Level 3 Teaching Assistant (4 days) based at Spring Brook Upper

Teaching Vacancies; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Part time

Job summary

Teaching Vacancies is seeking a Level 3 Teaching Assistant (4 days) based at Spring Brook Upper to support pupils with SEMH and complex needs. You will contribute to lesson delivery, build strong relationships with students and their families, and assist the class teacher with preparation and assessment.

The role requires resilience, empathy, and a collaborative approach to delivering bespoke interventions and differentiating support for individual and small groups.

Qualifications

• Experience of supporting young people with challenging behaviour and complex needs in an SEMH setting.
• Experience of pastoral support to help learners overcome barriers to development.
• Ability to build relationships with students, families and partners.
• Able to work as part of a team and use initiative when needed.
• Experience of supporting teaching and learning activities and assisting the class teacher.

Responsibilities

• Support the class teacher in day-to-day lesson preparation and organisation.
• Deliver bespoke interventions to individuals or small groups.
• Provide cover for short-term absence of the class teacher.
• Monitor and assess student progress and engagement; provide regular feedback to stakeholders.
• Differentiate interventions to suit the curriculum and student needs; work with teachers to adapt activities.

Skills

SEMH experience

Pastoral support

Behaviour management

Resilience

Interventions

Differentiation

Cover supervision

Progress monitoring

Team collaboration

Working with families

Job description

Level 3 Teaching Assistant (4 days) based at Spring Brook Upper

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Sound experience of supporting young people who present with challenging behaviour and complex needs, preferably within an SEMH setting
• Experience of supporting young people to overcome barriers to their personal, social or learning development from a pastoral perspective
• Experience of intervening to support students incrisisor traumaby using eitheremotionalor educational support
• A nurturing and empathetic approach to behaviour management
• The physical and emotional resilience to support pupils with SEMH, understanding that all behaviour is a form of communication
• Experience of supporting teaching and learning activities for students and providing support for the class teacher in the preparation and organisational processes involved in the day to day running of a lesson.
• Experience of delivering bespoke interventions to individuals or small groups of learners
• Experience of providing cover in the short-term absence of the class teacher
• Experience of monitoring and assessing student progress and engagement; and providing regular feedback to stakeholders
• Experience of working in partnership with classroom teachers to differentiate appropriate interventions for students in relation to the curriculum
• Experience of supervising students over lunch and break times as directed
• The ability to build relationshipswithstudents,families andkey partnersaround thestudents.
• The ability to work as part of a team using own initiative when needed

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.