Teaching Assistant - Withycombe Raleigh C of E Primary School
- Multiple Locations
- Multiple Terms
- £10.60 - £10.79 per hour
A great opportunity has arisen to work within our successful, caring and inclusive church school. Withycombe Raleigh is a popular, large and successful coastal town school with excellent resources and a highly regarded team of teaching and non-teaching staff.
This is a fixed term contract until July 2023 to support 2 Year 6 children (who will be moving onto secondary school).
What we are looking for:
- Experience of working with children with additional needs would be advantageous
- An enthusiastic team player with excellent communication skills
- The ability to deliver effective interventions, recording and helping the teacher to analyse the results
- Numerate and with good standards of spoken and written English
- Ability to build excellent relationships with children and adults
- Have a good sense of humour and fun, with a desire to make a difference in helping all children to learn to their potential
- Help the pupils organise and plan their work
- Maintain focus on the task
- Assist in scaffolding and differentiation of tasks
- Help them use visual strategies to get started and self-monitor their progress.
- Help with alternative means of recording
- Reiterate tasks set by the teacher in simplified language
- Implement report recommendations from professionals
- Deliver emotional wellbeing intervention as led by the school wellbeing champion
- Oversee social interactions and mediate peer communication if necessary
- Assist with transition to secondary school
- Use social stories and comic book conversations (training given)
- Be consistently calm, curious and kind
We offer:
• The opportunity to work in a large, happy and caring school with a great team of support staff who have high aspirations for all of our children.
• Work with other staff who are highly motivated, supportive and committed to the very best for our children.
• To work in a welcoming, happy environment where hard work and commitment is valued.
• Support for training for a range of interventions and learning strategies
• To work in a well resourced school offering a wealth of learning experiences and opportunities for our children.
• A church school that has strong core values and high expectations of behaviour and learning.
Please return completed application forms to businessmanager@wrpschool.org by 12 noon on the closing date.
Interview Date: 20th February 2023
Job Details
- OrganisationDevon County Schools
- Work LocationEast DevonDevon
- Work Postcode
EX8 3BA
- Reference
JS04197
- Occupational GroupEducation Support
- Salary Details
£10.60 - £10.79 per hour
- Job TermFixed
- Appointment TypePart TimeTerm Time
- Hours
27.5 hours per week, 38 weeks per annum
- Closing Date
10/02/2023
- DBS Check Required
Yes