Teaching Assistant

**Job Title: Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship to study an NVQ Level 3 Teaching Assistant Qualification**
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**Required For: ASAP pending checks**

**Hours - 8.30am to 1.30pm / Monday to Friday**

**Salary: £18,000.00 pro rata**
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**Job Purpose**:
The TA will provide a complimentary service to teachers and other staff, addressing the needs of children who require assistance in overcoming barriers to learning in order to achieve their full potential or accessing the curriculum.

The TA will work with a range of pupils, but give priority to those who need the most help, especially those experiencing multiple disadvantages including:

- Children with special or medical needs
- Challenging behaviour
- Children with a statement of special educational needs

The TA will be predominantly education-based but will have a wider remit including working with families and the wider community.

The TA will work with children on a one-to-one basis or in small or large groups, with the support of teachers and mentors:

- Listener;
- Facilitator for learning;
- Encourager;
- Motivator;
- Role model.
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**Core Purpose**:

- To support teachers and mentors.
- To work with children whose behavior and disaffection have a significant impact on their attainment.
- Support the ethos of the school.
- Improve pupil progress and achievement by helping to minimize barriers to learning and maximize pupil participation.
**General Responsibilities**:

- To devise, implement, and evaluate specialized programs of work to encourage and promote a pupil’s social-emotional and behavioral development
- To work with teaching staff and/or other support staff in devising and implementing individual learning plans to promote pupils’ academic, social, emotional and behavioral development.
- To plan and facilitate structured games and activities, to support pupils to make appropriate use of unstructured times.
- To work with individuals & groups both within and outside the classroom setting.
- Undergo training for the creation of nurture groups.
- Organize lunchtime activities to support pupils who have difficulties at break time.
- To support mentors and teachers to help students to manage and resolve the conflict by using and teaching them a variety of strategies.
- To support mentors and teachers to observe and monitor pupil progress, adapting an agreed approach to meet particular needs, recording and maintaining records of pupils’ development and progress.
- To support mentors and teachers to contribute to the assessment of pupil progress and to produce detailed written reports outlining pupil progress.
- Work effectively and collaboratively with teachers, mentors, support staff and external support as required to ensure effective support provision for all our pupils.
- To support mentors and teachers to help plan the reintegration of students after extended absence or exclusion.
- To support mentors and teachers to outreach to families whose home circumstances appear to present a significant barrier to successful learning, and work with parents to help the student achieve their targets.
- To support mentors and teachers to contribute to the writing of Provision Maps for the pupils.
- Monitor students’ progress before, during and after the intervention to measure the impact of the intervention strategy on progress; include student evaluations
- Maintain a record of evaluations as evidence of effective practice, support and guidance.
- Identifying, in association with school staff, pupils who would benefit from mentoring.
- Setting up and running circle time sessions and anger management groups where necessary.
- Networking with other Learning Mentors to share good practice.
- Create a directory of resources, activities, organizations and support services that can be drawn upon by staff/parents to support children identified.
- To provide first aid as necessary (training will be given).
- Regularly monitor and reward the achievement of children working with you with whom we are working
- Attend and participate in multi-disciplinary meetings contributing to the sharing of information and/or planning in relation to specific pupils.
- Undertake a range of administrative duties relevant to the post.
- Participate as required in relevant training which has been identified by the members of the Senior Leadership Team. This will include a planned induction period.
- Ensure confidentiality is maintained at all times.
- Any other duties relevant to the work of the post holder as requested by the Senior Leadership Team.
- To support mentors and teachers to teach groups of children to circle activities/PHSE games during PPA time.
- Any other duties as directed by the Principal/Senior Team.
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This job description may be revised by the proprietors in accordance with the various changes and development of the school._**

Overstone Park School

Overstone Park

Northampton

NN6 0DT

**About Overstone Park School**:
A non-selective independ