Education Coach (Teaching Assistant)

Winterhill School; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Inspire Learning Trust in Rotherham is seeking an Education Coach at Winterhill School to support the needs of children and young people inside lessons and our Connect/Re-Connect resource.

You will help students develop academic, social and emotional skills to access and succeed in the curriculum and wider activities; commitment to safeguarding and promoting welfare is expected.

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting the needs of children and young people.
• Ability to work with individual/identified students.
• Commitment to safeguarding and equal opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Work with individual/identified students in lessons and Connect/Re-Connect.
• Help students develop academic, social and emotional skills to access the curriculum and wider activities.

Skills

Student support

Behaviour support

Safeguarding awareness

Job description

Inspire Learning Trust is a Multi Academy Trust based in Rotherham which also includes Oakwood High School, Sitwell Junior School, Thomas Rotherham College and Winterhill School.

Winterhill school is wanting to appoint an education coach who has a good understanding of supporting the needs of children and young people. The role will involve working with individual/identified students in lessons and occasionally our dedicated Connect/Re-Connect resource, to help them develop their academic, social and emotional skills in order to fully access and be successful within the school’s curriculum and wider activities.

We offer a positive working environment, we care about our learners, and we care about our staff, all of whom know and appreciate that. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to be part of this, contributing to this culture and developing it further.

As a Trust we are truly community based and committed to developing a set of shared values through every aspect of our work. These values are the development of respect, responsibility, resourcefulness, resilience, reflection, risk taking and relationships.

Applicants are required to apply via our online application form which is available on our website: https://www.inspiretrust.uk/vacancies/

Inspire Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, other workers, and volunteers to share this commitment. The Trust is an equal opportunities employer and operates a no smoking policy in all its workplaces. We undertake to make any reasonable adjustments to a job or workplace to counteract any disadvantages a disabled person may face.

Our safer recruitment processes include online searches which will be done as part of due diligence checks ahead of the interview. Employees will, in accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to a comprehensive checking process including references from current and previous employers, right to work in the UK, an Enhanced DBS check and a further check against the appropriate barred list.

All candidates are expected to read the Trust’s Safeguarding Policy accessible via our website: https://www.inspiretrust.uk/page-template/statutory-documents/