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SEN Teaching Assistant

Job details
Posting date: 16 July 2024
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 22 July 2024
Location: Near Chard, Somerset, TA20 4HU
Company: Teaching Vacancies
Job type: Contract
Job reference: 51596904-e5ef-4f9c-bd10-0cb964592c33

Summary

What skills and experience we're looking for

For Winsham Primary School, we are looking to appoint an exceptional candidate who:

• Will be enthusiastic, flexible and highly motivated working alongside the class teacher to support a child 1:1 across all areas of the curriculum
• The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the child has full access to the national curriculum and has to operate in a number of ways to ensure the child progresses.
• Will be required to work under the direction of the class teacher and liaise with other professionals both within and outside the school
• Responsible for working with an individual pupil and with small groups
• Will be expected to show a high degree of initiative and be able to react to given solutions with integrity and compassion
• Have experience of working with children. Ideally, within a school environment
• Can inspire and motivate children and enable them to be the best that they can be
• Has the ability to encourage every child to learn and achieve and has enthusiasm, skill and desire to make a difference
• Has a passion to ensure high expectations for all ensuring that they make outstanding progress
• Can plan, prepare and promote constructive play during the lunchtime period

What the school offers its staff

We aim to serve our communities, and our schools make every effort to connect with families, local community groups and organisations to ensure that our children and families are nurtured, supported and provided with opportunities through our schools.

Our value of equity leads us to want the very best of every child and every staff member. The Academies for Character and Excellence believes in ‘Personal Growth for All’, and we are committed to tackle inequalities and overcome disadvantage and to provide bespoke opportunities for professional learning for all.

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.