Teaching Assistant
Doubletrees School
Teaching Assistant
Salary Not Specified
Doubletrees School, Polmear, Cornwall
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 1 week ago, 4 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: f5e1676367fa4920bc44f4cbca7d095b
Full Job Description
- Hold and articulate clear values and moral purpose, focused on supporting pupils.
- Demonstrate optimistic personal behaviour, positive relationships and attitudes towards pupils with profound, severe and complex learning needs, the workforce, and towards parents, governors and local community.
- Lead by example - with integrity, creativity, resilience, and clarity
- Sustain knowledge and understanding of education and school systems locally and pursue continuous professional development.
- To support the educational, social and physical needs of pupils including those with severe physical, learning and complex behavioural difficulties, supporting the curriculum and school through the provision of assistance to the Teacher.
- Hold and articulate clear values and moral purpose, focused on supporting pupils.
- Demonstrate optimistic personal behaviour, positive relationships and attitudes towards pupils with profound, severe and complex learning needs, the workforce, and towards parents, governors and local community.
- Lead by example - with integrity, creativity, resilience, and clarity
- Sustain knowledge and understanding of education and school systems locally and pursue continuous professional development.
- Assist children in developing knowledge, skills and attitudes as defined by the curriculum, taking into account the learning support involved to aid the children to learn effectively
- Establish supportive relationships with pupils, encouraging individual development, acceptance, social integration, and development of self-esteem
- Carry out administration in relation to pupil progress, monitoring health, behaviour and general wellbeing and feeding back or adapting as appropriate
- Effectively use IT systems as required by the school
- Work independently with groups of children on specific tasks, under the overall responsibility of the Teacher
- Contribute to meetings with parents (which may be held outside of school hours), providing constructive feedback on pupil progress, achievement and behaviour where relevant
- Maintain confidentiality in regards to sensitive issues linked to home/pupil/staff/school
- Administer minor first aid where training has been undertaken
- Administer medically prescribed drugs as per the approved procedure
- Assist with the safe physical and medical needs of pupils, including:
- personal hygiene/self-care, for example toileting or changing
- specialist care, for example one-to-one feeding where training has been undertaken
- mobility needs, for example use of wheelchairs or hoists where training has been undertaken
- complex medical procedures, for example changing tracheostomy tubes, where training has been undertaken
- Support in the management of pupils with challenging emotional and behavioural difficulties so as to prevent harm and disruption to the pupil or others
- Supervise pupils during break time, and plan and organise play time activities, where required
- Accompany children on educational visits as supervised by senior staff
- Contribute to class meetings, staff meetings and school-based INSET
- Carry out interventions as required
- Raise any concerns in accordance with the school's safeguarding policies and procedures
- Assist with duties relating to pupil swimming and sports activities/events where relevant
- Deliver therapy to pupils such as physiotherapy or speech and language therapy as guided by professionals where training has been undertaken
- Input into planning of lesson content led by teaching staff where relevant
- Provide pastoral care to pupils where relevant
- Ensure all teaching aids are readily available by monitoring stock levels of materials, checking for missing/damaged equipment, arranging for new supplies to be ordered where relevant
- Assist in preparing, using and maintaining relevant teaching resources, including wall displays and ensuring classrooms are left clean and tidy
- To ensure that pupils needs are prioritised and to have a clear sight of how this role impacts on the academy's and the Trust's pupils at all times
- To act as a Trust team member and provide support and cover for other staff where needs arise inclusive of occasional work at other sites within a reasonable travel distance
- To adhere to Trust values and behaviours
- To be aware of and adhere to all Trust policies and procedures
- To be responsible for your own continuing self-development and attend meetings as appropriate
- To undertake other duties appropriate to the post as require
Education and Attainment of 5 GCSE's AC Childcare or education Application - Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Certificate with barred list information
- Receipt of two satisfactory employer references one of which must be from your current or most recent employer
- Satisfactory verification of relevant qualifications
- Satisfactory health check
- A competitive salary
- Attractive terms and conditions including holidays
- Eligibility to join the local government pension scheme/Teachers pension scheme
- Family friendly policies
- Local and national discount schemes and initiatives
- Continued professional development support
- Flexibility to work across the Special Partnership Trust, the largest SEN provider in the county
- Support for the wellbeing of staff
- Canteen
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Store discount
- Monday to Friday
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
Expectations
Main duties
General - applicable to all Trust roles:
Training (or equivalent) including related qualification
English and Maths, or working towards. NVQ Level 3 in relevant subject
Skills and Good skills in basic Previous experience Application/
Experience communication, literacy working in a school or with Interview/ and numeracy young people Assessment
Good IT skills and ability to Previous experience learn and effectively use working with SEN children electronic information or adults systems
Previous experience in administering medical
Able to work without procedures/delivering supervision therapies
Confident to work independently with a group of children
Ability to undertake training required for the role
Specialist Able to react and deal Knowledge of curriculums, Application/
Knowledge and effectively with learning methods and Interview/
Skills challenging or lesson planning Assessment unpredictable behaviours
Ability to undertake advanced training to administer medical procedures where required
Demonstrates an awareness, understanding and commitment to the protection and safeguarding of children and young people
Demonstrates an awareness, understanding and commitment to equal opportunities
Behaviours and Be flexible to work Application/
Values independently in a Interview/ responsible manner Assessment
Constructively support the positive ethos of the school by being self-aware and taking personal responsibility for being part of the broader team
The Special Partnership Trust
A community which aspires together
Delivered by:
An ambitious, inspirational partnership of outstanding learning.
Achieved by:
An integrated Trust with strong leadership at all levels in delivering outstanding educational outcomes, empowering pupils, parents, and staff to strengthen our community even further ., Successful applicants must be suitable to work with children and will need to undertake the following before commencing employment:
Following updated guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education; Doubletrees School will undertake an online check of all shortlisted candidates, and a prohibition from teaching check of support staff who currently take part in formal teaching work or have done so in the past.
All new employees will be required to undertake mandatory training required by the Trust.
Trust Benefits:
Our Trust is committed to providing employee benefits that motivate and reward our employees. Our benefits include:
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £23,600.00 per year
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