Casual Teaching Assistant

4 months ago


Swindon, United Kingdom Brunel Academies Trust Full time

**Job Description & Person Specification**

**Job Role: Teaching Assistant**

**Job Family**:Support Staff

**Job Department**:Support Staff

**Responsible to**:Head of Education Provision and Senior Leadership Team

**Line Manager**:Class Teacher

**Salary/Grade**:A - B

**Appointee Name**:
**Appointee Signature**:
**Date Signed**:
The role of the Teaching Assistant is to support the teacher, individual children and groups of children within the school, as directed by the teacher. As a Teaching Assistant you will be involved in teaching individuals and small groups using materials prepared by the teacher.

**Key accountabilities, duties and responsibilities**
Under the direction of the classroom teacher or designated supervisor

**Supporting the pupil**
- Participate in activities designed to meet the emotional, physical and learning needs of individual children and groups of children, including those with special needs
- Contribute to the monitoring and delivery of Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCP’s)
- Monitor pupils’ responses to learning activities and encourage them to take an interest in their own learning
- Develop and maintain effective relationships with individual pupils and groups to ensure that pupils achieve learning targets

**Supporting the teacher**
- Assist with the organisation of the learning environment and ensure adequate supplies of learning materials
- Take responsibility for maintaining accurate records in accordance with school policies and data protection
- Provide consistent and effective support for colleagues in line with the responsibilities of this role

**Supporting the curriculum**
- Assist in the planning delivery and evaluation of learning activities for individuals, groups or the whole class, working with the teacher to ensure coverage of the curriculum, including ICT
- Help pupils to develop their literacy and numeracy skills including reading, writing, number and shape

Brunel Academies Trust - Chalet Teaching Assistant JD PS Mar23

**Supporting the school**
- Assist with the implementation of a behaviour management programme
- Support the maintenance of pupil safety and security and minimise the risks from health emergencies

**Supporting the Teaching Assistant**
- Participate in regular performance reviews to ensure that any personal development needs are identified and met. Attend relevant inset training. Review and maintain your own professional practice through agreed development activities

**Special conditions of employment**

**Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974**

This job is exempt under the Exceptions Orders to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

If the jobholder is arrested, summonsed for an offence or receives a conviction a bindover order or a warning given by a police force, they are required to inform the Headteacher of this fact immediately. Such information will be treated in confidence, so far as this is consistent with the safety of children, compliance with statutory child protection procedures and the School’s relevant policies. Failure to disclose such information may result in disciplinary action which could lead to the termination of the jobholder’s employment.

**Safeguarding and Promoting the Welfare of Children and Young People**

The jobholder is required to follow all of the School’s policies and procedures in relation to

Safeguarding at all times, and to adhere to the statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in

Education’. The jobholder must take appropriate action in the event that they have concerns, or are made aware of the concerns of others, regarding the safety or wellbeing of children or young people.

**Health and Safety**

The jobholder is required to exercise their duty of care by taking responsibility for their own health and safety, and the health and safety of other people who may be affected by their acts or failure to act. Full guidance regarding health and safety is set out in the Education

Provision’s Health and Safety Policy, and in any risk assessments relevant to the jobholder’s role or circumstances. Both can be accessed via the jobholder’s line manager, and the jobholder is required to comply with these and to use any protective clothing or equipment as instructed at all times.

Brunel Academies Trust - Chalet Teaching Assistant JD PS Mar23

**Confidentiality and Data Protection**

The jobholder is expected to comply with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 2018. Any information they have access to, or are responsible for, must be managed appropriately and any requirements for confidentiality and security observed. Information must not be disclosed to any person or Authority, for example a parent or the Police, without observing the correct procedure for disclosure as set out in the Education Provision’s Data Protection Policy. Nothing shall prevent the jobholder from disclosing information that they are entitled to disclose under the Public

Interest disclosure Act 1998



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