Teaching Assistant
London Design and Engineering UTC, London, E16 2RDThis job expired on 3 October 2022 – see similar jobs
Start date details
October 2022
Closing date
3 October 2022 at 9am
Date listed
14 September 2022
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Support Staff hours per week (37hrs = full time): 31 31 hours/week; Term time only plus 1 week (Mon-Thu 08:30 to 15:30; Fri 08:30 to 13:30 - 40 weeks/year),
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Scale 2/3-4: Pro-rata (S3-S11) £23,004- £26,532, Actual £17,133 - £19,761
Teaching Assistant job summary
LDE UTC is looking to recruit enthusiastic, hardworking individuals to join our team. The hours of work are 31 hours/week; Term time only plus 1 week (Mon-Thu 08:30 to 15:30; Fri 08:30 to 13:30 - 40 weeks/year), however LDE UTC prides itself on being a flexible employer and therefore for the right candidates would be open to discussing alternative hours, provided the learner experience is not negatively impacted.
The Teaching Assistant will be required to work under the guidance of the class teacher to support teaching and learning in the classroom and to provide general support to the class teacher in the management and organisation of learners and the learning environment.
The Teaching Assistant may also be required to work 1:1 with an allocated student and provide support in all educational areas, promoting the inclusion of all students to ensure that they have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop.
The applicants should have experience of dealing with learners who have special educational needs and disabilities, and should have worked in a relevant educational setting. All applicants must have a minimum qualification of Grade C/4 in English and Maths at GCSE level.
A good knowledge of supporting core subjects (English, Maths and Science) and vocational courses would be an advantage. We would also love to hear from graduates that our looking to train to become teachers, as we can support routes into achieving qualified teacher status.
Staff should have a real interest in both the academic and pastoral aspects of education and should be committed to working as part of a close-knit, supportive team.
Closing date: Monday 26th September 2022 at 9am
Shortlisting dates: Week commencing Monday 26th September 2022
Interviews: Friday 30th September 2022
Start date: Monday 3rd October 2022
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.
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About London Design and Engineering UTC
- School type
- Free School, ages 14 to 19
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 730 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 14 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hr@ldeutc.co.uk
London Design & Engineering University Technical College (LDE UTC) is an oversubscribed technical skills provision that opened in 2016. In January 2019 we moved into our brand-new purpose-built state of the art building which enjoys its inspirational dockside location on the Royal Docks. Our specialisms include engineering, civil engineering and computing / digital. Courses include, built environment for our budding architects, systems and control, engineering design and digital which contains virtual reality, augmented reality and computing. LDE UTC has been set up by Thames Water, Costain, Skanska, LEGO, Thames Tideway Tunnel, and our university partner the University East London to provide learners with the opportunity to progress onto University, higher degree apprenticeships or the workplace. Learners look forward to a business like STEM rich curriculum, with access to the very best educational facilities and industry standard equipment in the world. We are able to offer this exciting curriculum from the age of 13 upwards by delivering GCSE’s, A Levels, technical level 3 courses and apprenticeships from level 2 to 8 (level 5 and above in partnership with our University partner UEL).
At LDE UTC staff welfare is at the heart of what we do and being a new and dynamic institution we have been able to introduce new initiatives to support staff and improve wellbeing. As part of this, we have introduced a staff wellbeing committee (SMILE), introduced fresh fruit Wednesdays and provide free milk, tea and coffee daily as well as a healthy free lunch. Additionally, we offer all staff from day one, an opportunity to apply for flexible working and dependant on the role, staff are able to work from home for 20% of the working week. We also offer initiatives such as the Cycle2Work scheme and Employee Assistance Programme to further support staff wellbeing. We have also implemented a 4.5 day timetable for learners, creating 54% learner contact time and 46% of the working week for PPA and CPL. 10 of the 190 days for our learners are ‘flipped learning days’ allowing further time for CPL and PPA for teachers. Please click our benefits documents in the advert to find out about all the other staff benefits we offer.
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