Teaching Assistant - Part Time - Fixed Term
Riverside Primary School, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 8ET7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2024
Closing date
10 July 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
3 July 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £10,432.00 - £11,725.00 Annually (Actual) NJC Grade D2 Point 4 -11
Teaching Assistant - Part Time - Fixed Term job summary
Hours: 19.5 hours (3 days per week), 39 Weeks (Term Time plus 1 Week)
Fixed Term from September 2024 – Mid January 2025
Location: Riverside Primary School, St Edmund’s Way, Rainham, Kent, ME8 8ET
Required: September 2024
We are seeking to appoint a part time (3 days per week), fixed term Teaching Assistant to support the Class Teachers at Riverside Primary School across the Key Stages from Foundation Stage to Year 6. This may involve working with a class or supporting a child on a more intensive basis, providing 1-1 support. You may also be required to deliver intervention programmes under the direction of the Inclusion Manager. This role is fixed term from September 2024 - January 2025.
Key Responsibilities:
Provide teaching support in small groups and where necessary work with individual pupils to the highest standards
Assist the implementation of individual programmes for pupils and help monitor their progress
Undertake specific duties identified by the class teacher
Maintain a positive, supportive attitude within a team
Requirements:
NVQ Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification or equivalent (or willingness to work towards)
Experience of working with children with Autism and/or Speech and Language difficulties would be advantageous
Understanding of children with different behavioural needs
Ability to work independently or as part of a team
Possess a desire to help all children achieve their best
Have a caring nature and a deep regard for children
Enthusiastic, energetic and adaptable
Excellent communication skills
Riverside Primary School:
We are a popular, mainstream community school, which is part of Rainham Mark Education Trust. The school had a good Ofsted Inspection in November 2019, and was recognised as being Outstanding in the areas of Behaviour and Attitudes and Personal Development. The key values held by our school community add to the success and inclusive nature of the school. These values are Curiosity, Happiness, Aspiration, Respect, Articulacy, Community, Teamwork, Equality and Resilience – ‘Character’.
The school has two integrated special provisions for a small number of children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder or Visual Impairment, who are taught in the mainstream classes with appropriate support.
A visit to the school is highly recommended, please call 01634 623500 to make an appointment.
If you would like to be considered for the post, please apply via My New Term.
Closing date: Wednesday 10th July at 12.00pm. We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
Interview date: TBC
This vacancy will close on or before the specified closing date depending on the volume of suitable applicants. If you have not heard from us within 21 days of the closing date, please assume that you have not been short listed on this occasion. We wish to stress that no discourtesy is intended in following such a procedure, and you should not let this deter you from future applications.
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 Riverside Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 406 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Riverside Primary School website (opens in new tab)
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