One Year Placement: Teaching Assistant

3 weeks ago

Portsmouth, United Kingdom St Edmund's Catholic School Full time

**Pay Band 4 £23,130 (25 hours: £13,554.61 Pro-Rata 30 hours: £16,265.53 Pro-Rata)**

**25 hours a week 8.30am to 3pm (Monday to Friday)**

**30 hours a week 8.30am to 4pm (Monday to Friday)**

**Term Time Only.**

**To Start September 2024.**

**What we are looking for**

We are looking for an enthusiastic, energetic, positive person (undergraduate in Psychology) who has experience (or would like to gain experience of working with young people.) You should be a good listener, resilient and able to be able to be flexible. No two days are the same Whilst you do not need to be a Catholic, it is important to appreciate (or be willing to learn about) the distinctive nature of a Catholic education/community.

Thank you again for your initial interest. We look forward to hearing from you soon.

**The first wave deadline is 12 noon on Monday 4th December 2023. The second wave deadline will be Friday 12th January 2024. If we successfully recruit in the first wave then we will not proceed with the second wave.**

Thank you for your interest in the one-year paid placement, working as a Teaching Assistant providing 1-2-1 support. Please find below some information the work of our Teaching Assistants.

**Background**

To enable pupils with specific impairments access to learning by supervising and assisting pupils (one to one and in small groups) across a wide range of activities and supported learning activities.

To promote the development of the physical and mental well-being of pupils and under the guidance of a teacher plan, prepare and modify lessons / learning activities.

To manage and supervise pupil behaviour and contribute to the effective organisation of the school with administrative and clerical support.

Preparing teaching and learning materials in a format suitable for the individual pupils. Support the full integration of pupils into the School community.

**The team**

There are also 3 Higher Level Teaching Assistants who are trained in ELSA work who offers some 1-1 counselling and a Well-being Trinity Centre.

**What do the staff do?**

To assist in planning, organising and managing structured learning activities, which reflect specific expertise and knowledge.
- Evaluate and adjust lesson plans to suit the specific need of the pupil.
- Support the Curriculum Plan and learning programmes designed by the teacher.
- Supporting pupils, including those with SEN individually or in small groups, implementing individual education plans, using either specialist knowledge or skills in providing such support

(e.g. sign language).
- To work within a group of professionals supporting the learning of pupils with specific impairments, individually or in small groups under the guidance of a teacher.
- To assess the needs of each individual learner and negotiate with the mainstream teaching staff to plan the most appropriate ways of supporting learning.
- To adapt the language of learning materials to help individual pupils understand more easily.
- Assist with the development of Individual Education Plans or targeted learning objectives.
- Supervise pupils, delivering learning activities to small groups of pupils, adjusting activities within the scope of the lesson plan and learning outcomes in response to pupils learning.
- Monitor pupil responses to learning through observation and structured assessment against pre-determined learning objectives.
- Provide objective and accurate feedback sensitively for pupils, parent etc and producing evidence-based reports to Teaching

Staff.
- Ensure the milestones for achievement are challenging and demanding, adjusting activity as required.
- Provide 1-2-1 and group support to students over a variety of issues.
- Providing unobtrusive guidance and support to enable pupils to find answers to questions and tasks set, using knowledge of each pupil’s differing levels of development and ability to ensure progression and continuity.
- Support the use of IT as a learning aid (including the use of specialist curriculum software), assisting pupils to develop IT competence and independent use of systems.
- Mark pupils’ work, recording progress and achievement. Administer and mark tests, invigilate exams.
- Classroom cover supervision in emergency circumstances including responding to pupils’ questions and generally help pupils undertake activities and achieve learning outcomes.
- To contribute to the provision of deaf awareness or other specific training and advice to mainstream staff.
- Be involved in extra-curricular activities, (e.g. clubs, activities, trips, open days, presentation evenings).
- Provide clerical and administrative support, e.g. photocopying, typing, filing, collation of pupil reports.
- Report student and school issues in line with the School’s policies for health and safety, child protection, behaviour management etc.
- Attend meetings and training sessions as required.

**What we can offer**

We can offer a full-time paid placement. The appointed per

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