Level 1 Teaching Assistant

Teaching Vacancies; Rochdale; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Teaching Vacancies is seeking staff to support pupils with complex needs in a special needs setting. The role focuses on fostering engagement, providing nurturing support, and helping teachers differentiate curriculum to meet individual learning goals.

You will work with a dedicated team, monitoring progress, delivering feedback to stakeholders, and modelling positive social behaviour. Commitment to safeguarding is essential, with robust recruitment checks.

Qualifications

• Previous experience of working with young people who may present with challenging behaviour and complex needs.
• Empathetic approach to behaviour management.
• Resilience to support students with complex needs in a non-judgemental way.
• Ability to support teaching and learning in a special needs setting.
• Able to monitor progress and provide regular feedback to stakeholders.
• Willingness to participate in professional development.

Responsibilities

• Support the class teacher to monitor student progress and engagement.
• Record progress and provide feedback to stakeholders.
• Model and encourage appropriate social behaviour inside and outside school.
• Differentiate interventions with classroom teachers to support curriculum.
• Work as part of a team and use initiative when needed.

Skills

Experience with young people with CHB

Empathetic behaviour management

Resilience to support students with CN

Support teaching and learning in SEN

Record progress and provide feedback

Teamwork and initiative

Willingness for professional dev

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Previous experience of working with young people of primary/secondary school age who may present with challenging behaviour and complex needs, preferably within an educational setting
• A nurturing and empathetic approach to behaviour management
• The physical and emotional resilience to support students with complex needs, taking a non-judgemental approach
• The ability to support teaching and learning within a special needs setting to a dedicated group of students
• The ability to support the class teacher to monitor student progress, ensuring their improved engagement with the school and their learning
• The ability to record student progress and provide regular feedback to stakeholders.
• The ability to model and encourage appropriate social behaviour in and out of school and to cater for the general welfare of students.
• The ability to work in partnership with classroom teachers to differentiate appropriate interventions for students in relation to the curriculum
• The ability to work as part of a team using own initiative when needed
• Willingness to participate in own professional development

What the school offers its staff

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.