Pupil-Specific Learning Support Assistant (KS2/KS4)

Forest Oak School; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 20,000; Full time

Job summary

Forest Oak School in Birmingham is seeking two highly motivated Band B Pupil Specific Teaching Assistants to support a Key Stage 2 pupil and a Key Stage 4 pupil. 32.5 hours per week, term time only (39 weeks), start date as soon as possible, with fixed-term contract to 31 August 2027.

Working under the Senior Leadership Team, you will help deliver high-quality learning, teaching and assessment. Must hold NVQ Level 2 Teaching Assistant or other childcare qualification and have experience with

Qualifications

• Experience of supporting learners with speech, language and communication needs.
• Experience of working with learners with cognition and learning needs thereby able to collaborate with teachers to differentiate /scaffold learning tasks and activities for learners working significantly below age related expectations.
• Must be prepared to train for, or be experienced in delivering, intimate care plans.
• An understanding of learners’ sensory differences
• Experience of helping learners to understand and regulate their emotional responses and develop a greater sense of self-awareness, independence and resilience
• Working knowledge of a range of interventions and approaches to enhance literacy and numeracy development
• Partnership with parents

Responsibilities

• Support a Key Stage 2 pupil and a Key Stage 4 pupil under supervision of senior staff.
• Collaborate with teaching colleagues to deliver quality learning, teaching and assessment.
• Contribute to raising standards of achievement for all learners.

Skills

Speech & language support

Cognition & learning support

Intimate care planning

Sensory differences understanding

Emotional regulation & resilience

Literacy & numeracy interventions

Partnership with parents

Education

NVQ Level 2 Teaching Assistant

Relevant childcare qualification

Job description

Forest Oak School in Birmingham is seeking two highly motivated Band B Pupil Specific Teaching Assistants to support a Key Stage 2 pupil and a Key Stage 4 pupil. 32.5 hours per week, term time only (39 weeks), start date as soon as possible, with fixed-term contract to 31 August 2027.

Working under the Senior Leadership Team, you will help deliver high-quality learning, teaching and assessment. Must hold NVQ Level 2 Teaching Assistant or other childcare qualification and have experience with