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Teaching Assistant

Job details
Posting date: 10 June 2025
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 20 June 2025
Location: Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH17 6EQ
Company: Teaching Vacancies
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 7cd6764f-b876-4e7b-8c78-e9304dcdfdce

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Summary

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking a dedicated, compassionate, and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to join our vibrant and supportive team. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of pupils with special educational needs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supporting the Teacher
• Support for Pupils
• Assessment, Monitoring and Evaluation
• Administration and Management of Resources

Key Requirements:

• GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English
• Experience working with children
• Experience working as part of a team
• Ability to communicate well with parents, pupils, care workers and outside agencies
• A calm, reassuring and responsive approach

What the school offers its staff

OHC&AT is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and we offer many benefits to attract and keep our staff, contributing towards maintaining and improving wellbeing, and encouraging our required behaviours, achievements, values, and skills. Below is just a selection of the benefits available to our employees:

Rewards & Benefits:

• Pathways for progression within the trust, ensuring you can grow and thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment.

• Pension Scheme - you will be enrolled in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) offering life cover and financial protection for your family.

• Salary Sacrifice Schemes (Cycle Scheme, Home Electronics Scheme, Electric Car Lease Scheme)
• Employee Wellbeing - We support employee wellbeing with access to counselling, mental health support, generous leave, flexible working, and enhanced parental leave including Employee Assistance Programme, MyGym Discounts, Corporate Eyecare Scheme
• Employee Discounts (Blue Light Card, Costco Membership, Discounts for Teachers, and more)
• Other (Season Ticket Loan and Employee Referral Scheme)

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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