Teaching Assistant

Teaching Assistant - Witham Prospect School

Witham Prospect School is looking to appoint Classroom Teaching Assistant who are enthusiastic, caring and highly motivated, who have an understanding and experience of working and supporting children and young people with Severe Learning Disabilities, Behaviours that Challenges and Complex Care to achieve their full potential.

Pay Rate: The salary is between - (£17,514.00 -£18,060.00) per annum, depending on your qualification and experience).

Working Hours: Full Time (35 average working hours per week) -Monday -Friday from 9.00am to 4.00pm.

About the position:

As a Classroom Teaching Assistant, you will be responsible to actively support the Teacher and the Senior Teaching Assistant to plan and develop programmes of learning and develop resources that are tailored to meet the needs of individual pupils. The Classroom Teaching Assistant will also support in managing the smooth running of the classroom environment and maintain appropriate pupil records.

Benefits:

• Full funded DBS Checks.
• Available on-site Car Parking.
• Death in Service Insurance Scheme.
• Loyalty Bonuses (length of service award).
• Extensive training aimed at developing and enhancing skills.
• A fully paid one-week induction prior to working with children and young people.
• Opportunity to progress and grow within an innovative and progressive organisation.
• 24 Hours access to our Employee Counselling Support through our Employee Assistance Programme (Health Assured).
• Refer a Friend Scheme Bonus (payment of £450 on successful completion of 6 months).
• Fully paid day off on staff birthday (conditional to satisfactory attendance in the preceding 12 months).

Essential Criteria

• Have Level 2 or Level 3 Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools or equivalent, will consider unqualified applicants who are willing to complete the qualification.
• Previous teaching assistant and classroom support experience.
• knowledge of working with pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
• Have an experience of working with behaviour that are challenging and able to manage behaviour of concerns.
• Have an understanding of the EYES framework of lower primary teaching.
• An understanding of safeguarding and child protection policies and procedures.
• Must be enthusiastic, proactive, confident and resilient.
• An excellent caring and empathetic skills towards pupils.
• Excellent effective communication and collaborative skill.
• Patience, self-motivated, creative and keen to learn new skills.
• Ability to plan, organise and evaluate activities appropriate to our pupils’ needs and skills.
• Able to act in a professional manner at all times ensuring professional boundaries are maintained.

Other factors:

• Ready to commit to the role in its entirety.
• Committed to valuing diversity and promoting equality for all.
• Willingness to work flexibly and to keep knowledge and skills up to date.
• Driver not essential but will need to be able to get to school location for work.
• All applicants must be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure Checks (DBS).
• Applicants who have resided or worked oversea in the last 5 years must obtain a good conduct certificate (or equivalent) from the country they have been resident.

About Witham Prospect School:

Witham Prospect School is a newly established independent specialist residential care and education organisation that has been created to meet the needs of children/young people aged between 11 and 19 years who have severe and profound learning disabilities and who may also be on the autism spectrum, have complex care needs and behavioural concerns. We are situated on the outskirts of Norton Disney in Lincolnshire. Our ethos is to provide warm, safe and nurturing environment where children and young people entrusted to us are supported and enabled to achieve their full potential in all areas of their social, emotional, physical and academic development.