Teaching Assistant

**Teaching Assistant / Learning Mentor**with excellent communication skills and a good standard of numeracy and literacy is required to join a new school within a well-established Academy Trust based in Hedge End, Southampton, Hampshire.

Applications from individuals who are considering entering a career in teaching are welcome.

**SALARY**:£18,887 per annum FTE, Actual Annual Salary £13,426 per annum

**LOCATION**:Hedge End, Southampton, Hampshire

**JOB TYPE**: Part-Time, Permanent (Term Time Only)

**WORKING HOURS**:30.75 Hours per Week, Monday and Thursday 8.15am to 4.00pm, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 8.15am to 3.00pm, Term Time only (39 weeks)

** 2 Positions Available**

**JOB OVERVIEW**

We have a fantastic new job opportunity for a Teaching Assistant / Learning Mentor with excellent communication skills and a good standard of numeracy and literacy.

As the Teaching Assistant / Learning Mentor you will enable students to become more independent learners whilst aspiring towards the best possible outcomes.

You will support students with Special Education Needs and/or Disabilities both within the classroom and on a small group intervention basis.

The School is a new seven-form entry secondary school, which opened in September 2021 initially with four forms of Year 7 and growing to full capacity of seven forms of entry over the next seven years.

**DUTIES**

Your duties as a Teaching Assistant / Learning Mentor will include:

- Take into account the additional needs involved in order to aid the students to learn as effectively as possible, both in group situations and on their own, e.g.:

- clarifying and explaining instructions
- ensuring students are able to use equipment and materials provided
- motivating and encouraging students as required
- meeting physical needs while encouraging independence
- liaising with class teacher to devise complementary learning activities
- Provide regular feedback about the students to the teacher
- Develop methods of promoting and reinforcing students' self-esteem
- Review progress of students against learning programmes
- Contributing to annual review meetings, through written reports
- To support break/ lunch time duties as required
- Support extra-curricular policies and afterschool on a rota basis
- Conduct support activities with students that have been designed by specialist teachers or external agencies, e.g. occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, physical or sensory therapies as directed and reasonable for in a school setting

**CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS**
- Empathy with students and sympathetic of their needs whilst pushing for the best possible outcomes and maintaining high expectations
- English and Maths GCSE (or equivalent) at Grade C or above / Levels at Grade 4 or above
- Understanding of statutory framework relating to safeguarding
- Can use ICT effectively to support learning
- Professionally discreet and able to respect confidentiality on particular issues
- Well-developed inter-personal skills and a sense of humour
- Work constructively as part of a team, understanding classroom roles and responsibilities and own position within these
- Good organisational ability
- Competent in working with a small group of students without the direct supervision of a teacher
- Ability to motivate and encourage children appropriately
- Ability to work independently and with initiative
- Constantly improve own practice/ knowledge through self-evaluation and learning from others
- Flexibility in relation to tasks undertaken and groups/ children allocated

**BENEFITS**

Benefits of working for the trust include:

- Enrolment in one of the UK’s Largest public sector pension schemes
- A tax efficient Cycle-to-Work scheme through salary sacrifice
- A tax efficient IT Leasing scheme through salary sacrifice
- Friendly and sociable colleagues
- Staff membership rates to our modern on-site Leisure Centre
- Good transport links
- Free on-site car park

We reserve the right to close any of our vacancies early.

**APPLICATION PROCESS**

JOB REF: AWDO-P8971

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