Teaching Support Practitioners (Teaching Assistants)- The William Henry Smith School
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Location(s)
The William Henry Smith School and Sixth Form, Brighouse
Organisations
The William Henry Smith School
Hours
34.5 hours per week (term time only)
Number of Jobs
1
Location(s)
The William Henry Smith School and Sixth Form, Brighouse
Position type
Permanent
Salary
FTE salary: £24,404 - £26,835 Actual salary: NJC pt. 4 – 10 £19,637 - £21,594 dependent on experience and qualifications
Advert Wording
Kirklees Council are advertising this role on behalf of The William Henry Smith School
Start Date
Tuesday 26th August 2025
Closing Date
Sunday 15th June 2025
Interview Date
Thursday 26th June 2025
The Smith Foundation i s committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Our recruitment process aims to create and maintain a safe workforce and contains robust vetting procedures. The successful applicant will be appointed subject to references and enhanced DBS check (this is a position working in regulated activity). The successful candidate will be subject to a rigorous safer recruitment process and must adhere to a strict code of conduct regarding behaviour at all times. Shortlisted candidates will be subject to online searches in accordance with KCSIE 2024.
Due to the continued growth of the organisation, we are looking to appoint enthusiastic, professional and highly driven Teaching Support Practitioners (Teaching Assistants) with proven experience in supporting teaching and learning.
* Are you a reliable, enthusiastic and highly driven individual with a desire to further your career in an SEMH provision?
* Do you have the ability to build strong relationships with children and young people, and the resilience to handle challenging behavior effectively?
* Are you excited by the rewards and challenges of working with very special, complex young people?
The successful candidate will support the holistic learning needs of our students to assist teaching staff in delivering the school’s curriculum and have responsibility for the learning and care needs of allocated individual students across the whole school environment.
To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team you will be charged with the task of providing a warm, caring environment, which fosters and develops good personal relationships, and which meets children’s needs for security, reassurance of personal worth, stimulation and affection.
You will have the characteristics, personality, and resilience to handle challenging behaviour professionally. This post requires a flexible approach to working. There is a whole school expectation that all staff play an integral part in our keyworking structure which is embedded within our quality of life values and ethos.
Special Educational Needs experience is not essential but a willingness to learn and understand the complex needs of our children and young people; drive, aspiration and achievement and the ability to promote quality of life most certainly is.
" Children make excellent progress with their education. Many children had disrupted learning before coming to this school.” (Ofsted 2023)
OUR OFFER
* A friendly and inclusive working environment
* Opportunities to truly enrich the lives of our children and young people and make a positive difference.
* A Quality of Life and Well-being programme of activity, experiences and gifts
* A competitive defined contribution pension scheme
* An employee assistance healthcare cashback plan
* Life Assurance Scheme (4x annual salary)
* A full induction programme, including an outstanding network of support
* A learning and development programme and CPD
* Assistance with childcare savings and cycle to work scheme
* Subscription to Head Space, Perks at Work and Discount for Teachers online apps which offers hundreds of discounts and benefits
* 50% towards the cost of branded work wear
* Personal health and fitness training, and a financial advisory service
* Free staff lunches and on-site parking
* Staff Savings Scheme
* A life day to take during term-time to spend enhancing your quality of life.
APPLICATION INFORMATION
Visits to The Smith foundation are encouraged.
For further information on this post please contact the HR department on email address:
All our roles are by application via TES.com.
Please apply by visiting our vacancies page on the Foundation website
(please note we do not accept CV’s).
Closing date
15 June 2025, 11:55 PM
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