Teaching Assistant

**Teaching Assistant**

**Contract**:Permament

**Hours/working pattern**:32.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday, term time only.

**Salary/hourly rate**: Grade CD1, SCP 3-4, £22,737 - £23,114 pro rata per annum. Actual salary £17,313 - £17,600 to be paid in 12 equal monthly instalments.

**Location**: Filey School

**Closing Date**: Friday 8th March 2024 at 9am, Interviews to be held shortly afterwards.

**Start Date**: As soon as possible

**Filey Secondary School**

Filey School is an 11-16 mixed community school serving the coastal town of Filey and its surrounding villages. We have a proud heritage in our local community and are embarking on a period of transformation and improvement. We aim for every member of our school community to develop a love of learning and enable them to reach the highest outcomes that they can. We are committed to ensuring our students are happy, safe and have clear direction and support. We joined Coast and Vale Learning Trust in June 2022 and benefit from the collaborative and supportive environment of the Trust while returning to our identity as Filey School.

**Our Opportunity**

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, hardworking, and committed Teaching Assistant to join the Alternative Learning Centre team. You will be responsible for supporting students both individually, and in small groups under the direction and support of our pastoral and SENCO leader.

**You will**:

- Ideally have previous experience in working with children and young people.
- Have a genuine interest in supporting young people.
- Be able to develop positive working relationships with pupils, parents, staff and other professionals.
- Be willing to undertake and act on relevant professional development and training.
- Be able to support in the delivery of high-quality learning experiences for our students.
- Have high expectations of learning and behaviour and inspire and motivate our students.
- Be supportive, nurturing and understanding.
- Seek to make learning exciting and a positive experience.
- Work well as part of a team.
- Demonstrate good communication skills both orally and written.

**Our Trust**

Coast and Vale Learning Trust is a growing family of schools located on the beautiful Yorkshire Coast. The Trust was founded by Scalby Secondary School but has grown over the last few years to include Newby and Scalby Primary School, Friarage Primary School and the Scarborough University Technical College (SUTC) in Scarborough, Lady Lumley’s Secondary School in Pickering and Filey School. Our ambition is to continue to welcome new schools into our Trust where we can add capacity, resources, improvement and make sure all our young people have access to the very best education.

The aim of the trust is to serve all the education community along the North Yorkshire Coast and down the Vale of Pickering. We are committed to supporting all schools in becoming great schools, whether they are part of Coast and Vale Learning Trust or not. The learners of our community deserve the best education regardless of their background or location.

Choosing where to work and who to work for is one of the vitally important decisions in life. In choosing to work for Coast and Vale Learning Trust you would be joining a team of colleagues dedicated to transforming the lives of 3000 children and young people.

We have a simple vision in wanting our schools to be places ‘where children and staff thrive’. Coast and Vale Learning Trust will work tirelessly to make this a reality.

**Working For Us**

As well as being committed to your ongoing development and training we also offer a range of employee benefits including a competitive salary, access to a government pension scheme, an employee assistance programme as well as a variety of retail discounts.

**We do not accept CVs**

**Interviews will be held shortly after.**
- We reserve the right to close this vacancy should we receive an overwhelming response._

Your **privacy** is important to us. By submitting your personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with the Trust’s “Privacy Notice Recruitment” which can be found on our website.

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

**POST: Teaching Assistant**

**GRADE: Grade CD1, SCP 3**

**RESPONSIBLE TO: SENDco Lead**

**STAFF MANAGED: None**

**JOB PURPOSE**:
To work as part of the Student Support Department in supporting and integrating students with special needs into mainstream classes.

The Teaching Assistant may work with and receive instructions from the SLT, SENDCo, Teachers, SEN Manager and other professionals.

The post covers all areas with regard to provision and access for students at the school. Teaching Assistants are expected to support students’ cognition and learning; behavioural, social and emotional, medical, sensory and physical, communication, and interaction needs, as directed by the SENDCo through the SEN Manager.

Teaching Assistants will work in our Access to