SEND Teaching Assistant
Featherby Junior School, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 6BTThis job expired on 14 May 2024 – see similar jobs
Closing date
14 May 2024 at 12:59am
Date listed
9 May 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- NJC Grade D2 - points 4 - 11 - actual starting salary £17,386.54
SEND Teaching Assistant job summary
SEND TA
Hours: 32.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year.
Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)? Are you an experienced Teaching Assistant? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!
This is not a general class Teaching Assistant role and will involve working on a 1:1 or 1:2 basis with children with high level SEND needs.
We are looking for someone who is:-
- Dedicated and resilient when supporting children who experience significant barriers to learning
- Qualified to at least a NVQ Level 2 or equivalent qualification
- An experienced teaching assistant with a range of knowledge on supporting children across different ages
- Someone with experience of working with children with a range of SEND
- Able to draw on a wide range of strategy to adapt and support learning
- Committed to working in partnership with staff, parents and the community to promote inclusion and excellent opportunities for all.
In return we offer:-
- A positive, friendly and happy working environment
- A fantastic school community all working towards achieving the best for our pupils
- National terms and conditions
- Local government pension scheme
- Programmes of CPD with possible cross trust development opportunities
- A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
- Early salary access and financial advice
If this sounds like you we would like to hear from you. To find out more please contact Mrs Barraclough on: 01634 231984 (Juniors)
For further information on the Trust and the school and the post (including a job description) see attached applicant information pack.
Featherby Junior and Featherby Infant and Nursery School are both part of the Maritime Academy Trust, an innovative partnership of schools in Greenwich, Bexley, Kent and Medway. Our academies transform through collaboration and an entrepreneurial curriculum which equips children with life skills.
Maritime Academy Trust embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.
Please note: we may hold interviews as and when applications are received and we reserve the right to offer to a candidate prior to the closing date. We only accept applications submitted online via the My New Term website and which are completed before the closing deadline. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Closing Date: 13th May 2024
Interviews: TBC
Maritime Academy Trust is committed to recruiting with care and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS and pre-employment checks.
In line with KCSIE 2023 guidance, as part of the shortlisting process, the Trust reserves the right to conduct an online search on shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence and to share any pertinent information found concerning a candidate's suitability to work with children with Hiring Managers to be discussed at interview stage
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trust and its academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The post is subject to a successful DBS clearance and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before an appointment is confirmed.
About Featherby Junior School
- School type
- Academy, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 339 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Featherby Junior School website (opens in new tab)
Featherby Junior School is part of the Maritime Academy Trust, an innovative partnership of schools in Greenwich and Kent. Our schools transform through collaboration and an entrepreneurial curriculum which equips children with life skills.
The Featherby Partnership is made up of 2 schools: Featherby Infant and Nursery and Featherby Junior who are working closely together like one school. We are going forward through an exciting period of change with a new leadership team and a collaborative approach to ensure consistency of high expectations for the whole of the Featherby community. At Featherby you will find a true passion for learning, happy and safe children, a purposeful environment and an inspiring curriculum. We believe these are the key ingredients that make a Featherby child stand out from the rest.
Our vision statement is 'Working together to inspire minds through inclusive and creative practice; aspirations are high for all'. Underpinning this we have our core values of unity, resilience, responsibility, respect, honesty and trust. We are very much a value lead school which underpins our whole approach. Featherby is an inclusive school that supports learners well and encourages them to be independent and take risks in their learning.
We have high expectations of behaviour at Featherby and promote positive praise amongst learners.
Working in collaboration with each other ensures that we build strong relationships with families, children and the wider community to continuously provide children with great learning opportunities!
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