Teaching Assistant Apprentice

**Full Job Description**

**Teaching Assistant Apprentice**

The postholder will play an important role in supervising the activities of pupils during the teaching period and midday sessional break within the school, including both indoor and outdoor areas, ensuring a safe environment is maintained at all times.

**Apprenticeship summary**

**Working week**

Mon-Fri Term Time Only Shifts TBC

Total hours per week: 31 hours a week

**Expected duration**

16 Months

**What will the apprentice be doing?**

To assist the Teacher/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.

There may be a Special Needs input to support pupils in activities. Support is both on a one to one basis and in groups, to pupils with disability, learning difficulties or behavioural problems. This may include pupils with a high learning ability (‘gifted/talented’).

**To support the teaching and learning processes.**
- Promote pupils academic, social and emotional development and assist teaching staff in the development of learning strategies, with the provision of teaching and learning resources and in the preparation and maintenance of a safe, secure and suitable learning environment.
- Assist in the development, monitoring and evaluation of programmes of work
- Assist teachers in timetabling of lessons and curriculum as required.
- Deliver teaching individually and in groups through a range of tasks, mainly:

- Motivate and encourage pupils to concentrate on and fulfil the tasks set.
- Undertake learning activities with pupils of varying abilities to ensure differentiation and access to the curriculum.
- Seek to ensure the promotion and reinforcement of pupils’ self-esteem, appropriate levels of effort and behaviour and to guide pupils to become independent learners.
- Supporting and directing literacy and numeracy tasks, clarifying and explaining instructions.
- Focus support in areas needing improvement both academic and social.
- Support the use of ICT in the classroom and work with and support pupils to ensure they are able to use ICT and other specialist equipment to enhance their learning
- Contribute to the implementation of the National and/or Foundation Curriculum and specific individual pupil targets and/or group targets
- Assist the Teacher/SENCO in developing, implementing and managing individual/group pupil learning strategies aimed at the
- management of pupil behaviour
- establishing and maintaining of relationships with individual pupils and groups in support of pupils in learning activities
- inclusivity of pupils with identified SEN needs

**What training will the apprentice take and what qualification will the apprentice get at the end?**

Teaching assistant
Level 3 (A level)

**What is the expected career progression after this apprenticeship?**

Possible long term employment

**Desired skills and personal qualities**
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience

**Qualifications**
- GCSE or equivalent Maths and English (Grade C/4 or above) essential

**Things to consider**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Apprenticeship

Pay: £71.00-£75.00 per day

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Flexitime

Schedule:

- Flexitime

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Manchester: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Special education (preferred)

Work Location: One location

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