Teaching Assistant

Windsor Girls' School, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 3RT

78 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  20 December 2024 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  30 September 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Full time or Part Time considered - Full time salary £24,442 - £24,848 per annum pro rata

Teaching Assistant job summary

Teaching Assistant

Previous experience is desirable although not essential but the right candidate will need to have patience, understanding and the flexibility to undertake a variety of tasks working with students’ with additional needs. Full and Part time considered.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide in-class support to students with additional needs
• Develop and deliver one-to-one or small group interventions to students with SEN (including Phonics, English and Maths)
• Develop and deliver interventions to support social skills, SEMH and resilience
• Work collaboratively with the SENDCO, teachers, and other support staff to identify and support students with additional needs
• Build positive relationships with students to help them feel valued and understood
• Record and monitor the progress of students
• Liaise with external professionals when required to ensure students' holistic development

Key Requirements:

• Experience working in an educational setting is desirable
• An understanding of SEN is essential
• ELSA trained or a willingness to undertake ELSA training
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Good literacy, numeracy and IT skills
• A GCSE pass (or equivalent) in Maths and English is essential. A pass in Science is desirable.
• A patient, compassionate, empathetic, and understanding approach to working with students with additional needs
• Ability to work as part of a team and contribute to the wider school community
• The ability to take direction but also be able to use initiative when required
• A commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Windsor Girls' School

• School type: Academy, ages 13 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 810 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 13 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Windsor Girls' School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/windsor-girls-school (opens in new tab)

Windsor Girls' School is part of a 3 tier system in Windsor, taking students for Years 9 - 13.

We have boys on site for Years 12/13 as we share a timetable for some subjects with Windsor Boys School.

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