Teaching Assistant

3 weeks ago


Poole, United Kingdom Dorset Councils Full time

An opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and experienced teaching assistant to join our support staff at Upton Junior School, part of Hamwic Education Trust (HET).

HET is a large, fast-paced Trust with currently 35 academies across the South Coast. Linked to 6 community based partnerships, there are 32 primary academies, 2 secondary and 1 hospital school.

In this school, recently awarded ‘Good’ by Ofsted we are seeking to recruit an experienced teaching assistant to join our team. Wellbeing is at the heart of our leadership, and we strive for quality teaching and a healthy work/life balance.

**‘All about the Child’**

At HET, we aim to put the child at the centre of everything we do. We believe that by doing this, it drives our ethos and values to do the best we can for our children.

**‘What about Sam’**

Sam is the name we have given to the notional Hamwic child. By asking ourselves ‘What about Sam?’ we ensure that we put our pupils at the heart of our decision making.

**Job/Person summary**:
The post holder will play an important role in supervising the activities of pupils during the teaching period in the mornings and first half of the midday sessional break within the school, including both indoor and outdoors areas, ensuring a safe environment is maintained at all times. To assist the Headteacher/SENCO to promote pupils’ academic, social and emotional development through the development and implementation of programmes of pupil work and support (individual and group) and in the provision of a stable, caring and supportive learning environment; to enable pupils to achieve their full learning potential and facilitate their personal, academic, social and moral development.

**We are seeking a professional individual who has**:

- An understanding of how children learn and play
- High expectations of what children can achieve and how they should behave
- Commitment to team work in a friendly school with a child centred ethos
- Resilience, enthusiasm, patience, flexibility and a caring manner
- Excellent in the classroom, with an outstanding ability to engage and enthuse children
- Ability to challenge, support and motivate all children to achieve high standards
- Ability to work under pressure with good time management skills
- Ability to think creatively and adapt learning to motivate and meet needs

**We can offer you**:

- Excellent CPD opportunities and Training and Development Programmes

- In-house Teaching School
- An individual induction programme supported by a mentor
- Networking groups for Teachers, Business Managers, Site Teams and IT staff
- Eligibility to join the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme
- Generous holiday entitlement for staff working 52 weeks per year which increases with length of service
- Free eye tests up to the value of £25 for users of VDU equipment and contribution up to the value of £60 towards the purchase of glasses specifically for the use of display screen equipment(where all conditions are met)
- Opportunity to become a school workplace Health and Wellbeing representative, meeting with other schools on a termly basis and feeding into the Health and Wellbeing strategy
- Access to the Trust Health and Wellbeing pages
- Access to a staff benefits portal through Vivup
- Free confidential telephone and face to face counselling for staff and family members


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