Graduate Teaching Assistant with Personal Care
Harrow
Permanent
£100 per day
September Start
About this Role
We are seeking an outstanding member of the support team to join one of our teaching departments to support students across KS3, 4 and 5. Successful candidates will also become members of our Innovations and Inclusion team. This is an ideal post for aspiring teachers.
Excellent organisational skills, proficiency in the use of IT and a good understanding of how to enable students with special educational needs to access the curriculum are essential. This role does carry additional responsibility to support with personal care.
You should be committed to inclusion and the well-being of every child and be an outstanding role model in your own practice.
What we offer:
1. An outstanding track record at GCSE and A level
2. An inclusive school underpinned by our CARE values
3. Students who actively engage in lessons and have excellent attitudes to learning
4. Extensive professional development. We are the lead school for the Harrow Collegiate Alliance
5. Staff wellbeing activities each week, e.g. mindfulness along with staff sports and clubs
Main Duties and Responsibilities
6. To be committed to and to promote the school’s vision, aims, objectives and values;
7. To be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, there will be involvement in regulated activity relevant to children; Please see our Child Protection Policy.
8. To support different groups of students at KS3, 4 & 5 in their learning across the curriculum;
9. To prepare differentiated resources for particular individuals or groups of students;
10. To support the teaching & network support team to develop new and innovative ways to support students in their learning across a number of subjects;
11. To discuss with subject teachers any specific requirements for a lesson e.g. special test arrangements, practical sessions, specific needs of a particular section of a course;
12. To track the progress of students who are specifically targeted for support;
13. To provide regular feedback about students on the SEND or EAL registers to the Head of Inclusion and Innovation or relevant teacher;
14. To provide brief reports for SEND or EAL review meetings;
15. To share effective strategies for supporting SEND and EAL students with the department and with other teachers in the school;
16. To contribute to risk assessments and risk assessment reviews on SEND and/or EAL students as appropriate;
17. To hear students read and support with literacy work three mornings a week;
18. To liaise with members of the team to contribute to planning for SEND and EAL students;
19. To work closely with the Head of Inclusion and Innovation and the EAL Coordinator;
Qualifications:
20. Degree or equivalent
21. Evidence of professional development
Skills and Experience:
22. Have successful experience in working with a range of students with Special Educational Needs/EAL
23. Good interpersonal skills, a high level of initiative, energy and enthusiasm
24. Be able to communicate clearly and accurately both on paper and orally and to have a good command of English
25. Be able to show initiative and know when to ask for guidance
26. The ability to follow instructions in order for students to meet the tasks required
27. Be well organised, able to prioritise and good at starting and completing tasks
28. The ability to work as a member of a team and to have sensitivity and tact in dealing with a wide range of young adults and people
Qualities:
29. Commitment to student safeguarding and well being
30. A commitment to the positive behaviours of students
31. Commitment to equal opportunities
32. A willingness to share in the school’s educational vision
We are dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. You will have a safeguarding responsibility if appointed.
The successful candidate will be subject to enhanced clearance through the Disclosure and Barring Service and employment will be subject to references.
This post is not exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.