Teaching Assistant (Visually Impaired Students)

We are looking for a talented individual to join our teaching assistant team to support a visually impaired student requiring Braille resources. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is skilled in this area and passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people. The role will be 37 hours per week, term time, plus 5 days additional days. Our Culture We are proud to be building a school delivering an exceptional quality of education. We are true to our core values and enable our employees to engage in challenging and rewarding work, whilst at the same time supporting them to aspire, grow and succeed. We believe that engaged, motivated and happy staff are the foundation of a successful school community. Our Values The Allerton Grange values are the behaviours and qualities that are valued in fellow employees and our staff community. At Allerton Grange, we place particular emphasis on the following values, behaviours and qualities. This means we are looking to recruit and promote people who live these values on a daily basis.

• Have the ability to create specialist Braille resources (training will be provided)
• Be able to motivate and engage young people (be an excellent role model)
• Demonstrate excellent written, verbal communication, organisation and ICT skills.
• Be able to demonstrate excellent accuracy and attention to detail skills.
• Have a resilient mind-set and positive approach when faced with challenging situations.
• Ability to successfully lead activities independently with students.
• Be flexible and adaptable in their approach to work.
• Play a pro-active role in the SEND team by supporting whole school and team initiatives., If you share our values, ambition, have a proven track record, and relish a new challenge, we look forward to receiving your application.
  
  A talented and committed staff team who are supportive of each other. This includes framework for staff voice and workload charter to ensure wellbeing and a good work life balance.
• A Headteacher, Leadership Team and Governing Body committed to creating a school of outstanding practice.
• The opportunity to grow in your role and work with young people in a truly comprehensive, multi-cultural community environment.
• Fantastic building resources and facilities.