Teaching Assistant - Oswestry, United Kingdom - Woodside Primary School

Description

Woodside Primary School
Teaching Assistant (supporting SEN Children) Job Description (Wednesday - Friday 8.30am to 3.00pm

To work under the guidance of teaching staff and, within an agreed system of supervision, to implement agreed work/care/support programmes with individuals and groups, in or out of the classroom.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities
Support for Children

• Attend to children's personal needs and assist with the development and implementation of

Individual Education/Behaviour/Support/Mentoring Plans and Personal Care Programmes.

• Supervise and support pupils, including those with special needs, ensuring their safety and access to learning.
• Establish constructive relationships with pupils and interact with them according to individual needs.
• Promote the inclusion of all children.
• Encourage children to interact and work cooperatively with others, and engage in learning activities.
• Set challenging and demanding expectations for pupils, and promote self-esteem and independence.
• Provide feedback to children in relation to progress and achievement under the guidance of the teacher.

Support for the Teacher

• Assist with the planning of learning activities.
• Use strategies, in liaison with the teacher, to support children to achieve learning goals.
• Prepare the classroom as directed for lessons and clear afterwards.
• Assist with the display of children's work.
• Ensure the timely and accurate design, preparation, and use of specialist equipment/resources/materials.
• Monitor children's responses to learning activities and accurately record achievement/progress as directed.
• Establish constructive relationships with parents/carers.
• Provide detailed and regular feedback to teachers on children's achievement, progress etc.
• Maintain records as requested.
• Administer routine tests, and undertake routine marking of children's work, accurately recording achievement/progress.
• Promote good pupil behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with established policy and encourage children to take responsibility for their own behaviour.
• Provide general clerical/admin support.

Support for the Curriculum

• Support children in understanding instructions.
• Undertake structured and agreed learning activities/teaching and assessment programmes, adjusting activities according to pupil responses.
• Undertake programmes linked to local and national learning strategies, as directed by the teacher.
• Support pupils in using ICT, and develop children's competence and independence in its use.
• Prepare, maintain, and use equipment/resources required to meet lesson plans/relevant learning activities, and assist children in their use.
• Monitor and manage stock and supplies, cataloguing as required.

Support for the School

• Be aware and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health and safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate colleague.
• Be aware of and support difference and ensure that children have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop.
• Contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of our school.
• Appreciate and support the role of other professionals.
• Attend and participate in relevant meetings as required.
• Participate in training and other learning activities and performance development as required.
• Assist with the supervision of pupils out of lesson times, including before and after school and at break and lunch times.
• Accompany teaching staff and children, as appropriate, on visits, trips and out of school activities, and take responsibility for groups under the supervision of a teacher.

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Our school safeguards and promotes the welfare of all children and young people and_
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expects all staff and volunteers to do the same._


Job Type:
Fixed term contract

Contract length: 6 months


Salary:
£7,246.32 per year


Benefits:

• Company pension
• Onsite parking
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Day shift
• No weekends

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Oswestry: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location:
One location

Application deadline: 26/01/2023

Reference ID:
Teaching Assistant/Key Worker (supporting SEN children)

Expected start date: 01/02/2023