Teaching Assistant level 1 Scunthorpe, England
North Lincolnshire Council
Full Time
Scunthorpe, England
15596 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
Teaching Assistant level 1
School: St Luke's Primary School
Location: Scunthorpe
Salary: Grade 2 £15,596 per year
Hours: 33 hours per week, term time only
Contract Type: Temporary 16 months
Position Type: Part Time
DBS: Yes Enhanced with Barred List Check
Term Time Only: Yes
Closing Date: Friday 03 March 2023
Teaching Assistant (Level 1) – Required for April 202
33 hours – Fixed Term Contract to 31st August 2024
At St Luke’s we are looking to appoint a number of Level 1 Teaching Assistants who will have the opportunity to participate in a fixed term Development Programme to acquire the knowledge and skills to become a successful Teaching Assistant.
This is fixed term contract until 31st August 2024. During your contract you will work and be paid for your contracted hours in a class and have specific development tasks to help support and expand your understanding of children with Special Educational Needs and how to best support them in a classroom environment. The areas of development that you will learn about include:
- Understanding the different needs of the children (including autism, physical needs and speech and language development)
- Understanding and supporting children with challenging behaviour – at St Luke’s we follow a therapeutic approach to support children, which focusses on understanding the children’s needs and putting strategies in place to reduce potential incidents
- Moving and Handling Training
- How to best support a teacher within a busy classroom environment
- Developing your understanding of communication skills, including Makaton signing
- Understanding child development
Alongside specific training sessions you will also be assigned a mentor who will support your development. Over the year you will produce a portfolio of work to demonstrate what you have learnt. Your portfolio will include certificates of training, completed assignments and a personal reflective journal. Please note this development programme does not provide you with a recognised official Teaching Assistant Qualification.
This is an exciting opportunity for candidates. As a comprehensive training package will be given no experience of working in schools is required for this role.
At the end of the contract and successful completion of the development programme, you will be able to apply for any vacancies available at St Luke’s or take your development portfolio to apply for other posts.
If you are interested in this opportunity then please contact Alastair Sutherland (01724 844560) or email [email protected]
Informal visits are encouraged, this will give you the opportunity to see the school and talk more about this new, exciting role.
CLOSING DATE: Friday 3rd March 2023 (Applications received after midday will not be considered)
North Lincolnshire Council do not accept CVs. You must complete the application form via the 'Apply' button.
Please note: Your starting salary may vary depending on your start date. Please see attached document.
North Lincolnshire Council
www.northlincs.gov.uk
Scunthorpe, United Kingdom
Rob Waltham
Unknown / Non-Applicable
5001 to 10000 Employees
Company - Public
