1-1 Teaching Assistant

Emscote Infant School; Warwick; Vor Ort; GBP 18.000 - 22.000; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

Federation of Emscote Infant School and All Saints’ CE Junior School is seeking a dedicated Teaching Assistant to join the federation, initially based at Emscote Infant School. The role involves supporting pupils across the school, including 1:1 support for children with complex needs and working with families and staff to promote an inclusive environment.

You will be part of a caring team, with term-time hours (30.42 per week) and flexible working discussions.

Qualifikationen

• Experience supporting children or young people, ideally in education/SEND/care settings.
• Willingness to provide intimate/personal care (toileting, dressing, hygiene) as per individual care plan.
• Ability to communicate effectively with children, parents, staff and professionals.
• Willingness to undertake training (manual handling, intimate care, child-specific medical procedures).

Aufgaben

• Support children in accessing teaching and learning inside and outside the classroom.
• Establish and maintain boundaries while providing a nurturing, safe, inclusive environment.
• Provide 1:1 support to individuals as directed by class teachers/SLT.
• Ensure safeguarding and privacy are observed and follow school policies.

Jobbeschreibung

Federation of Emscote Infant and All Saints CE Junior schools – Teaching Assistant – required from January 2027

About the role

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and passionate Teaching Assistant to join our Federation of Emscote Infant School and All Saints’ CE Junior School, with the vacancy initially at Emscote Infant school. The successful candidate will be able to establish positive relationships with all children, parents and members of staff.
This role involves working with pupils across the school, including, when required, one-to-one to support for children with complex needs who have an EHCPs. The candidate will ideally have had experience of supporting complex needs in a mainstream classroom and possess the resilience and humour this role can require.
The position is term-time only, working 30.42 hours per week, including INSET days. We actively support flexible working arrangements, including options such as afternoon-only hours or later start times, and welcome discussions around alternative working patterns where these meet the needs of the school.
Although this advert is for a position starting in January, we are looking to develop a reserve list for future employment in the federation. The reserve list will last six months.

Key Requirements

This is a post for a dedicated, resourceful and caring team player who will be an asset to our exceptional federation.
You will be required to support children in accessing teaching and learning within and outside of the classroom. You will be responsible for establishing and maintaining boundaries whilst also providing a nurturing, safe and inclusive environment.
You will be required to support teaching and learning in a classroom and also working 1:1 with individuals, as directed by the class teachers and/or SLT. You will provide a nurturing, safe and inclusive environment for the children in your care.

The successful candidate will:

• Have experience of supporting children or young people, ideally in an education, SEND, care or similar setting.
• Be willing and able to provide intimate/personal care, such as toileting, changing, dressing and hygiene support, in accordance with the child's individual care plan.
• Be able to support the child's physical needs safely, including mobility, positioning and use of relevant equipment where required.
• Be willing to undertake appropriate training, for example manual handling, intimate care and any child-specific medical procedures.
• Understand dignity, privacy, safeguarding and appropriate professional boundaries.
• Demonstrate patience, empathy and a child-centred approach, with a commitment to encouraging the child's independence rather than doing everything for them.
• Be able to communicate effectively with the child, parents/carers, teachers and relevant professionals.
• Be able to follow written care plans, risk assessments and school policies.
• Have good safeguarding awareness and be willing to undergo the appropriate safer-recruitment checks, including an enhanced DBS check.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS Disclosure.
All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.