Teaching Assistant, Year 6

Position: Male Teaching Assistant for One-to-One Support
Location: Birkenhead
Contract: ASAP until Summer 2025, 4 days a week

Are you a dedicated and experienced male teaching assistant with a passion for supporting students with behavioural needs? Join a primary school in Birkenhead to provide one-to-one support to a boy in Year 6. This rewarding position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on a student's academic and personal development. If you possess strong experience in managing behavioural needs and are committed to creating a positive learning environment, we invite you to apply.

Key Responsibilities:

- Provide tailored one-to-one support to a boy in Year 6 with behavioural needs
- Implement strategies to address challenging behaviours and promote positive interactions
- Work collaboratively with teachers and support staff to create a supportive and inclusive learning environment

**Requirements**:

- Proven experience working with students with behavioural needs, preferably in a primary school setting
- Strong understanding of behaviour management techniques and a compassionate approach towards supporting individual students
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to build trust and rapport with students

**Benefits**:

- Opportunity to make a difference in the life of a student by providing personalised support and guidance
- Develop your skills in behaviour management and one-to-one support within a supportive school environment
- Collaborate with a dedicated team of educators focused on meeting the needs of each student

Teaching or classroom assistants are now vital resources for teachers and are heavily relied upon in schools.

**We specialise in recruiting teaching assistants (TA) who are qualified in the following;**
- NVQ Level 2 Teaching Assistant
- NVQ Level 3 Teaching Assistant
- Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)
- CACHE Level 3 in Childcare & Education
- BTEC National Certificate in Childhood Studies (Nursery Nursing)

We'll also consider experienced learning support assistants (LSAs) who have previously held a job in a primary school or assisted a pupil in the role in a secondary school but do not hold any of the above qualifications.

**Jobs in additional learning needs (ALN)**
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Dyslexia
- Dyspraxia
- Multi-Sensory Impairment (MSI)
- Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD)
- Profound and Moderate Learning Difficulties (PMLD)
- Emotional Behavioural Difficulties (EBD)
- Severe Learning Difficulties
- Physical Disabilities (PD)

**As a teaching assistant you'll be expected to**:

- Assist in the educational and social development of pupils under the direction and guidance of the head teacher, ALNCO and class teachers
- Assist in the implementation of Individual Education Programmes (IEP) for students and help monitor their progress
- Provide support for individual students inside and outside the classroom to enable them to fully participate in activities
- Assist class teachers with maintaining student records
- Support students with emotional or behavioural problems and help develop their social skills

**Benefits of working with New Directions**:

- A dedicated and expert Account Manager
- Regular and varied supply work
- Competitive rates of pay
- Potential long-term roles
- Full compliance with the Agency Workers Regulation (AWR)
- A network of branches across the UK
- One of the preferred suppliers to all 22 local authorities in Wales under the All Wales Framework Agreement
- We are the major teaching supply agency for Welsh speaking teachers across Wales
- Recommend-a-friend scheme
- Respected reputation across the education and recruitment industry

New Directions Education Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.