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

The Methodist Church in Britain; North Waterhouse Farm; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Sickness scheme

TOIL / flexi

Health benefits

Job summary

The Methodist Church in Britain is seeking a Level 3 Teaching Assistant at Spring Brook Upper, within Spring Brook Academy. The role focuses on supporting pupils with challenging behaviour and complex needs, delivering bespoke interventions for individuals or small groups, and covering short absences of the class teacher.

Term time plus five days (195 days a year) and an enhanced DBS check are required. Experience in SEMH settings is preferred, and the right to work in the UK must be held.

Qualifications

• Supporting pupils with challenging behaviour and complex needs
• Pastoral support for personal, social or learning development
• Differentiating interventions within the curriculum
• Monitoring progress and providing feedback to stakeholders
• Working effectively in a team and using own initiative
• Resilience in handling emotional challenges

Responsibilities

• Support pupils who show challenging behaviour and have complex needs
• Intervene with pupils in crisis or trauma using emotional or educational support
• Support pupils' personal, social or learning development from a pastoral perspective
• Deliver bespoke interventions to individuals or small groups
• Support teaching and learning and help the class teacher prepare and organise lessons
• Cover short-term absence of the class teacher
• Monitor and assess pupil progress and engagement, and give regular feedback to stakeholders
• Work with classroom teachers to differentiate interventions against the curriculum
• Supervise students over lunch and break times as directed
• Build relationships with students, families and key partners

Skills

Challenging behaviour support

Pastoral support

Differentiation

Progress monitoring

Teamwork

Resilience

Job description

Level 3 Teaching Assistant post at Spring Brook Upper, within Spring Brook Academy. The work centres on supporting pupils with challenging behaviour and complex needs, delivering bespoke interventions for individuals or small groups, and covering short absences of the class teacher. The post runs term time plus five days, 195 days a year, and experience of SEMH settings is preferred. Visa sponsorship is not available, and the role needs an enhanced DBS check and the right to work in the UK.

What the job involves

• Support pupils who show challenging behaviour and have complex needs
• Intervene with pupils in crisis or trauma, using emotional or educational support
• Support pupils' personal, social or learning development from a pastoral perspective
• Deliver bespoke interventions to individuals or small groups
• Support teaching and learning and help the class teacher prepare and organise lessons
• Cover short-term absence of the class teacher
• Monitor and assess pupil progress and engagement, and give regular feedback to stakeholders
• Work with classroom teachers to differentiate interventions against the curriculum
• Supervise students over lunch and break times as directed
• Build relationships with students, families and key partners

What’s required

Experience

• Supporting young people with challenging behaviour and complex needs
• Supporting young people past barriers to personal, social or learning development, from a pastoral perspective
• Intervening with students in crisis or trauma using emotional or educational support
• Supporting teaching and learning and lesson organisation alongside the class teacher
• Delivering bespoke interventions to individuals or small groups
• Covering short-term absence of the class teacher

Skills & knowledge

• Monitoring and assessing student progress and engagement, with regular feedback to stakeholders
• Differentiating interventions with classroom teachers against the curriculum
• Supervising students at lunch and break times as directed
• Nurturing, empathetic approach to behaviour management
• Physical and emotional resilience to support pupils with SEMH, understanding behaviour as communication
• Building relationships with students, families and key partners

Checks & eligibility

• Enhanced DBS check
• Right to work in the UK

Other

• Working as part of a team and using own initiative when needed

Nice to have

• Experience of supporting young people in an SEMH setting

What’s offered

• Occupational pension scheme
• Occupational sickness scheme
• TOIL / flexi scheme
• Health benefit scheme