Teaching Assistant G4
St Andrew's Academy, Derby, Derbyshire, DE21 4EWThis job expired on 12 June 2022 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2022
Closing date
12 June 2022 at 11:59pm
Date listed
19 May 2022
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: 39 weeks per year x 35 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- SET Grade 4, full time salary scale £19,265 - £20,043
Actual salary
- Pro-rata salary scale £16,763.51 - £17440.49
Teaching Assistant G4 job summary
St Andrew’s is a day/residential special school for pupils with severe learning difficulties and ASD aged 11 -19 years.
Shaw Academy Trust are seeking to appoint suitably qualified Teaching Assistants to work in our school for complex and challenging SEN young people. You join our friendly and hardworking team in this successful and well regarded school developing our KS3, KS4 & Post 16 provision.
Role responsibilities
• Provide structured support in accordance with specific work programmes designed and supervised by individual teachers
• Assist children in matters of personal needs and their general health including first aid and welfare matters.
• Assist in maintaining classroom discipline through the implementation of the schools behaviour management strategies.
• Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young persons you are responsible for or come into contact with.
Person specification
The successful applicant will:
• Have NVQ 2 for Teaching Assistants (or demonstrate equivalent knowledge skills and experience
• Have well-developed interpersonal skills to be able to relate well to a wide range of people.
• Work constructively as part of a team whilst being able to demonstrate initiative.
• Have a professional and respectful approach which demonstrates support and shows mutual respect
• Demonstrate a positive attitude including suggesting solutions, participating, trusting and encouraging others and achieving expectations
• Be committed to the continuous development of self and others by keeping up to date and sharing knowledge, encouraging new ideas, seeking new opportunities and challenges, open to ideas and developing new skills
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.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St Andrew's Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- School size
- 145 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- St Andrew's Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@standrews.derby.sch.uk
St Andrew's Academy is a unique school for children and young people aged 11 to 19, providing a high quality education to pupil's with special educational needs.
The Academy's highly skilled team of staff are committed to ensuring that all students enjoy their learning, take care of each other and work hard to achieve their targets.
The staff, students, their families, Governors and the whole community make St Andrew's Academy a very special place, recognising that together we can learn and achieve great things!
If you think your child would benefit from a St Andrew's education please do get in touch to arrange a visit.
School location
Similar jobs nearby
Medical Support and Learning Assistant
Belper School and Sixth Form Centre
John O'Gaunts Way, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 0DA
Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed
Find more school jobs in Derby and Derbyshire and Derby