Teaching Assistant

Company Description

At Catch22, we are proud of our reputation as a modern and progressive employer. Our 1,300 colleagues and 300 volunteers work at every stage of the social welfare cycle, supporting over 60,000 individuals from cradle to career. Our work spans education, social justice and rehabilitation, children's social care, family support, social action and getting people into work.

Catch22 College (formerly Catch22 Study Programme) supports young people to gain the skills required to progress into apprenticeship training, employment or further education. You can find out more our college on our website, as well as more about our programmes.

**Job Description**:
Do you have a passion for developing the minds of young people? Are you a good role model who believes that with enough work and commitment anything is possible? Maybe you've always wanted to teach but don't have the qualifications or a way into teaching? If you have answered 'yes' to any of the above, you could be the Teaching Assistant we are looking for.

You will be an ambitious Teaching Assistant who can work in partnership with our Teacher to motivate and inspire a group of learners who have not had good experiences of Education up until now. You will support learners to build up their confidence and self-belief. You will help our students see that they are worth something and that they have a future.

This role isn't just about helping our students gain qualifications, it's about helping them to see a life beyond the qualification. It's about playing an essential role in helping young people to find their future.

**Your responsibilities will be**:

- Working with individual or groups of children, assisting in ensuring pupils are kept on task and complete activities set by teachers**.**:

- Dealing with behavioural and special needs issues in conjunction with the teacher.
- Delivery of SEN interventions.
- Helping to implement lesson plans, aims and contents with the teacher.
- Providing feedback to pupils.
- Taking charge of small groups of pupils for defined activities.
- Supporting and working with the teacher in testing/assessment.

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**Qualifications**:
**ESSENTIAL**
- At least a Level 2 Qualification in English and Maths.
- Knowledge of the statutory requirements of health and safety, SEN & safeguarding of children.
- Ability to work independently, supported by the teacher, with groups of or individual students.
- Ability to work with challenging students, understand their needs and demonstrate effective behaviour management strategies as and when required.
- Experience working at an advanced level with the teacher in planning and delivery of teaching activities (including those defined in Individual Education Plans).
- Experience of teaching children with Education Health Care Plans and Special Education Need, and language difficulties or other complex needs.
- Determination to raise the levels of achievement of children.
- Ability to cope with emotionally demanding situations.

**DESIRABLE**
- Level 3 Coaching Qualification
- Experience of being a Teaching Assistant in an alternative provision environment.
- Have an understanding of curriculum, particularly literacy and numeracy requirements.
- Evidence of successful work with disaffected and emotionally vulnerable students.

Additional Information
**Salary**:£21,600 - £24,000

**Contract**: Permanent full time 37 hours per week

See the benefits of working for Catch22 here.
- At Catch22 we value equality, diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day, working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them, a purpose, and a good place to live._