We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and caring Specialist Teaching Assistant who can support the teaching and learning of all our pupils as well as the expertise to support pupils on a 1:1 basis who have an Education Health Care Plan.
The successful candidates will:
* Promote our friendly Catholic ethos
* Have excellent standards of literacy, numeracy and spoken English
* Demonstrate excellent behaviour management and communication skills to support students with different needs and abilities and have high expectations of learning and behaviour for all
To work under the instruction/guidance of teaching/senior 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. Work may be carried out in the classroom or outside the main teaching area.
The job is carried out using specialist skills, knowledge and equipment within a special context, working with children with substantial additional challenges which may be learning, physical, emotional or behavioural.
What the school offers its staff
Catholic schools are welcoming places to pupils and members of staff from all faiths and none. More than a quarter of a million pupils and almost half of teachers in Catholic schools are not of the Catholic Faith.
St Peter’s Catholic College is part of Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust, a family of 32 primary schools, and 6 secondary schools. With more than 12,300 pupils and 1,500 plus staff, the Trust is now one of the largest Catholic Multi Academy Trust in the UK.
We offer:
* Happy and enthusiastic students, who are eager to learn and to benefit from an enriched, extended curriculum
* Hard working and dedicated colleagues
* Good professional development opportunities
* Supportive governors and parents who want the very best for our school
Additional benefits include access to:
* Vivup - Lifestyle savings - store discounts
* Vivup - Discounted gym membership
* Vivup - Cycle scheme
* Full wellbeing package
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
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