Teaching Assistant L2
Seven Hills School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S2 2RJ13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
30 September 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
12 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3
Working pattern
- Full time (Can be done as a job share): 34.5 hours per week full time - Monday - Thursday 8:30 - 4:00, Friday 8:30 - 3:30 Part time working and shorter working days will be considered
Contract type
- Fixed term - Temporary in the first instance until 31 August 2025 when it will be reviewed
Full-time equivalent salary
- Grade 3 £21,575 – £21,968 Pro-rata
What skills and experience we're looking for
Seven Hills School requires a
number of enthusiastic and dedicated Teaching Assistants who would enjoy
working in a happy and supportive school.
The successful candidates will join us to complete a strong team and contribute to the school’s success. Candidates need to have a calm, friendly and positive approach to all our students and be able to demonstrate a commitment to being part of our caring school community.
Seven Hills School is a Co-educational Secondary Special School co-located with a good Catholic High School near the centre of the city. We cater for pupils from 11 to 19 years of age. All pupils have learning difficulties, and many have other associated difficulties relating to communication, sensory, physical and/or medical disabilities. In common with many other special schools, pupils admitted have increasingly complex needs.
Seven Hills School is an inspirational community, which nurtures talents, shares learning and celebrates life. The Seven Hills community is a strong and resourceful one with a central commitment to provide outstanding teaching and learning opportunities for all our students. Students are challenged to achieve their full potential. Teaching is designed to inspire and create activity, curiosity and engagement. We pride ourselves on helping to influence and shape future citizens who can contribute to their own well being and that of others and who can achieve in their own individual goals and aspirations.
What the school offers its staff
We are looking to appoint enthusiastic and committed individuals who are able to relate well to young people with a range of complex and behavioural needs. Students have significant challenges with social communication, emotional regulation and sensory processing. Explicitly underpinned by SCERTS, implementation strategies include: TacPac, Intensive Interaction, Makaton, Attention Autism and curiosity programme, TEACCH
Students on this pathway typically display ‘spikey’ profiles in their development. They are beginning to develop skills, knowledge and understanding in line with subject specific learning, but this may only be in one or two areas. While they may be able to perform above their general level of development and access more subject specific learning they continue to require an environment that is largely based around sensory processing, communication and emotional regulation needs.
The successful candidates must:
- Be able to work collaboratively within a staff team and with visiting therapists.
- Provide high quality support for the learning, personal care, communication and physical needs of students, working across a range of ages and abilities.
- Have a high level of communication skills and the ability to relate positively to young people and adults
- Develop positive relationships with students, parents and staff
- Be able to adapt to changing situations
- Be flexible in order to respond to the needs of the students
- Have experience of managing students with challenging behaviour
Teaching Assistants also contribute towards students’ formal and informal assessment and help build effective relationships between home and school. As a Teaching Assistant you are required to take an interest in each child, encouraging their learning and development and ensuring their safety.
All Teaching Assistants are required to be proficient in Safe Moving and Handling techniques and Team Teach, full training will be provided as necessary. A knowledge of Makaton, basic ICT skills and experience of working with students with disabilities, learning difficulties, and communication difficulties would be an advantage but professionals with a positive attitude who are committed to their own professional development will also be considered.
The selection process involves shortlisting candidates through the matching of information from the application form and accompanying letter/statement to the person specification. The shortlisting panel are Safer Recruitment Trained.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check. The school also has the right to make further checks if required through your employment.
We value our diverse workforce and aim to work together to make the most of our differences. We welcome applications from everyone. Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.
For further information about the school, please visit our website www.sevenhillslearning.co.uk
Application packs and further details can be obtained from Tracy Mycroft, Human Resources Manager, Seven Hills School, Granville Road, Sheffield S2 2RJ, tel 3082003, e mail tmycroft@sevenhills.sheffield.sch.uk and to whom completed forms should be returned. Visits to the school are welcomed.
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to tmycroft@sevenhills.sheffield.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Seven Hills School
- School type
- Special school, ages 11 to 19
- School size
- 224 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Seven Hills School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- tmycroft@sevenhills.sheffield.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 0114 3082003
Seven Hills School is a co-educational secondary special school co-located with a Catholic High School near the centre of the city. We cater for pupils from 11 to 19 years of age. The school is maintained by Sheffield Local Authority (LA).
All pupils have learning difficulties and many have other associated difficulties relating to communication, behaviour, sensory, physical and/or medical disabilities. In common with many other special schools, pupils admitted have increasingly complex needs. A high proportion of pupils are from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Approximately 25% of pupils are from an ethnic minority background.
The mission and purpose of Seven Hills School is to provide high quality inclusive education for young people aged 11 -19 with learning difficulties, physical disabilities and complex and multiple learning needs, in a safe and stimulating environment.
Seven Hills School is an inspirational community, which nurtures talents, shares learning and celebrates life. Students are challenged to achieve their full potential in all areas
Arranging a visit to Seven Hills School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email tmycroft@sevenhills.sheffield.sch.uk.
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