Teaching Assistant Level 3 Apprenticeship

**Teaching Assistant Level 3 SEND - Spa Education Trust**

**Key Details**

**Salary**: £6.40p/h increases to National Minimum Wage after 12 month

**Working hours**: Monday to Friday 08:30AM - 15:45PM (Later finish Monday 16:45)

**Locations**:Spa Bermondsey for pupils aged 11-19 years old. Monnow Road, SE1 5RN

**Apprenticeship Details -** 16 months expected duration to complete, working towards your Level 3 SEN Teaching Assistant Qualification. (All learning is delivered online/ remote).

**Training Provider**: LMP Education (rated 1st best UK training provider)

Spa Education Trust runs 2 special schools for pupils with autism and learning difficulties. During your time as a Teaching Assistant you will be working under the guidance of the Class Teacher in the performance of all general duties associated with assisting pupils within the classroom setting. This will include:

- Helping with supervision of academic work such as reading, writing and number work.
- Reading and telling stories
- Assisting with craftwork and activities within the classroom
- General cleaning up and practical classroom organisation. Work may be carried out in the classroom or outside the main teaching area under the guidance of teaching staff.
- Contribute to the overall vision and values of the school
- To work cooperatively as a part of a team for the benefit of the pupils in the class
- To be fully aware and understand the duties and responsibilities outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education in relation to child protection and safeguarding children and young people
- Prepare the classroom as directed for lessons and clear afterwards, ensuring materials and equipment are clean, in working order and safely stored
- To provide support for pupils’ emotional and social development by encouraging and modelling positive behaviour
- Encourage pupils to act independently where appropriate
- To provide communication support using modes of communication appropriate to the individual needs of the pupils;

**Essential skills**:

- Achieve GCSE grade C/4 or above in English & Maths
- Basic Numeracy Skills & Literacy Skills
- At least 1 years experience of working effectively in a learning / child care setting

**Desired skills**:

- Willingness to undertake various training to effectively support pupils with SEN
- Childcare Qualification

**Personal qualities**:

- Ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children and young people
- Must be well organised
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload and work on own initiative
- Ability to maintain a positive and professional attitude
- Emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviours and attitudes to use of authority and maintaining discipline

**About the Employer**

Inspire ATA is an official Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agency, licenced by the Department for Education. Currently ranked 2nd in the Rate My Apprenticeship Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers in the UK Award 2023-2024. Inspire ATA specialises in creating apprenticeship opportunities, where we recruit and employ the apprentice on behalf of our host clients, enabling us to offer additional support and a better experience for both the apprentice and the client as the experts in the industry. We arrange the most suitable and appropriate apprenticeship training from one of our partnered training providers.

If you are successful in securing an apprenticeship with Inspire ATA, it is important to understand that Inspire ATA will be your employer and the apprenticeship placement will be a separate organisation that simply hosts you as an apprentice.

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