Teaching Assistant and PE SEND Enrichment Coordinator
Woodchurch High School, Wirral, Merseyside, CH49 7NGThis job expired on 17 June 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2024
Closing date
17 June 2024 at 9am
Date listed
7 June 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: 39 WEEK CONTRACT FIXED TERM CONTRACT WITH A VIEW TO PERMANENT FULL AND PART TIME WILL BE CONSIDERED
Contract type
- Fixed term - The fixed term contract will run until 31st August 2025. A permanent contract will be considered for candidates with the right level of experience.
Full-time equivalent salary
- SALARY DEPENDANT ON TA LEVEL
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Government requires a Teaching Assistant plus PE SEND Enrichment Coordinator to work with pupils with SEND, including Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Medical and Physical Impairments, learning difficulties and health care needs.
· To assist in the delivery and preparation of sports coaching, mentoring and training to Teaching Assistants to raise the standard of Teaching and Learning and inclusion in PE.
· To assist in the planning, implementation and delivery of intervention plans for SEND pupils ensuring their needs and targets are met.
· To assist in the preparation and delivery of training to TA’s on inclusion in PE and the methods used in PE to identify specific individual pupil needs.
· To monitor progress of pupils in extraction groups and recommend additional/further action needed in order for grades to be met.
· To assist in the promotion and development of awareness and positive ethos of disability sport amongst pupils through a wide variety of activities available in school and after school, ensuring pupils feel a sense of achievement.
· To be responsible for planning, organising and the delivery of a sports programme of enrichment activities and after school clubs including festivals and tournaments in Woodchurch High School in order to promote SEND PE in school
· To create links with outside agencies, organisations and other schools in order to create more opportunities for pupils to take part in SEND sporting activities.
· To assist in bidding for relevant funding in order to run additional SEND sporting programmes.
· To assist in covering PE lessons in the absence of PE teaching Staff.
· To have excellent communication skills across the whole school
· To be able to work with TA’s and a variety of other professionals to ensure programmes are run effectively.
The diverse role of the TA is crucial and requires enthusiasm, commitment and flexibility
What the school offers its staff
Woodchurch High School is an exciting place to work. It is a successful and oversubscribed 11 – 16 co-educational comprehensive. We
enjoy state of the art facilities, designed to engage and motivate learners.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is in regulated activity and is subject to an Enhanced DBS check. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education general online searches will be undertaken for all shortlisted candidates. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. All applicants will be considered on the basis of suitability for the post regardless of race, sex, age or disability.
Under data protection law, individuals have a right to be informed about how the school uses any personal data we hold about them. We
comply with this right by providing access to ‘privacy notices’ to individuals where we are processing their personal data. This privacy
notice explains how we collect, store and use personal data about individuals applying for jobs at our school. Please access this notice via
the following link: https://www.woodchurchhigh.com/docs/Policies/PrivacyNoticeJobApplicants-09-12-20.pdf
Further details about the role
The fixed term contract will run until 31st August 2025 due to organisational considerations. A permanent contract will be considered
for candidates with the right level of experience.
Further details and an application pack can be obtained from the school website. Application forms, together with a covering letter,
should be returned to Mrs A Bestwick HR Officer. Email whsrecruitment@woodchurchhigh.com. We do not accept CVs and approaches
from recruitment agencies. If you do not hear by 24th June, you may assume you have not been successful on this occasion.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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About Woodchurch High School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1419 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Woodchurch High School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- whsrecruitment@woodchurchhigh.com
- Phone number
- 0151 641 8226
Woodchurch High School is an exciting place to work. It is a successful and oversubscribed 11 –
16 co-educational comprehensive. We enjoy state of the art facilities, designed to engage and
motivate learners. As an Academy committed to professional development, all new teaching staff will be expected to actively participate in CPD programmes.
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