As a Teaching
Assistant, you will provide specific assistance to children with special
educational needs, within the school environment and on school outings and to
provide general assistance to teaching staff in respect of these students. You
will have a clear understanding of the range of difficulties that students
present in mainstream schools and to be able to demonstrate suitable strategies
which can be implemented to enable these children to fulfil their potential and
partake fully in all aspects of the National Curriculum and school life.
The
successful candidate would be responsible for liaising with classroom teachers,
and SENDCo and use student information to provide appropriate support for
teaching and learning enabling students to make expected progress. You would
implement literacy and numeracy support programmes for groups of students and
individuals. You would undertake small group/individual teaching for literacy, numeracy,
and science support, under the guidance of the Learning Support teachers and
SENDCo.
About You
The successful candidate will have experience of
working with children and/or young people with SEN, preferably in a Secondary
school environment. Candidates will also be educated to GCSE\Level 2
qualifications in Maths, English and Science. Candidates will be able to
demonstrate a clear understanding of the range of difficulties that students
present in mainstream schools and to be able to demonstrate evidence and
knowledge of strategies which can be implemented to enable these children to
fulfil their potential and partake fully in all aspects of the curriculum and
school life.
What WE can Offer YOU
In
return for your skills and experience, we provide a supportive and friendly
environment to develop and thrive. We offer all staff access to an excellent
pension (TPS/LGPS); a generous annual leave entitlement with additional
shutdown days over the Christmas period; staff development opportunities; free
onsite car parking; and a supportive induction programme.
For an
informal discussion about this post, please do not hesitate to contact Dawn
Mumby, Operations Manager on 01430 430448.
For further information
and how to apply for this position please visit www.howdenschool.net
We want to make sure no one is put at a disadvantage during our recruitment
process because of a disability, condition or impairment. To assist you with
this, we will reduce or remove any barriers where possible and provide
additional support where appropriate.
If you need a change to be made so that you can make your
application, please do not hesitate to contact us via vacancies@consortiumtrust.co.uk.
The Consortium Academy
Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of all
children and expects all staff to share this commitment. An appointment will be
made subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS disclosure, in line
with the usual terms and conditions of employment at The Consortium Academy
Trust.
Dawn Mumby
01430 430448
dmumby@howdenschool.net