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Teaching Assistant - Fixed Term
Type of Position:Teaching Assistant
Subject:Primary Education
Salary:VIAT 2 - £12,749 (pro-rata to £20,648)
Start Date:Immediate
Closing Date:
3 November 2023, 12 noon
Teaching Assistant
Hours: 9am – 3pm (including 30 minute unpaid lunch break)
Fixed Term. Term-time only.
Valley Invicta Primary at Kings Hill
Are you passionate about SEND and seeking a part-time rewarding career opportunity?
This could be the perfect position for you.
We are excited to be able to appoint an additional effective and motivated individual to join our experienced and supportive team.
This person will be seeking to work with pupils with SEND, and have a good understanding of Autism.
We need a real team player, who is looking for a role that could grow and develop over time through excellent professional development.
You would need to be calm and kind, able to take initiative and work flexibly.
The role is exactly suited to someone who is creative and able to build on the excellent practice already in place when supporting pupils with SEND and enable them to achieve their potential and work as independently as possible across the curriculum.
Essential skills
- A motivation to work in a role that really makes a difference to children’s lives.
- The ability to work with a team in a responsive and flexible manner, responding to the instruction and advice of the SENCo, school team and class teachers.
- An aptitude for reflective practice. To see solutions in daily support, in own practice and that of the team.
- To share ideas for the adjustment of learning so that pupils with SEND know and remember more.
- To build effective trusting relationships with the whole school team and link professionally with staff.
- A willingness and interest in using CPD to further develop career.
Desirable skills
- Experience of working with pupils with limited verbal communication who use alternative communication systems such as visuals or Makaton.
- The desire to work creatively when making and using resources to help children learn.
Qualifications
- Teaching Assistant experience and qualifications are ideal, but not essential for the right candidate.
- Experience/secure understanding of how to support pupils with social and emotional difficulties.
What we offer
- A friendly and inclusive team who are supportive of one another and focused on well-being.
- A part-time daily position term – time only.
- Fantastic pupils who want to learn.
- Opportunities and support for career development that includes coaching.
- The chance to work across schools as part of our small and friendly Academy Trust.
For more information about Valley Invicta Academies Trust, please visit our website: www.viat.org.uk
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Posts are subject to an Enhanced DBS Disclosure. As part of the shortlisting process, the Trust reserves the right to conduct an online search on shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence and any relevant information found concerning a candidate's suitability to work with children will be discussed at interview stage.
A copy of our school's Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy can be found here
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
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