SEN Teaching Assistant level 3

Hob Moor Oaks Academy, York, North Yorkshire, YO24 4PS

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  12 June 2023 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  23 May 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern:
  • Full time - 35 hours per week, to be worked during the school holidays
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,702.00 - £26,421.00

What skills and experience we're looking for

Hob Moor Oaks Academy is a special school within the Ebor Academy Trust. We are looking to recruit an experienced and highly committed Level 3 Teaching Assistant to primarily work with a child in EYFS with a hearing impairment and Autism. Knowledge and skill in the use of British Sign Language (BSL) is essential.This role is to work 35 hours per week, 8.30am – 4.00pm, Monday – Friday during the school term time.

As a Teaching Assistant you will be passionate about teaching and learning and believe in developing the true potential of children. You will have a calm and positive disposition, the ability to break down activities into small step by step teaching and will nurture, inspire, challenge and motivate pupils. Implementing clear boundaries and routines, you will use positive behaviour management in all areas around school.

We wish to recruit a highly committed Teaching Assistant who has experience of working with children in a supportive capacity and holds a BSL qualification (minimum level 2).

Within this role you will also be working with and alongside a wide range of different professions all with the common goal of ensuring the best care and education is given to our children.

Good, clear and effective communication will play a key role in this position as you will need to work with and alongside the child, their family and other members of staff within the school.

You will have positive behaviour management skills, and be flexible and able to work on your own initiative.

What the school offers its staff

All new starters with the Trust receive a thorough induction programme, followed by a programme of training which is targeted to the role. But it doesn’t stop there, all staff receive development on an ongoing basis and we actively encourage career development through a range of continuous professional development and longer programmes of learning, including apprenticeships.

We offer generous terms and conditions of employment. All our staff have access to a comprehensive Wellbeing Programme to help you and your family stay healthy. This includes access to free private GP and nurse appointments, exercise advice and classes, plus a variety of specialist clinics as well as counselling services. We also offer significant discounts on many high street shops, online retailers and travel agents, not to mention free car parking at all our schools, an enviable pension scheme, sick pay and family friendly policies.

The Trust is striving to be an inclusive and diverse organisation, where everyone feels able to be themselves and experiences a strong sense of belonging. The Trust wholeheartedly supports the principle of equality and diversity in employment and opposes all forms of unfair or unlawful discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sex. We encourage and support the recruitment, retention and career development of people from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds and seek to develop a community of staff that accurately represents society as a whole. All applications for employment with the Trust will be considered against the criteria outlined in the person specification for the position advertised.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We follow safer recruitment practices and appointments are subject to, amongst other things, an enhanced DBS check.

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About Hob Moor Oaks Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• School size: 108 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• Email address: c.drewer@ebor.academy
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hob-moor-oaks-academy (opens in new tab)

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