SEN Teaching Assistant Vacancy

Job description

Post Title

Teaching Assistant

Contract type

Fixed-term (initially until August 2018, with the possibility of being extended)

Location

Green Ridge Primary Academy, President Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP18 0YA

Working hours

32.5 hours per week, 8.30am-3.30pm daily, including 30 minutes unpaid lunchbreak each day 39 weeks per year (term time plus INSET days)

Start date

w/c 4th September 2017

Salary

Bucks Pay Range 1b, Scale point 6 – 10, £15, 084 – £17,768 per annum (Full Time Equivalent)

Overview

Do you enjoy working with children? Do you have the skills to support their learning and development? Have you got a ‘can-do’ approach and outlook? At Green Ridge Primary Academy, we are looking for a SEN Teaching Assistant who will work as part of our inclusion staff team, within Early Years initially, to support individual and small groups of children with additional learning needs in their learning and development. We are looking for someone who is up for getting stuck in to all aspects of academy life!

About us

Green Ridge Academy will be a new primary school built on Berryfields, opening in September 2017 in temporary accommodation on the site of the permanent building. The academy will initially have an intake of 60 children into our Reception class this September with an additional Key Stage 1 class. The permanent school building is due to open for September 2018. The school will then grow year-on-year with a Nursery. The school will initially have a capacity for over 450 children, but is being built with the additional capacity to extend to a three-form entry school with just over 650 children.

The academy now has a Headteacher and Head of Early Years who are looking to appoint staff to open the academy with and join them in being part of the unique opportunity to build and grow the school from its infancy. There is no doubt about it, setting up the academy from scratch will take vision, dedication and hard-work, but being part of that exciting and rare journey will be very rewarding to see the academy take shape over the next few years. To see more information about the school, including design plans of the school, please visit our website www.greenridgeacademy.co.uk

About the role

As a member of the academy’s inclusion support staff team you will be responsible for supporting the development of children with additional needs, supporting their knowledge, understanding and skills across all areas of learning. This may be supporting children on a one-to-one basis, supporting small groups or delivering interventions and additional support to children as needed. Initially this will be within one of the Early Years Foundation Stage or Key Stage 1 class, but over time may include supporting children with additional needs throughout the academy, as required. The role also includes supervising children during break and lunchtimes, both on the playground and in the dining room. SEN Teaching Assistants work closely with the Class Teacher with whom they are based daily, and the Inclusion Leader.

What we’re looking for

We welcome applications from candidates with experience from educational or other relevant childcare backgrounds. The successful candidate will be expected to either hold, or be prepared to undertake if needed, a full and relevant Level 2 or Level 3 qualification in Childcare as required to work flexibly across the Early Years classes and Nursery as the academy grows. We also welcome applications for graduates who are looking to gain experience before enrolling onto a teacher-training programme.

The successful candidate will have:

A good understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage and/or a good understanding of the Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 curriculum
A good understanding of the range of additional needs that pupils can have and how best to support them
The ability to work independently as well as part of a wider team
The ability to work on initiative
A ‘can-do’ approach to all aspects of academy life
A willingness to undertake professional development and grow their skills
Excellent communication skills and a good sense of humour

In return we can offer:

A commitment to you and your professional development
Friendly, supportive, enthusiastic and hardworking colleagues, staff and Governors
A growing learning community
Encouragement to develop new ideas and the opportunity to make a real difference

How to apply

We hope you will take the time to find out more about our new academy and experience our warm welcome. For further information about the role, or to arrange an informal discussion, please contact Aaron Wanford, Headteacher at [email protected] or telephone 01296 326320.

Completed applications should be sent via e-mail to [email protected] by 12 noon on Thursday, 15^th June. We regret that any applications received after this time and date will not be included in the short-listing process.

Short-listed candidates will be invited for interviews w/c 19^th June 2017, and we may ask to come and observe you in your current place of work with children as part of the interview process.

Green Ridge Primary Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

If you would like any further information to assist you in your application, please do not hesitate to get in contact.

I look forward to receiving your application.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Aaron Wanford
Headteacher