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  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    2 September 2022 at 9am

  • Date listed

    2 August 2022

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

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Key stage

Early years

Working pattern

Contract type

Fixed term - Fixed Term initially

Full-time equivalent salary

Scale D

Teaching Assistant 1-1 SEN Support with a named child job summary

Teaching Assistants to support high SEND Needs within EYFS

Teaching Assistant 1-1 SEN Support with a named child.

Start Date - As soon as possible

Fixed term initially.

Grade: Scale D

We are recruiting for 2 x 28.5 hour Teaching Assistants

Do you believe in inclusion and that every child has the right and ability to shine, learn, believe and belong?

Swaffham Church of England Primary Academy has an exciting opportunity for three adaptive, consistent, patient Teaching Assistants to work within our EYFs provision with high needs SEND pupils. These roles are pupil specific. We are seeking two full time Teaching Assistants at 28.5 hours per week.

We are seeking to employ people who have an understanding of supporting pupils with a range of communication and language needs, cognition and learning difficulties and associated communication, social and emotional challenges.

Pupil specific Teaching Assistant roles are unique and require a nurturing approach with a positive attitude, where we learn, develop and adapt, as a team, to the needs of the children and support them to get the very best experience they can from school life.

  • Are you patient and understanding?
  • Are you child centred?
  • Can you work well as a team?
  • Are you keen to learn and develop your skill set and understanding of SEND?
  • Would you like to be part of our growing, positive team where children are at the very centre of all we do?
  • Do you place a great deal of importance on mental health and well being for all?

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference and have a strong impact on special needs children at the very start of their educational journey at Swaffham Primary Academy.

In this role you would be working in a team of Teaching Assistants, including Pupils Specific roles, with the Class Teacher and SENDCo to ensure that high needs children have the provision, patience, understanding and support they need to access an adaptive curriculum and thrive within our setting.

We are seeking to employ someone who can:

  • Support communication and language development
  • Support social, emotional and language needs
  • Be a forward thinking TA with the willingness to learn, adapt and be flexible to meet the needs of all learners
  • Follow direction of the teacher and in collaboration adapt provision for SEND pupils to access the curriculum
  • Promote inclusion and acceptance of pupils while encouraging constructive relationships within the classroom
  • Under the guidance and direction of the class teacher, promote positive relationships with parents/carers
  • Undertake structured and agreed learning activities, adjusting activities according to pupil responses
  • Support the needs of all learners to access the curriculum and make progress, under the direction of the class teacher
  • Have the ability to be independent and work as part of a team

Desirable experience:

  • Working with ASD or pupils with global development delay would be an advantage
  • Confident and knowledgeable working with technology to support learning
  • Working with pupils with SEND

We can offer:

  • a friendly, welcoming, enthusiastic and committed staff team
  • fantastic children who are keen to learn
  • commitment to CPD and professional development with opportunities across the Trust
  • the opportunity to work in a collaborative environment both within the academy and also as part of the DNEAT family of schools which includes 23 other Primary schools
  • a happy and positive working environment

Applications will be subject to the Academy’s Safe Recruitment procedures including an enhanced DBS check. This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.

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.

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About Swaffham CofE Primary Academy

School type
Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
Education phase
View all Primaryjobs
School size
223 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 11

For an informal discussion with the SENDCo or to book an opportunity to visit the school, please contact Jackie Purple on 01760 721831.

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