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  • Job start date

    1 September 2022

  • Closing date

    29 July 2022 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    22 June 2022

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time: 38 weeks per year, 37.5 hours per week

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

Grade 2 Point 3 (Inner London): £23,004 FTE

Actual salary

£19,252.58

Additional allowances

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level to senior leadership.

We look for talented individuals who share our vision for creating exceptional places of learning, and are committed to ensuring that every child in London has access to the best possible education.

In addition to the opportunities for career progression, training and development, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits.

Teaching Assistant job summary

Inspire and transform learning with us. Harris Academy Chobham is looking for a Teaching Assistant to support individuals and groups of students to enable access to learning, contributing to the development and maintenance of a purposeful, nurturing learning environment. Main Areas of Responsibility Your role will be: To supervise and provide particular support for identified students, in 1:1, group or whole class situations, ensuring their safety and access to learning. To assist in the development of appropriate resources, schemes of work and teaching strategies, working with the teacher to ensure the provision supports each identified student’s learning needs. To assist in evaluating identified students’ progress through agreed assessment activities. To provide detailed and regular feedback to teachers on students’ achievement, progress and needs. To lead small group sessions and interventions as appropriate. To attend to the students’ personal needs where required. To support with behaviour management, using appropriate strategies in line with academy policy. To contribute to creating a purposeful and supportive learning environment. Undertake structured and agreed learning activities/teaching programmes as appropriate, adjusting activities to ensure achievement of learning goals. Qualifications & Experience Qualifications, Knowledge & Training Educated to degree level or equivalent Some knowledge of strategies in working with young people with challenging behaviours Knowledge of some of the social issues facing students from disadvantaged backgrounds Awareness of Health and Safety issues in the workplace. Experience Experience of working directly with young people in an education or training environment, supporting the learning of students. Experience of establishing and maintaining positive working relationships with a range of stakeholders, at all levels. Experience of managing and being responsible for own workload. Personal Skills, Abilities & Qualities Good literacy and numeracy skills, Good interpersonal and communication skills, with an excellent standard of written and spoken English. Good administrative and organisational skills. Ability to interest, encourage, motivate and engage children Ability to work as part of a team; working effectively with people across a wide range of levels and responsibilities. Computer literate – must have good ICT skills including a working knowledge of MS packages e.g. Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel etc, as well as using and updating records and databases. Ability to work using own initiative, exercising good judgement where unsupervised. Flexibility of approach to work. Ability to maintain confidentiality; having tact and diplomacy where necessary. Safeguarding Notice The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants. Before applying, please review our Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders. Equal Opportunities The Harris Federation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates. As a provider of employment and education, we value the diversity of our staff and students, and all our staff are equally valued and respected. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment for our students and staff.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

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About Harris Academy Chobham

School type
Academy, ages 3 to 18
Education phase
Through
School size
2056 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 18
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
0203 747 6060

Chobham Academy opened in September 2013 as part of the Harris Federation. Our 3-18 academy is a world class educational legacy of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Situated within the East Village complex, the academy serves the community newly established in 2,800 new homes, along with existing communities in Newham and Waltham Forest. Chobham Academy is judged "Outstanding" in every category by Ofsted.

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