Teaching Assistant - Bury, United Kingdom - Shaw Education Trust

Shaw Education Trust

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Bury, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Brookhaven School is a brand new purposely build school, that will cater for up to 80 pupils with special educational needs, primarily Autism, aged between 11 to 16 years old.

Brookhaven School will provide an excellent foundation for children to develop as individuals and are committed to enabling all pupils to fulfil their potential. We hold dear important values such as mutual respect regardless of age, gender, religion, and academic ability.

Brookhaven is now looking to recruit for a Teaching Assistant to join their team.
We are seeking to appoint an experienced Teaching Assistant to work with the SEND pupils within our school.

The main purpose of the role is to work under the instruction/guidance of teaching staff to undertake work/care/support programmes, to enable access to learning for pupils and to assist the teacher in the management of pupils and the classroom.

NVQ 2 or equivalent in teaching assistance
Some experience of working with children with SEND
The ability to work effectively within a team environment, understanding classroom roles and responsibilities
The ability to promote a positive ethos and role model positive attributes
Good level of interpersonal, numeracy and literacy skills
An understanding of Safeguarding procedures and can promote the welfare and safety of children that they come into contact with

Our Special settings cater for children and young people with a wide range of Special Educational Needs, autism, and communication difficulties.

Whether you are a teacher, a teaching assistant, a healthcare professional or work in facilities, admin or operations all of our Special Schools offer you the opportunity to work within an establishment that has a 'family' feel that puts the children, young people and their families at the heart of what they do.

All the pupils within our Special Schools have an individualised education and are educated in small classes and groups with enhanced support to ensure that all of their needs are met.

There is nothing more rewarding than being part of a team that supports a child or young person with Special Educational Needs to reach their goals.

You truly will make a difference to the life of a young person and their family.

Shaw Education Trust are a thriving mix of diverse and growing schools including Primary, Secondary and Special Schools all working together to improve the lives of young people in our communities. We are sponsored by Shaw Trust a charity organisation that focuses on transforming lives. We're a growing group of dynamically awesome academies providing education to children of all ages and abilities. Staff across our team of schools are dedicated to ensuring that every child has the opportunity to be successful, whatever their starting point in life.

Our schools span from Birmingham to Bury, meaning that we can support students from all walks of life, no matter their background or socioeconomic status.

In doing this, we are able to help ensure all children are able to access a high standard of education, with all being treated equally.

Unlike other MATs, we don't enforce a curriculum for all our schools to follow.

Instead, we support each individual school to offer a programme that enables our students to deepen their knowledge, develop their skills, sparks their imagination and fires their curiosity.

Shaw Education Trust offer the following benefits with your Teaching or Support Staff employment:

An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff)

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Support Staff only based on working
full time, all year

Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (
37 days holiday
rising to 39 days after 5 years' service including Bank Holidays)
Access to health and wellbeing support via Occupational Health
Cycle to work scheme
Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you
grow, contribute and
flourish in your role and in the Trust.

We are an Equal Opportunities employer and will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.

In accordance with our safer recruitment policy CV's alone will not be accepted.

Salary:
(Grade 4 SCP £23,115 - £23,893

Actual Salary:
£20,148-£20,826

Working hours:37 hours, 38 weeks term time + 5 inset days (39 weeks per year)**
Contract type: Permanent

Start date:
January 2024 (April 2024 would be considered)**
Application deadline: 9am Monday 4th December 2024

Interview date:
Wednesday 13th December 2024

Job Type:
Permanent

Work Location:
In person