Holsworthy Community College is seeking a dynamic, inspiring teaching assistant to join our small friendly team. This is a temporary position as the successful candidate will primarily be providing support for an individual student.

We are a small academy set in rural Devon whose values are based on unity, compassion and friendship. As one of the founding members of the Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust, we live the cooperative values that the Trust holds at its heart.

Our Trust comprises of 19 schools, 3 Colleges, 15 Primaries, and one All Through SEMH Special school. Established in 2018, We are situated in beautiful Devon on the out the outskirts of the stunning Dartmoor National Park. The schools vary in size and are all unique. Our schools are a large part of their local communities, and we value those relationships with families and locals.

The Trust was created to enable schools and staff to work closely together in providing the best education possible for our children. We achieve this through meaningful collaboration both within our schools and beyond our Trust to ensure schools are able to secure and sustain improvement.

Our work is built on our shared values and an unwavering belief that education improves the life chances for the children in our care. We aim for everyone in our organisation, staff and children, to be the best they can be and are relentless in our ambition to achieve this. We want our children to look back on their school experience with a sense of achievement and joy and we provide a wealth of additional curriculum experiences to enrich their learning.

We care deeply about the children in our schools and work with kindness, compassion, manners and respect. By modelling and expecting these behaviours from our children, we aim to grow future citizens who will positively contribute to society, creating a brighter future for our world.

Our vision and values are what we build our schools upon, with Ambition, Co-operation & Transformation being at the heart.

As an established Trust, DMAT can offer a wide range of benefits for our employees:

• Cycle to work scheme
• Tech Scheme
•  Eyecare Vouchers
•  Access to Discounts
•  CPD opportunities
•  Extensive Health & Wellbeing Package
•  Long Service Days
•  On site Parking
•  Excellent Training Package
•  Employee Recognition Scheme

Why choose DMAT?

DMAT are an inclusive and forward-looking trust, who seek to nurture our children and employees to be the best they can be.

Job Purpose:

To work under the instruction guidance of teaching/senior staff to undertake work/care/support programmes that to enable access to learning for pupils and to assist the teacher in the management of pupils and the classroom.

The focus of this work is a pupil with significant and complex Communication and Interaction needs who requires 1:1 support.

Work may be carried out in the classroom or may regularly take place outside the main teaching area, depending on the changing needs of the pupil. If the pupil is absent from school, generalist TA tasks will be assigned.

This role requires the ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence and fluency in English.

Please see attached job description for further details of this role.