Specialist Teaching and Learning Assistant - Chesterfield, United Kingdom - Derbyshire County Council

Derbyshire County Council

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Chesterfield, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

PLEASE DO NOT APPLY USING THE DERBYSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL WEBSITE, PLEASE SEE DETAILS BELOW.
The academy provides statutory education to children who are at risk of, or have been, permanently excluded.

Pupils who attend the academy have challenging and often complex needs, and exhibit behaviours that prevent them from attending a mainstream school.

You will be allocated to certain classes.

The role will involve supporting pupils in lessons to engage in their learning and supporting pupils at break and lunch times.

This role will involve working with small groups, or with pupils on a one to one basis to meet their needs as directed by the class teacher and site leads.

Classes are small with approximately 2 to 6 pupils. This role may also involve some home tutoring on a 1:1 basis or delivery of online learning.

Applicants should have good knowledge and experience of working with disaffected pupils in a school or other alternative setting.

An affinity for pupils with behaviour, emotional and social difficulties is an essential quality for this challenging but rewarding opportunity.

Applicants should be resilient, have high expectations, and a sense of humour. You must be able to build positive relationships with our pupils and think outside of the box.

You will be responsible for contributing to a small staffing team to ensure that the site runs smoothly, and this may involve stepping up to deliver lessons in staff absence.

A growth mindset and positive ethos are essential characteristics that we are looking for.

The role will be based at one of our sites and mileage claims for any travel are included in this role.

There may be travel to our other academy sites for meetings, Inset and CPD.

You are required to have daily access to transport with business use included on your car insurance before you begin the role.

You may be required to transport pupils in your own car, carry out some home learning or safe and well visits for non
- attenders to support the pastoral team.

Benefits include:
LGPS Pension Scheme, Westfield Health membership, academy laptop.

Please be aware that Derbyshire County Council is placing this advert on behalf of this organisation and you should refer directly to its website for details of the terms and conditions attached to this post.

Any queries regarding this advert or the recruitment process should be made directly to the organisation.