Teaching Assistant - Wandsworth, United Kingdom - Harris Federation

Harris Federation

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Wandsworth, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Summary

Harris Academy Battersea is looking for a Teaching Assistant to support individuals and groups of students at the academy, including those with SEND.

This will involve supporting learning in the classroom and attending to students' personal needs where required, including social, health, physical, hygiene, first aid and welfare matters.

About Us
Harris Academy Battersea is a mixed state secondary school serving a truly comprehensive community in the heart of London.

We are an Ofsted '
Outstanding' school with a track record of delivering fantastic outcomes year on year for our students.

Our Academy is centred on the values of
Knowledge, Integrity and Resilience and these underpin the way we work for both students and staff.

Our staff are inclusive, diverse and committed to our mission:
we develop aspirational young people to thrive in a changing world.

HABS offers a broad, academic and challenging curriculum founded on six key curriculum aims:

To develop deep, long-lasting knowledge
To develop students into accomplished readers, writers and orators
To provide experiences within and beyond the classroom that enrich learning and ensure students can make informed choices about their futures
To equip students to challenge injustice in all its forms
To enable students to understand how they learn
To support students to reflect on their choices and values to improve themselves and their community

These aims underpin all elements of our curriculum, and
we see our core academic curriculum and wider personal development curriculum as intrinsically linked.

All staff at the Academy contribute to the personal development of our students through their roles as tutors and through their contributions to the wider life of the academy.

A thriving school can only function with fantastic staff, and our vision is to make teaching at HABS both
enjoyable and sustainable.

The wellbeing of staff underpins every decision we make, and we seek to ensure that every member of staff can enjoy a work-life-balance enabling them to bring their best to work each day.

At HABS,
professional growth and development is central to our mission.

Our professional development motto is 'improve, not prove' and leaders are relentlessly focussed on supporting staff in getting even better through a wide range of internal and external training opportunities.

Main Areas of Responsibility

Your responsibilities will include:

Supervising and supporting identified students in 1:1, group or whole class situations, ensuring their safety and access to learning in a purposeful and supportive learning environment.
Assisting in developing resources, schemes of work and teaching strategies, working with the teacher to ensure the provision supports learning needs.
Assisting in evaluating identified students' progress and providing feedback on their achievements, progress and needs.
Leading small group sessions and interventions as appropriate.
Attending to students' personal needs where required.
Supporting with behaviour management.
Undertaking learning activities/teaching programmes, adjusting activities to ensure achievement of learning goals.
Assisting with the supervision of students out of lesson times, including playtimes and undertaking lunchtime duty.
Supporting students with their learning and development in respect of local and national learning strategies.
Preparing the classroom for lessons, clearing afterwards and assisting with the display of students' work.
Preparing and maintaining resources and assisting students in their use.
Undertaking record keeping as requested.
Establishing and maintaining positive relationships with parents/carers, gathering and reporting information as directed.
Providing administrative support as required.
Accompanying teaching staff and students on visits, trips and off site activities as required.

Qualifications & Experience

Qualifications to degree level or equivalent
Basic knowledge of SEND and learning barriers
Some knowledge of strategies in working with young people with challenging behaviours
Knowledge of some of the social issues facing students from disadvantaged backgrounds
Awareness of Health and Safety issues in the workplace
Experience of working directly with young people in an education or training environment, supporting the learning of students
Experience of establishing and maintaining positive working relationships with a range of stakeholders, at all levels
Experience of managing and being responsible for own workload
Good literacy and numeracy skills
Good interpersonal and communication skills, with an excellent standard of written and spoken English
Good administrative and organisational skills
Ability to interest, encourage, motivate and engage children
Ability to work effectively with team members across a wide range of levels and responsibilities
Good ICT skills, inc