Teaching Assistant L1
13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2025
Closing date
29 October 2024 at 9am
Date listed
14 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time: 33 hours per week, term time only
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 year
Full-time equivalent salary
- £22,366.00
Actual salary
- £17,082.00
Pay scale
- Grade 2
Hourly rate
- £11.59
What skills and experience we're looking for
During your contract you will work and be paid for your contracted hours in a class and have specific development tasks to help support and expand your understanding of children with Special Educational Needs and how to best support them in a classroom environment. The areas of development that you will learn about include:
- Understanding the different needs of the children (including autism, physical needs and speech and language development)
- Understanding and supporting children with challenging behaviour – at St Luke’s we follow a therapeutic approach to support children, which focusses on understanding the children’s needs and putting strategies in place to reduce potential incidents
- Moving and Handling Training
- How to best support a teacher within a busy classroom environment
- Developing your understanding of communication skills, including Makaton signing
- Understanding child development
What the school offers its staff
At St Luke’s we are looking to appoint Level 1 Teaching Assistants who will have the opportunity to participate in a fixed term Development Programme to acquire the knowledge and skills to become a successful Teaching Assistant.
Alongside specific training sessions you will also be assigned a mentor who will support your development. Over the year you will produce a portfolio of work to demonstrate what you have learnt. Your portfolio will include certificates of training, completed assignments and a personal reflective journal. Please note this development programme does not provide you with a recognised official Teaching Assistant Qualification.
This is an exciting opportunity for candidates. As a comprehensive training package will be given no experience of working in schools is required for this role.
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.
Applying for the job
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About St Luke's Primary School
- School type
- Special school, ages 3 to 11
- School size
- 190 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- St Luke's Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- admin.stlukes@northlincs.gov.uk
Arranging a visit to St Luke's Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin.stlukes@northlincs.gov.uk.
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