Teaching Assistant
| Posting date: | 24 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 04 July 2025 |
| Location: | Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 4ND |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | c274f8eb-7b97-49bf-88d3-8fb4a3ca62e5 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
The successful candidate will work as part of a team, delivering a structured timetable to children with autism spectrum conditions (ASC), SEMH (social, emotional and mental health) and challenging behaviours.
Essential
• NVQ 3 for Teaching Assistant qualification or equivalent work experience
• Good numerical and literacy skills to GCSE standard or equivalent
• An understanding of specific learning difficulties and/or physical impairments
• Ability to work successfully with pupils who have special educational needs, including those who have behaviour support needs
• An excellent caring and empathetic skill towards pupils
• Has a commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all pupils and providing equality of opportunity
Desirable
• Knowledge of working with pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
What the school offers its staff
Our employee benefits
At Diverse Academies, you’ll find yourself in a vibrant, inclusive and supportive environment, where everyone can grow, progress and achieve a fulfilling career. We offer a fantastic range of rewards and benefits, challenging and interesting work, and opportunities to achieve your potential.
In return you will benefit from:
• Enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme with an employer contribution of at least 14%.
• Excellent Continuous Professional Development (CPD) opportunities covering technical, leadership and coaching skills via the trust’s Diverse Association for Professional Learning.
• Full support and induction.
• A strong and caring ethos among staff and students.
• Networking opportunities across Diverse Academies.
• Salary sacrifice opportunities such as car, cycle and technology schemes.
• Staff discounts and offers on gym membership, holidays, days out, cinema tickets, restaurants and top online shopping sites including instant voucher codes.
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme – emotional, financial and legal support to both you and your family by a team of qualified professionals.
• Health and Wellbeing delivered through our occupational health provider, eyecare vouchers for a free eye test and contribution towards glasses for display screen equipment users.
Commitment to safeguarding
Diverse Academies and its Governors are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in their care and expects everybody working for the organisation to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy. To this end any offer of employment will be subject to safer recruitment checks and clearances.
The successful candidate will work as part of a team, delivering a structured timetable to children with autism spectrum conditions (ASC), SEMH (social, emotional and mental health) and challenging behaviours.
Essential
• NVQ 3 for Teaching Assistant qualification or equivalent work experience
• Good numerical and literacy skills to GCSE standard or equivalent
• An understanding of specific learning difficulties and/or physical impairments
• Ability to work successfully with pupils who have special educational needs, including those who have behaviour support needs
• An excellent caring and empathetic skill towards pupils
• Has a commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all pupils and providing equality of opportunity
Desirable
• Knowledge of working with pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
What the school offers its staff
Our employee benefits
At Diverse Academies, you’ll find yourself in a vibrant, inclusive and supportive environment, where everyone can grow, progress and achieve a fulfilling career. We offer a fantastic range of rewards and benefits, challenging and interesting work, and opportunities to achieve your potential.
In return you will benefit from:
• Enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme with an employer contribution of at least 14%.
• Excellent Continuous Professional Development (CPD) opportunities covering technical, leadership and coaching skills via the trust’s Diverse Association for Professional Learning.
• Full support and induction.
• A strong and caring ethos among staff and students.
• Networking opportunities across Diverse Academies.
• Salary sacrifice opportunities such as car, cycle and technology schemes.
• Staff discounts and offers on gym membership, holidays, days out, cinema tickets, restaurants and top online shopping sites including instant voucher codes.
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme – emotional, financial and legal support to both you and your family by a team of qualified professionals.
• Health and Wellbeing delivered through our occupational health provider, eyecare vouchers for a free eye test and contribution towards glasses for display screen equipment users.
Commitment to safeguarding
Diverse Academies and its Governors are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in their care and expects everybody working for the organisation to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy. To this end any offer of employment will be subject to safer recruitment checks and clearances.