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Teaching Assistant

Staynor Hall Primary Academy, Selby, North Yorkshire, YO8 8GE

This job expired on 17 April 2023 – see similar jobs

Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
17 April 2023 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
29 March 2023

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern: Part time: Monday – Friday 8.45am – 1.00pm 21.25 hours per week
Contract type: Fixed term - Fixed Term, in line with the child's needs
Actual salary: Actual Salary £11,679.77 - £12,074.39

What skills and experience we're looking for

Here at Staynor Hall Community Primary Academy, we are looking to recruit a caring, enthusiastic, and dedicated Teaching Assistant. The post is to support an individual child with Special Educational Needs and is subject to the named pupil's continued education at the school. Experience in supporting pupils with SEN would be preferable.

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 teaching, and will nurture, inspire, challenge, and motivate pupils. By implementing clear boundaries and routines, you will use positive behaviour management in all areas around the school.

You will:

Work within the classroom to support the learning needs of the child
Provide targeted 1:1 support
Adapt support dependent on the pupil's needs - communication, patience, and understanding will be key to this role, and intimate care will also be required.
Create a stimulating environment in which their learning and development is encouraged
Keep records of the child's progress
Provide personal care to assist toileting, including changing and other self-care skills, encouraging independence where appropriate

Have a clear understanding of the ways in which children learn and a range of effective teaching styles which meet the child's individual need
Be confident in your ability and work using your initiative
Work well within a team, be keen to share ideas, and happily accept advice from colleagues and specialist staff
Be keen to develop your skills further by completing training signposted by key leaders
Be determined to make a positive difference
Be caring, friendly, adaptable, and hardworking
Experience working with a child with cerebral palsy and supporting language and communication is desirable

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.

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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