Teaching Assistant

• Work under the direction of senior staff and teachers to supervise and support children with a wide range of complex needs
• Support the social and emotional well-being of pupils
• Recognise when students need emotional reassurance and respond in a calm, supportive, and professional manner
• Act as a positive role model, helping to build constructive relationships and raise achievement by addressing areas such as language development, behaviour, and social skills
• Promote positive conduct and respond promptly to conflict, encouraging pupils to take responsibility for their actions
• Support access to learning, promote independence, and help maintain a purposeful learning environment
• Adhere strictly to safeguarding and child protection procedures
• Foster good working relationships with pupils, promoting their self-esteem, independence, and inclusion
• Support high quality teaching by clarifying instructions, helping pupils focus on tasks, and assisting with specific needs such as language, reading, spelling, and social skills
• Deliver structured learning activities including literacy and numeracy programmes
• Support the use of ICT in lessons
• Assist teachers in maintaining an orderly, purposeful learning environment by preparing resources and providing clerical support, including filing and photocopying
• Uphold the school ethos and follow all safeguarding, child protection, and confidentiality policies

• Ability to work effectively within a team, understanding classroom roles and responsibilities
• Ability to build positive working relationships with pupils and colleagues and act as a positive role model
• Ability to support pupils with a wide range of individual needs and recognise when emotional reassurance is required
• Strong understanding of safeguarding, child protection, and confidentiality, with consistent adherence to procedures
• High resilience, adaptability, excellent communication skills, and full commitment to pupil welfare and positive behaviour

Plus SEN Allowance