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** PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT RE-APPLY **
Required: As Soon as Possible
15 hours per week initially (Mon - Fri. 3 hours per day), increasing to 25 hours per week (Mon - Fri. 5 hours per day) Term time only.
We are seeking to appoint a skilled and experienced Teaching Assistant to work closely with a child who has additional needs. The applicant appointed to this Learning Support role will have a proven track record of successfully working with young children with Special Education Needs. (Applicants without this will not be considered.) They will have high expectations and show they can enable individuals to achieve their potential and make good progress.
We are particularly looking for someone who:
· Has had additional training and experience of work with pupils with SEND.
· Can demonstrate this sound knowledge through real examples of work with, for example, Speech and Language, Autistic Spectrum Disorders or pupils who have challenging behaviour.
· Is a creative, enthusiastic and energetic practitioner and a real team player.
· Can communicate with pupils, staff and parents effectively, both verbally and in a written form.
· Is someone who can use agreed teaching and learning strategies consistently, yet also respond to educational needs in the 'here and now' to enhance learning opportunities within a lesson.
This appointment is a for a permanent position.
In return, we can offer you:
- the support of our SLT, staff and governors
- delightful children who are well behaved and eager to learn
- professional development opportunities
- a well-resourced school where everyone is valued
Visits to the school are strongly encouraged and warmly welcomed. Please contact our School Business Manager to arrange to come and see us.
Somers Heath Primary School is committed to safeguarding the welfare of our children and expect staff to share this commitment. The successful person will undergo pre-employment checks which include references, right to work in UK, DBS checks and a declaration that neither they nor anyone they live with is a disqualified person under the Childcare Regulations.
Information about the School
Visits to the school are both positively encouraged and warmly welcomed. Also, you are very welcome to have an informal, confidential discussion with Martin Curtis, our Headteacher about this vacancy. Please contact our school office on 01708 853397 or admin.shps@catrust.org.uk to arrange these. We are proud of our children and our facilities and confident that you will want to work here.
This is an exciting time to join our school. Over the past few years Somers Heath has expanded to provide two classes across all years, joined Catalyst Academies Trust and appointed a new Headteacher. We hope you would like to be part of our aim to provide outstanding education for all children.
Somers Heath is situated close to the M25 and A13 road links, near The Dartford Crossing and Lakeside Shopping Centre.
Catalyst Academies Trust are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the well-being of children and young people. We expect all our staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be made a conditional offer subject to an enhanced DBS check, medical check, and references. Applicants will also be required to complete a 'Disqualification by Association' declaration.