Level 1 Teaching Assistant

Teaching Vacancies; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Archway benefits to include shopping

Employee assistance programme

Local Government pension contributions

Discounted travel schemes

Cycle to work scheme

Comprehensive training and support

Opportunities to develop new skills

Eye care voucher scheme

Free flu vaccine

E-learning and development

Job summary

Teaching Vacancies is seeking a dedicated school support assistant to help provide care and learning support for students with diverse needs. The role involves assisting in daily activities, promoting independence, monitoring behaviour, and supporting inclusion within classroom and school life.

The position emphasizes safeguarding, collaboration with teaching staff, and contributing to a safe, supportive environment for students during regular lessons and additional activities.

Responsibilities

• Support and direct activities with students to ensure safety and promote development.
• Contribute to health and well-being of students and promote inclusion.
• Establish good working relationships with students and groups.
• Support learning activities and ICT use within the classroom.
• Assist with personal care needs, day-to-day routines, and feeding as required.
• Monitor behaviour and report incidents; assist with safeguarding.
• Liaise with parents/carers and external agencies as appropriate.
• Provide support during examinations, trips, and off-site activities.
• Maintain resources and contribute to assessment reviews and planning.

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

SUPPORT FOR THE STUDENT

• Support and direct activities with either individuals or groups of students to ensure their safety and facilitate their physical, emotional and cognitive development
• Contribute to the health and well-being of students
• Establish and maintain good working relationships with individual students and groups
• Promote and reinforce the students’ self-esteem and independence e.g. support in form time, unstructured time etc.
• Encourage acceptance and inclusion of all students
• To support groups of students as directed during formal public or internal school examinations
• To assist students on work placements, educational visits, residential, and recreational activities as appropriate
• To assist students with self-organisation and in the completion of homework tasks, in allocated periods during the school day
• Drawing on knowledge of various forms of individual needs, to develop an understanding of the specific needs of the students within the school community To liaise effectively with parents/carers as appropriate
• To assume responsibility for designated keyworker role at School Action Plus and/or a named EHCP child
• To assist the other health care assistants in carrying out their role in providing specific assistance to personal care needs of students
• To ensure that you cover the role of personal care in a colleague’s absence with guidance from the SENCo/ Lead SEND teacher and Level 2 Teaching Assistants
• To provide care, as and when needed, on off site visits and trips
• To provide practical and personal assistant to individual pupil needs
• To assist students with their day to day personal care needs, personal hygiene, toileting and feeding
• To promote students’ independence skills in relation to personal hygiene, toileting and feeding
• To monitor the behaviour of students, encouraging positive behaviour and reporting any incidents
• To ensure the safety and well-being of children, providing support where necessary or signposting concerns to colleagues
• To liaise with external agencies, where appropriate, talking through therapeutic programmes and discussing programmes
• To write specific health care plans/Personal Evacuation Plans for key students
• To be responsible for the recording and distribution of medicines
• To support students over break and lunch times
• Help with the collation of Review/Annual Review meetings
• Help with classroom resources and records
• To implement learning programmes a directed by the class teacher – with individual or small groups
• To monitor individual student’s needs and provide regular feedback to the teacher
• Contribute to the management of student behaviour
• To participate in the evaluation of the support programme
• To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Learning Support Faculty
• Support and reinforce the school curriculum including catch up KS3/GCSE work, literacy, numeracy activities in a 1:1 setting and in the classroom
• Provide support for learning activities including enrichment activities during the normal school day
• Support the use and development of ICT within the classroom
• Support the smooth running of the Faculty by covering designated priority lessons of absent staff as and when required by the SENCo
• To take responsibility for display and up keep of designated areas in the Faculty
• Maintain effective working relationships with colleagues and parents
• Maintain and safeguard the confidential nature of student/teacher/home issues
• Contribute to the maintenance of student safety and security, including break and lunchtime duties in the Faculty and taxi duties
• Attend Faculty/Pastoral meetings as appropriate

What the school offers its staff

• Archway benefits to include shopping discounts and competitions
• A free and confidential employee assistance programme offering counselling and advice
• Access to Generous Local Government pension contributions and additional benefits
• Access to discounted travel schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Comprehensive training and support
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• Eye care voucher scheme
• Free flu vaccine
• Access to e-learning and development

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.