Temporary Teaching Assistant: SEND and Pastoral Specialist
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We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and empathetic Level 3 (or similar skills/experience) Teaching Assistant. The main responsibility of the role is 1-1 support in class and on a 1-1 basis for our EHCP students in Key Stage 3 with a range of additional needs.
Birkenhead School, founded in 1860, is an HMC independent day school providing education for boys and girls drawn from the whole of the Wirral, Liverpool and as far afield as Chester and North Wales.Situated in the leafy suburb of Oxton, the School enjoys excellent facilities. The main campus has a village green atmosphere, with classrooms and laboratories looking out over the cricket square.
Birkenhead School prides itself on being a family school and this has been greatly strengthened by the opening of the Nursery in 2006. It is attractive to parents to have all their children in one school and it is a great advantage for the School to be able to establish strong, long-lasting relationships with families.
A dedicated, talented and collegiate staff body is required to achieve these aims. The Schools informal motto is Respect, Responsibility and Resilience, to which we have recently added inclusivity, compassion, integrity, humility and courage as defined School values. Birkenhead School recruits on attitude as much as the quality of an individuals qualifications on paper.
The Role and Responsibilities
Working under the direct instruction of teaching/senior staff, usually in the classroom with the teacher, our Teaching Assistants support access to learning for students, and provide general support to the teacher in the management of the students and the classroom. They also take responsibility for agreed learning activities under an agreed system of supervision. The pastoral element to the role would provide both academic and wider welfare support to students within Seniors.
Key Responsibilities Include
* To have regard for the safety and wellbeing of students at all times.
* To promote students development in a safe, secure and challenging environment.
* To establish productive working relationships with students, acting as a role model and setting high expectations, working alongside individual students and groups of students in activities specified by the teacher, establishing an atmosphere conducive to learning.
* To develop an understanding of students specific needs in order to help them learn as effectively as possible, promoting independence.
* To meet the physical, pastoral and medical needs of students and, where necessary and appropriate, to administer medicines by mouth or carry out other medical procedures (where appropriate training has been given).
* To encourage inclusion and interaction within the classroom, engaging in activities led by the teacher.
The full list of responsibilities can be found on the Information for Candidates, available from the School website under Employment Opportunities.
Skills And Knowledge
* Level 3 for Teaching Assistants or equivalent experience or skills.
* Excellent numeracy/literacy/ICT skills.
* Experience of planning, delivering and reviewing 1-1 and small group social skills interventions.
* An understanding of effective behaviour management strategies desirable, with a confidence in promoting positive behaviour in children with Autism and co-occurring mental health difficulties.
* Knowledge of SEND, Code of Practice and Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures.
Hours
This is a full-time fixed-termposition, anticipated to be 36.25 hours per week working 36 weeks of the year, determined by EHCP funding. The post holder will be required to work as necessary to carry out the duties of the role. All staff are expected to attend INSET and staff training.
Other Benefits
We will value and support your contribution to School life and in return provide you with excellent rewards;
* Working with fantastic young students
* Working as part of a committed team
* Term time is 34 weeks
* Free use of the fully equipped on-site gym
* Access to the Employee Assistance Programme
* Support for your continuous professional development
* Lunch provided during term time
* Electric Car charging points on site
A letter of application indicating skills and experience, together with a completed application form, including the names and email addresses of at least two referees, should be sent for the attention of the Deputy Head via Cheryl Wallace (Personnel Manager).
To meet our safeguarding obligations, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check is undertaken as part of the recruitment process for all new staff. As Birkenhead School is an educational provider, it is permitted to ask whether an applicant has any convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings which would not be filtered in line with current guidance, as defined by The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). It is a criminal offence for an individual who is barred from working with children to apply for a role which is classed as regulated activity.
The closing date for applications is: 9.00am Monday 28th July 2025.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy and complete the recruitment process when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and submit your application form as soon as possible.
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