SEN Teaching Assistant Level 1 - Main Body
The Trustees are looking to recruit to the post of
SEN Teaching Assistant Level 1 - Main Body
New Bridge School, Roman Road
NJC scale point 3: £24,027 per annum (full time / full year salary)Actual salary: £17,980 per annum pro rata
SEN Allowance £1,491 per annum
Commencing as soon as possible
If you are the kind of person that is committed to improving the lives of children, you are just the person New Bridge is looking for. Be part of our vision to create meaningful futures, not only for our pupils but our staff team as well. We are a vocation destination, not just a job.
Part of the wider New Bridge Multi Academy Trust (MAT), New Bridge School is a generic special needs school for pupils and students between the ages of 11 and 19 across four sites within Oldham.
New Bridge school is an Outstanding rated provision which caters for 380 pupils with a wide range of SEND, from moderate learning difficulties to profound and multiple learning difficulties, including severe and complex learning difficulties.The school also caters for pupils with physical disabilities, multisensory impairments, visual impairments, hearing impairments and specific conditions including autism spectrum condition. Making a difference to the lives of these young people could be the most important job you will ever have.
All pupils have an EHC plan. In order to cater to the needs of the range of pupils the school has developed a range of different provisions. From September, the Roman Road campus will consist of our Key Stage 3 Main Body and Communication Groups alongside our Key Stage 3&4 Interactive Base and Autism Base.
As a result of our growing pupil numbers we have had to expand our classes. The Trustees are looking to appoint a resilient and enthusiastic Level 1 Teaching Assistant to join our dynamic, growing and committed staff team in the following area:
Main Body Key Stage 3
Our main body provision is for pupils who are working towards a destination of being independent or working with support in their community. With this in mind the curriculum is underpinned by the intent to maximise the ability for every pupil to live as independently as possible.To achieve this, we seek to offer an engaging, fun and relevant curriculum that is flexible to the needs of our pupils and which reflects EHCP outcomes and supports their wellbeing. In the main body we implement this through a blended model where 70% of lessons are delivered by the form tutor, including English, Maths, Science, Living Skills and RSE.
Other Enrichment subjects such as Art, PE, Music and Cooking are delivered by subject specialist teachers. Our main body groups are usually 13 pupils or less with a one teacher and up to two TA’s depending on the needs of the pupils in the group.
As a TA1 in our main body
you would be assigned to a form group and would support this group both when they are with the class teacher and also when they move around the school to their other subjects.
Applicants should be able to demonstrate how they meet the following essential criteria:
- Previous experience of working with young people of primary/secondary school age who may present with challenging behaviour and complex needs, preferably within an educational setting.
- A nurturing and empathetic approach to behaviour management.
- The physical and emotional resilience to support students with complex needs, taking a non-judgemental approach.
- The ability to support teaching and learning within a special needs setting to a dedicated group of students.
- The ability to support the class teacher to monitor student progress, ensuring their improved engagement with the school and their learning.
- The ability to record student progress and provide regular feedback to stakeholders.
- The ability to model and encourage appropriate social behaviour in and out of school and to cater for the general welfare of students.
- The ability to work in partnership with classroom teachers to differentiate appropriate interventions for students in relation to the curriculum.
- The ability to work as part of a team using own initiative when needed.
- Willingness to participate in own professional development.
Although based initially at our Roman Road site, all staff are employed by the MAT and are expected to work at any site within the New Bridge Group.
We are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment.
This post will be subject to a number of pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and proof of right to work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996. It will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here.
For successful candidates, an online search will be carried out as part of our due-diligence in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023.
We strive to create a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy, and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
Salary: NJC scale point 3: £24,027 per annum (full time / full year salary)
Actual salary: Actual salary: £17,980 per annum
Allowance: SEN allowance £1,491 per annumBased: Initially at New Bridge School, Roman Road, Hollinwood, OL8 3PH
Contracted hours: 32 hours 55 minutes per week / Term Time only (190 days)
Status: Permanent
Closing Date: Monday 24th February (9am)
Interviews: To be confirmed
Further info: Debbie Birch-Hall, Deputy Head of School dhall@newbridgegroup.org
Completed applications to be sent to: recruitment@newbridgegroup.org