Psychology Graduate Teaching Assistant - London, United Kingdom - Veritas Education Recruitment Ltd

Veritas Education Recruitment Ltd

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Psychology Graduate Teaching Assistant

Veritas Education are working with an OFSTED 'outstanding' school based in the borough of Wandsworth in a lovely part of Putney that are looking for a psychology graduate teaching assistant to join a Year 1 classroom until the end of the academic year.

Yourmain responsibility will be to work with a student that has mild autism and would need assistance throughout the day to stay on task and have the best experience learning in school.

As the students 1:1 you will need to be attentive, hard working and passionateabout working with SEN.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A PSYCHOLOGY GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT:

Support for Pupils

Support pupils to make good academic progress, under the direction of the teacher and Inclusion leader
Set challenging and demanding expectations and promote selfesteem and independence
Implement group or 1:1 interventions to support pupils who have emotional or social barriers to learning
Establish constructive relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and setting high expectations
Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils
Provide feedback to pupils in relation to progress and achievement under guidance of the teacher
Attend to the pupils' personal needs, and implement related personal programmes, including social, health, physical, hygiene, first aid and welfare matters
Understand Individual Education Plans & Behaviour Support Plans and assist to implement these, under the guidance of the teacher

Support for Teachers

Create and maintain a purposeful, orderly and supportive environment, in accordance with lesson plans and assist with the display of pupils' work
Use strategies, under the direction of the teacher, to support pupils to achieve learning goals
Discuss with the teacher how learning activities are to be organised and what their own support role will be
Monitor pupils' responses to learning activities and accurately record and feedback to the teacher as directed
Promote good pupil behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with established policy and encourage pupils to take responsibility for their own behaviour
Provide administrative support, e.g. photocopying, typing, filing, collecting money, administer coursework

QUALIFICATIONS FOR PSYCHOLOGY GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT

Essential:

Good literacy skills
GCSE Grade C or above in English Language; Level 2 English or above; or equivalent
Good numeracy skills
GCSE Grade C or above in Maths; Level 2 Maths or above; or equivalent

Desirable for teaching assistant:

An honours degree in psychology (preferably Upper Second) or equivalent

I look forward to hearing from you

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR VERITAS EDUCATION

Your CV must cover the last 10 years of employment history where possible and all employment breaks must be explained
You must have legal right to work in the UK
You must be willing to attend a registration interview

Veritas Education work with a variety of schools covering a wide geographical area.

We deal with teaching placements at Primary, Secondary and college level as well as support staff positions also within these.

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