Overview
The Harmony Trust is a strong Multi Academy Trust with academies in Oldham, Tameside, Rochdale and Derby. We are looking for a motivated, passionate and skilled SEN Teaching Assistant to join our Inclusion Team. The successful candidate will initially be deployed to one of our Oldham Academies with a start date of January 2026 (subject to pre-employment checks).
Our vision and values: The Harmony Trust has the highest aspirations for its pupils, parents and staff members. We work hard to ensure that every child achieves, especially those with Special Educational Needs. Our vision is to provide an excellent primary education that gives our children the very best chance of succeeding in life. We aim to work in partnership with parents to ensure that all our children Believe Achieve Succeed. We want children at our academies to enjoy the best education from the early years to the end of the primary stage, and to develop well-being and high self-esteem to learn effectively. The Harmony Trust is an organisation where Learning Matters and where children become confident learners and staff are committed to learning and education. We have a great team across the Trust and aim to retain them by investing in professional development and offering opportunities to work across the Trust.
The Board of Trustees provide an opportunity for an enthusiastic Peripatetic SEN Teaching Assistant to work in as part of the Inclusion Hub across our Oldham academies. Deployment will initially be within an Oldham Inclusion Hub; future deployment could be supporting children in any of our academies in the Northwest area or via an Inclusion Hub provision.
Responsibilities
* Support children with Special Educational Needs within the Inclusion Hub and across our Oldham academies as required.
* Contribute to the development of learning resources that scaffold and support learning.
* Collaborate with staff to address barriers to learning and support pupil progress.
* Liaise with parents and carers to communicate progress and support needs.
Qualifications
* A passion and commitment to working with children with Special Educational Needs
* Understanding of the barriers to learning that children with special educational needs may face and the ability to use effective strategies to support them
* Experience of developing learning resources that scaffold and support learning
* Awareness of child development and knowledge of how children learn
* Experience of working with or caring for children of a relevant age to those in the school
* Communication skills to liaise sensitively and effectively with parents and carers
* NVQ 2 for Teaching Assistants or equivalent qualification or experience
* Literacy and Numeracy skills equivalent to Level 1 of the National Qualification & Credit Framework
* Completion of Department for Education Teaching Assistant Induction Programme (or to complete within first term)
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