Graduate Teaching Assistant

Teaching Vacancies; City Of London; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A local educational institution is seeking a Graduate Teaching Assistant to support students, particularly those with Special Educational Needs (SEND). The role involves collaborating with the class teacher, implementing teaching strategies, and providing support to students in both classroom and personal settings. The ideal candidate should have a degree or equivalent qualifications and experience working with young people. Opportunities for professional development and a competitive benefits package are included.

Benefits

Performance and Loyalty Bonus

Pension Scheme

Wellbeing Cash Plan

26 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Degree level qualification or equivalent required.
• Experience of working in an educational or training environment.
• Ability to manage own workload effectively.

Responsibilities

• Support students with a variety of SEND in a learning environment.
• Assist teachers in developing teaching strategies and resources.
• Lead small group sessions and interventions as needed.

Skills

Good interpersonal and communication skills

Basic knowledge of SEND

Experience of working with young people

Strong organisational skills

Ability to maintain confidentiality

Good ICT skills

Flexibility of approach to work

Education

Qualifications to degree level or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Harris Academy Peckham is looking for a Graduate Teaching Assistant to support individuals and groups of students at the academy, including those with SEND. This will involve supporting learning in the classroom and attending to students' personal needs where required, including social, health, physical, hygiene, first aid and welfare matters.

What we are looking for

We would like to hear from you if you have:

• Qualifications to degree level or equivalent
• Basic knowledge of SEND and learning barriers
• Some knowledge of strategies in working with young people with challenging behaviours
• Knowledge of some of the social issues facing students from disadvantaged backgrounds
• Awareness of Health and Safety issues in the workplace
• Experience of working directly with young people in an education or training environment, supporting the learning of students
• Experience of establishing and maintaining positive working relationships with a range of stakeholders, at all levels
• Experience of managing and being responsible for own workload
• Good literacy and numeracy skills
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, with an excellent standard of written and spoken English
• Good administrative and organisational skills
• Ability to interest, encourage, motivate and engage children
• Ability to work effectively with team members across a wide range of levels and responsibilities
• Good ICT skills, including a working knowledge of Microsoft packages and the ability to update records and databases
• Ability to work using own initiative, exercising good judgement where unsupervised
• Flexibility of approach to work
• Ability to maintain confidentiality, exercising tact and diplomacy

What the school offers its staff

Our vision at Harris Academy Peckham is to ensure every child achieves excellence in all aspects of academy life. We have high aspirations, both in terms of academic standards and personal development, in order to prepare your child for the demands of the 21st century global workplace. We expect every child to excel, and will provide the necessary challenge and support to make this happen. In line with all Harris Academies, we ensure that we prepare engaging and innovative learning experiences for our students, within a disciplined context where good manners, smart uniform and mature conduct are expected from all.

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level to senior leadership. We look for talented individuals who share our vision for creating exceptional places of learning, and are committed to ensuring that every child in London has access to the best possible education. In addition to the opportunities for career progression, training and development, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme, a Wellbeing Cash Plan, 26 days\' annual leave (plus bank holidays) for non term-time only employees, and many other benefits.

Further details about the role

Your responsibilities will include:

• Working collaboratively with the class teacher and the SEN Department to enable students with a variety of SEN to positively engage in a classroom environment
• Supervising and supporting identified students in 1:1, group or whole class situations, ensuring their safety and access to learning in a purposeful and supportive learning environment
• Implementing Quality First Teaching strategies and strategies on Student SEN Profiles within the Assess, Plan, Do, Review framework of the SEND Code of Practice (2014), ensuring that Student SEN Profiles are live and working documents
• Assisting in developing resources, schemes of work and teaching strategies, working with the teacher to ensure the provision supports learning needs
• Assisting in evaluating identified students' progress and providing feedback on their achievements, progress and needs
• Leading small group sessions and interventions as appropriate
• Attending to students' personal needs where required
• Supporting with behaviour management
• Undertaking learning activities/teaching programmes, adjusting activities to ensure achievement of learning goals
• Assisting with the supervision of students out of lesson times, including playtimes and undertaking lunchtime duty
• Supporting students with their learning and development in respect of local and national learning strategies
• Preparing the classroom for lessons, clearing afterwards and assisting with the display of students' work
• Preparing and maintaining resources and assisting students in their use
• Undertaking record keeping
• Establishing and maintaining positive relationships with parents/carers, gathering and reporting information
• Providing administrative support
• Accompanying teaching staff and students on visits, trips and off-site activities

Commitment to safeguarding

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.