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Teaching Assistant - Level 2

Job details
Posting date: 24 September 2024
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 23 October 2024
Location: Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S66 8AZ
Company: Teaching Vacancies
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: f3bcbf86-c2d3-44e9-84dc-786814d1cbf4

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Summary

What skills and experience we're looking for

At Hilltop School we have some fantastic opportunities for those who are experienced teaching assistants or those aspiring to be so to join our hardworking and committed workforce.

We have a range of positions available from those who have had significant experience of working with complex young people in an educational setting to those who would like to gain expertise and further develop their skills in a setting like ours.

We are looking for Teaching Assistants, who can work with individual and small groups of children, prepare classrooms and materials, and build positive relationships with children and young people to promote interaction and learning.

The ideal candidates will have a passion for working with complex young people who have needs ranging from autistic spectrum conditions to attachment difficulties and developmental trauma and be keen to help us develop our therapeutic approach towards helping our pupils achieve successful outcomes.

You will offer essential support to our Teachers and have the opportunity to assist in the planning and delivery of lessons in a creative and positive setting.

Your work will be challenging and rewarding in equal measure and you will be working in a school where we maintain a strong safeguarding culture, where pupils are listened to, respected and involved in as many decisions as possible.

Ultimately, all of our roles give you the opportunity to enrich the lives of young people and make a positive difference and we are looking for individuals with the right motivation, personal qualities and good levels of resilience.

We offer a friendly and inclusive working environment and the chance to be part of a fantastic multidisciplinary team, who work hard and support each other to deliver personalised, bespoke education & care.

What the school offers its staff

• An exciting opportunity to join an academy with a fantastic cohort of students and a highly supportive staff and leadership team.
• A thriving environment where you will be supported and encouraged to think in new ways.
• An opportunity to join colleagues who will make you proud to be part of our state education system.
• Access to tailored CPD through Nexus Academies Trust and the Opportunity.
• Working within an award-winning MAT who pride themselves on having friendly and supportive academies who together are helping to transform communities.

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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