Teaching Assistant - Glengarnock, United Kingdom - CareTech Group

CareTech Group

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Glengarnock, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job Title:
Teaching Assistant

Location:
Caledonian School - Glengarnock

Line Managed by:
School Management Team

Salary:
£22,232

Hours of Work:
Full Time, Term Time Only

Contract:
Permanent

Experience with young people with Autism, ADHD, social, emotional, behavioural difficulties and challenging behaviour

To be part of a multidisciplinary team offering comprehensive one to one support to young people with additional support needs ensuring their physical, social and emotional, and development requirements are met.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Work in accordance with Skypoint School Vision and Aims
Responsibility for ensuring and promoting the safeguarding and emotional wellbeing of any young people that you may come into contact with, reporting any concerns to the teacher and designated child protection manager
To assist teachers in raising the standards of pupil attainment, through the provision of quality and relevant experiences and with regard to the curriculum, age range or additional needs
To assist the teachers in: the planning and preparation and collation of learning materials and resources; the creation of visual displays; differentiating and adapting learning programmes to suit the needs of allocated pupils
Assess, record and report on development, progress and attainment as agreed with the teacher; Monitor and record pupil responses and learning achievements, drawing any problems which cannot be resolved to the attention of the teacher
To support and assist the pupils within the school, educational trips and out of school activities
To work with individual pupils or small groups of pupils.

(With Teacher guidance)

To adhere to the whole organisation policies on Safeguarding, Child Protection, Behaviour Management, Risk Management and Health & Safety at all times
To work in partnership with school and residential colleagues, parents/carers and other adults within the helping team.
Make economic use of the monies provided for education including adherence to systems of accounting and the recording for the use of transport.
To attend to the personal, social, emotional & behavioural needs of pupils as required/indicated in their personal education, care & development plan whilst encouraging independence; assist in the maintenance of a safe, healthy, hygienic environment.
To work with external care and education agencies, to contribute to positive and sustainable outcomes for our young people when they leave our service.
You maybe required to assist and supervise with the transportation of our pupils to and from school

Professional Knowledge and Understanding:

Have a working knowledge of child wellbeing, learning and developmental milestones.
Have sufficient knowledge of literacy, numeracy; and personal, social and health education; and to be IT literate

Professional Responsibilities:

Have a broad understanding of the ethos, values and policies of Skypoint School and to place these at the centre of your practice
To have full awareness of the importance of the role of a Teaching Assistant in Skypoint School

Principles and Perspectives:

To adhere to sound professional values and practices at all times
To maintain and contribute to an ethos of quality provision and continuous improvement

Professional Skills and Abilities:

Communicate clearly, have good interpersonal skills
To assist pupils individually, in pairs and within a group or class setting
Display ability and willingness to contribute to the life of the school and its community
With teacher support, use a range of resources which have been evaluated in terms of curriculum requirements and to meet the needs of pupils.
Maintain expectations for the pace of work, attainment and achievement for all pupils.
Work in a professional and cooperative manner with all associated with Spark of Genius
Maintain excellent attendance standards keeping absence from work at a minimum.

Classroom Organisation and Management:

Alongside the teacher, manage classes and resources to achieve safe, orderly and purposeful activity
Report any damaged material, health and safety concerns or any damage to the building immediately
Ability to use positive behaviour strategies, using a range of agreed methods (which may include the likes of TCI, Team Teach, Calm etc), Restorative Approaches and Spark's 'Every Second Counts' as a framework.

Assessment of Pupils:

As part of the education team, participate in target setting for all pupils and assist in the formulation of appropriate Individualised Educational Plans (IEPs) for pupils.

Participate in the school/organisation assessment for learning and development policy by making daily recordings and encouraging pupils to self-reflect and realise potential

Professional Reflection and Communication: