning by providing a broad, rich and imaginative curriculum which allows children the freedom to develop their own creativity. There is a strong Christian ethos and solid links exist between the school, Church and the community
As a school, we take the safety of our children very seriously and so all candidates will be required to provide current references which will be called upon and checked. The successful candidate will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check before taking up the appointment.
Further details about the role
The Directors of the Rural Church School Academy Trust (RCSAT) are looking to appoint a part time Temporary Teaching Assistant to support a child with Special Educational Needs. To work alongside our dedicated team of staff to inspire and drive our children’s learning.
The position is suitable for a Teaching Assistant with knowledge and experience of meeting a child's social and emotional needs. You will need the ability to use a range of strategies to support a child to remain calm and to develop a child's self -confidence and wellbeing.Support to manage and develop positive social exchanges with peers. Engage in humour and activities that make a child laugh. Have the ability to ensure that the attention, language and exchanges with children consistently show that moderate and positive expression of emotion is valued.Proactively address concerns that may cause distress for a child. Sustain a high level of positive exchanges each day.
The position is available to start in May 2023. This will be term time only based at St Oswald’s Worleston CE Primary School for 32.5 hours per week, 6.5 hours Monday - Friday.
Commitment to safeguarding
As a school, we take the safety of our children very seriously and so all candidates will be required to provide current references which will be called upon and checked. The successful candidate will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check before taking up the appointment.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St Oswald's Worleston CofE Primary School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 107 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Oswald's Worleston CofE Primary School website
- Email address
- admin@stoswald-worl.cheshire.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01270 623826
St. Oswald's Worleston CE Primary School is a traditional church school set in the heart of rural Cheshire just north of Nantwich. St. Oswald's school was first built in 1897 during the Victorian Era and serves the local rural community with roughly 120 children attending the school at present. Our small school has its own Nursery and takes children from the age of 3 years old right through to the end of their Primary School journey. There is a dedicated Nursery setting and Reception Class and then children are educated in mixed age group classes with relatively small class sizes. Ours school mantra is 'We are a caring Christian family where we grow together'. This care and nurture of all members of our community is something that is lived out every day at our school. Visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged in order to see, first hand, the learning going on both inside and outside the classroom environment.
Arranging a visit to St Oswald's Worleston CofE Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin@stoswald-worl.cheshire.sch.uk.
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