Job Title: SEN Teaching Assistant (TA)
Closing Date: midnight 12th January 2025
Interview Date: w/c 20th January 2025
Start Date: as soon as possible
Salary Range: Actual salary £12.92 per hour, £18,350 per annum (£24,926 FTE)
Location: Falmouth
Contract type: Permanent variable, 31.25 hours per week, 39 working weeks per year
(includes CPD days) plus holidays (45.4506 paid weeks per year). Monday to
Friday 8:30am – 3.15pm which includes a half hour unpaid lunch break.
The school is a member of a specialist SEN Trust, an ambitious and inspiring collaboration of specialist provision in Cornwall, with a focus on excellence in learning for everyone. We are seeking to appoint an energetic and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to work as part of a wider team to start immediately.
We are looking for someone with initiative and a willingness to become an active member of our friendly and professional ARB, where meeting the learning potential of our students is our highest priority. The successful candidate will be required to work alongside class teachers and teaching assistants and to follow any recommendations/guidance from multi agency teams. Experience of supporting students with complex and multiple learning needs or disabilities is a must, along with the confidence to manage emotional or behavioural difficulty.
The successful candidate will have:
- A minimum of two years relevant experience working with children, preferably in an educational setting
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- A good understanding of safeguarding children
- High quality planning, annotation and recording skills
- An ability to work on their own initiative and be self-motivated.
A commitment to continuing professional development is necessary; we work closely together and roles may be interchangeable to meet children’s needs. We are committed to safeguarding children and the successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Applicants should also be aware that an online search will be undertaken for all shortlisted candidates.
In return, as well as your salary, the following benefits would form part of your total reward:
- 37 days paid holiday (including bank holidays) from start of employment with the Trust
- Local Government Pensions Scheme with generous employer contributions and Death in Service benefits
- Employees Assistance Programme to support staff wellbeing
- Discounts and access to ‘Extra Special’, the Trust’s employee benefits and perks hub, which included hundreds of retailer discounts and wellbeing portal
- Simply Health Optimise Health Plan (providing opportunity for staff and their children to claim back healthcare costs, such as: Optician, Dentist, Osteopath, Physiotherapist, Chiropodist, Consultant fees, prescription charges)
- Occupational Health Support – including a 24/7 Thrive App
- Long Service Awards Vouchers
- Learning & Development/CPD opportunities
- Emergency Leave days
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Microsoft Office 365 Licences, you can use your work account to use excel, word and office packages on your home computer
- Eye Test Reimbursements
To apply for this position, please apply below with an up-to-date CV.
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All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.
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