Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship - Oldbury, United Kingdom - LMP Group

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Oldbury, United Kingdom

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Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship - Bristnall Hall Lane

About the employer:

We are proud to be a part of the Academy Transformation Trust family of academies.

Our cross-phase group of academies was founded in 2011 and, since that time, we have grown to our current family of 21 academies (primary, secondary, post-16 and FE) operating across 10 English local authority areas.

We are responsible for the education of over 13,500 learners; for the careers of almost 2,000 colleagues; and for the most effective spending of over £80 million of taxpayer income each year.

Overview of role:

To provide support to child(ren) with special needs within the care of the Teaching Assistant to enable them to:

Gain maximum benefit from the curriculum alongside their peers.
Integrate with other children.
Adjust to and cope with the day to day experiences of life in a secondary academy.

Key details:

Hours: Monday to Friday (shifts tbc)
Termtime only (38 weeks per year)
Wage: £6.40 per hour. This will increase to the NMW for your age after the 1st 12 months.
Location: Bristnall Hall Academy, Bristnall Hall Lane, Oldbury, West Midlands, B68 9PA

Apprenticeship details:

Qualification: Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship Standard
Duration of course: 16 months
Training Provider: LMP Education (Rated in top 10 of UK providers)
All learning delivered online/ remotely alongside role.

Full Duties and Responsibilities:

Use data to inform targets for development
Work with children to assist with the development of communication, reading and writing skills, manual dexterity skills, basic educational skills and general curriculum activities as directed by the teacher or SENCO.
Assist children to communicate with the teacher and to carry out the teacher's instructions.
Reinforce what has been communicated during a lesson as agreed with the teacher.
Assist with programmes of physiotherapy, speech therapy etc. under the direction of the appropriate specialist.
Liaise with members of staff to be able to plan appropriate interventions to make sure pupils make progress during specified times.
Track and keep records of what the pupils are doing in the intervention
Report back to SEND team on progress made by pupils or any concerns they may have about the lack of progress being made.
Assist students with feeding, toileting, changing clothes and cleaning up where appropriate.
Receive children from and deliver them to transport.
Accompany students when moving within the building, and be present during breaks, where appropriate.
Assist students with specific needs, including intimate care (training provided).
Prepare teaching resources and materials for children, class and intervention groups.
Assist teachers who are devising individual teaching programmes.
Ensuring all work is prepared and in place for students with a Visual impairment or other disability that require wok to be modified.
Assist with the supervision of children during breaks, school trips and when the teacher is temporarily out of the classroom (normally no longer than 10 minutes) or when working with an individual group of children.