SEN Teaching Assistant
St Dominic CofE Primary School, Cornwall, PL12 6SU10 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
20 September 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
9 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £12,351.47 - £12,777.28 Annually (Actual)
SEN Teaching Assistant job summary
Working one to one with a child with medical needs.
Experience of changing and emptying stomas and catheters.
Carry out blood sugar checks.
Up to date first aid including awareness of choking hazards.
To work with groups or individuals within the classroom in all curricular areas under the direction of the EYFS teacher, in a variety of tasks to develop the physical, intellectual, emotional and social skills of the Early Years children.
To assist with learning activities across the seven areas of learning.
To develop children’s knowledge through support and encouragement in the learning activities undertaken with the class.
To provide opportunities for children to work towards the Early Learning Goals.
To carry out domestic duties such as tidying up, serving snacks, organising cooking activities and changing children.
To assist with lunch and break time supervision of children on a rota basis in accordance with the School’s Policy for Playground Supervision.
To assist in preparing, mounting and removing wall displays.
To help plan, prepare and set programmes of work and activities in cooperation with the EYFS teacher.
To feedback information regarding the well-being and educational developmental needs of children to the EYFS teacher, parents and Headteacher as appropriate.
To contribute to children’s learning journeys by using the online learning journal, Tapestry.
To accompany the children on class outings under the overall supervision of the EYFS teacher.
To administer first aid (as trained), dispense medically prescribed controlled drugs in accordance with the school procedures (as trained) and to attend to children who are sick as necessary.
To undertake the shared responsibility with the EYFS teacher of children’s health and safety in the class and to promote health and personal hygiene to the children throughout the activities undertaken in the classroom.
To undertake shared responsibility with all staff for the care and maintenance of equipment and resources.
To encourage self-control and self-discipline in the children throughout all activities undertaken in the EYFS class and to promote the positive behaviour policy.
To supervise the children for short periods in the event of the EYFS teacher having to be called away.
To liaise with outside agencies as requested by the EYFS teacher.
To attend staff meetings as required.
To comply at all times with any current and future legislation relating to EYFS children.
To be aware of the school safeguarding and child protection procedures and to report any concerns noted in the course of duty in accordance with such procedures.
To maintain confidentiality of information acquired in the courseof undertaking duties for the school.
To be responsible for your own continuing self-development, undertaking training as appropriate.
To undertake other duties appropriate to the grading of the post as required.
To be sympathetic to the aims and ethos of a church school and actively promote the school vision.
To undertake reasonable tasks outside of the Early Years setting as designated by the Headteacher.
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.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About St Dominic CofE Primary School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 79 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
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School location
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