Sen Teaching and Learning Assistant with Makaton

**Overview**:
All Saints Church School is a 7 class primary school set in delightful surroundings, three miles west of Yeovil.

**SEN TEACHING AND LEARNING ASSISTANT with specialist Makaton Sign Language**
**Fixed Term - whilst the child is at All Saints Church School**
**29 hours 35 minutes per week (Monday - Friday)**
**(8.45am - 12.00pm & 12.30pm - 3.20pm) term time only**
**Salary Grade 4 -6: £18,426 - £19,171 pro-rata - (£10.98 to £11.30 per hour)**

**What we are looking for**:
**We are looking for the successful applicant to**:

- To have a flexible approach to working to support a pupil on a 1:1 basis who requires Makaton sign language to access the curriculum;
- Have knowledge and experience or a willingness to learn how to adapt lessons to meet the needs of an individual who learns through Makaton, visual aids and a multi-sensory approach;
- Support and direct literacy and numeracy tasks, clarifying and explaining instructions, contributing to the modification and differentiation of materials;
- Be flexible and adaptable, meeting new challenges within the classroom setting with a positive attitude;
- Contribute to and assist in the development and monitoring of systems for review and recording of pupil’s progress;
- Manage time well;
- Be willing and flexible to take on other duties or tasks that the school requires.

**What we offer**:
**We can offer**:

- a strong Christian ethos;
- a hard-working and committed team of staff;
- well behaved, friendly and responsive children;
- parents who are supportive of their children’s needs;
- ongoing professional development and leadership opportunities.

Benefits of working for the Bath & Wells MAT include; a generous pension scheme, enhanced sickness and parental benefits and a supportive working environment.

**Salary, hours and pay scale**:
29 hours 35 minutes per week (Monday - Friday)
(8.45am - 12.00pm & 12.30pm - 3.20pm) term time only
Salary Grade 4 -6: £18,426 - £19,171 pro-rata - (£10.98 to £11.30 per hour)

**Location**:
Ladies Walk,

Montacute,

Somerset,

TA15 6XG

01935 826626

**Deadline and how to apply**:
**Closing date: Mid-day Friday 31st August 2023**
**Interview date: TBC**
**Start date; ASAP dependant on relevant checks**

**Equal opportunities**:
The Bath & Wells Multi-Academy Trust supports equal opportunities in employment and opposes all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination. Our aim is to ensure that job applicants and employees are treated equally and fairly and are recruited, selected, trained and promoted on the basis of job requirements, skills, abilities and other objective and job related criteria. We will also ensure that individuals are not disadvantaged by conditions or requirements, which cannot be shown to be justified as being necessary for the safe and effective performance of the job.