1:1 Learning Support Assistant with Named Child - Fixed Term

Folkestonegirls; Canterbury; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 15,000; Part time

Job summary

A friendly team seeks a Teaching Assistant in Canterbury to provide 1:1 support for a KS2 pupil. The ideal candidate will be nurturing and passionate about education, ensuring the emotional and educational development of children. This term-time contract offers a supportive environment and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Supportive staff team

Caring ethos

Positive workplace

Opportunities for tailored CPD

Qualifications

• Experience working with children in a school setting preferred.
• Experience with SEN is beneficial.
• Positive, highly motivated, and flexible attitude required.

Responsibilities

• Provide 1:1 support to KS2 pupil from 8.45am to 12.45pm.
• Work alongside teaching team to nurture and engage pupils.
• Ensure emotional needs of the pupils are met.

Skills

Understanding of child development

Teamwork and communication

Flexibility and initiative

Kind, nurturing nature

Creativity in approaches to learning

Positive outlook and growth mindset

Job description

We are seeking to appoint a Teaching Assistant to join our friendly team to provide 1:1 support. This role involves working alongside our teaching team to nurture, support, and engage a KS2 pupil from 8.45am to 12.45pm daily.

The ideal candidate will be positive, highly motivated, and flexible. They will show care and nurture for the pupils, ensuring that their emotional needs are met. They will be passionate about education and motivated to bring the joy of learning to these pupils at their accessible level.

Previous experience of working with children in a school setting would be preferable, but any experience with SEN would be useful.

Our ideal candidate will have:

• A good understanding of child development
• A transferrable and adaptable skill set
• A kind, nurturing, and patient nature
• Consistent boundaries and expectations
• Creative and inventive approaches to learning
• Great teamwork and communication
• Flexibility and initiative
• A growth mindset and a positive outlook

Things that we can offer you:

• A warm welcome and a highly supportive staff team
• A kind, caring ethos with genuine concern for your wellbeing
• A positive workplace full of smiling children
• Clear policies and procedures
• Opportunities for tailored CPD in school

Please see the attached Job Description for more details.

This is a term-time contract, linked to high needs funding allocated to the pupils. The hours are Monday to Friday, 8.45am - 12.45pm.

Visits to the school are welcome and encouraged. If you wish to visit for a tour with our headteacher Miss Dolan, please make an appointment by contacting us at our school office on 01227 730442 or by emailing us at [e-mail].

We are fully committed to safeguarding and protecting the children at Chilham St Mary's. All posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, which includes enhanced criminal records and barring checks, scrutiny of employment history, robust referencing, and other vetting checks. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children. Our safeguarding system is underpinned by policies and procedures that promote safe working practices across the school. On joining, you will be required to undergo continuous professional development to maintain safe working practices and safeguard our children and young people.