SEMH Teaching Assistant

Beckfoot Oakbank; Ingrow; On-site; GBP 8,600 - 13,000; Part time

Job summary

Beckfoot Oakbank in Ingrow, England, is seeking an experienced SEMH Teaching Assistant to support learning and promote inclusion. You will work alongside teaching staff to help all students reach their potential, building strong relationships and modelling our values.

This is a permanent, part-time role, 32 hours and 30 minutes per week, 8:00am to 3:00pm, Monday to Friday. Beckfoot Oakbank is part of Beckfoot Trust, offering professional development and a supportive, wellbeing-focused working

Qualifications

• Experience supporting learning in a school setting.
• Ability to work collaboratively with teaching staff.
• Commitment to inclusion and equality.
• High personal standards and motivation.

Responsibilities

• Support learning under the guidance of teaching staff.
• Help create a calm, safe and purposeful learning environment.
• Build positive relationships with students.
• Promote inclusion and support students of all abilities and backgrounds.

Skills

Enthusiastic

Adaptable

Team player

Commitment to inclusion

Job description

We are seeking to appoint an experienced SEMH Teaching Assistant who is committed to supporting the learning of students to join our dedicated team at Beckfoot Oakbank. You will work alongside teaching staff to support learning, promote inclusion, and help all students to achieve their full potential. You will build strong relationships, model our values of Enjoy-Learn-Succeed, and help create a calm, safe and purposeful learning environment. We are looking for someone who:

• Is enthusiastic, adaptable and motivated to support young people of all abilities and backgrounds
• Can work collaboratively as part of a team
• Demonstrates a commitment to inclusion and equality
• Has high expectations of themselves and others
• Shares our vision for creating remarkable schools where no child is left behind.

Permanent, part-time, 32 hours and 30 minutes per week, TTO plus 5 days, 8.00am to 3.00pm Monday to Friday

Why choose Beckfoot Oakbank

Beckfoot Oakbank is a local 11-18 secondary school with a strong and growing sixth form. We are fully committed to our improvement journey and to delivering an exceptional education for the community we proudly serve.

As part of Beckfoot Trust, we benefit from:

• Expert support and challenge from a skilled central team that works collaboratively with our school.

• Access to trust-wide professional development, resources and shared learning.

We are proud to be a People First Organisation, where:

• Staff voice is valued, and listening is central to our culture.

• We actively work to reduce unnecessary workload.

• We prioritise colleague wellbeing and professional growth, so our team can focus on making a meaningful difference for our students and their families.

This is a genuinely exciting time to join Beckfoot Oakbank, a school that is completely guided by our values of enjoy, learn, succeed. Our vision is summed up in one clear sentence: ‘Beckfoot Oakbank ensured every child succeeded in education, head a great career, and enjoyed life.’

About Beckfoot Trust

Our mission is to create remarkable schools where no child is left behind. Since our establishment in 2013, Beckfoot Trust has grown into a respected, locally rooted family of ten diverse schools (primary, secondary and special) that learn from and support one another.

We are team Beckfoot Trust, and together with Team Beckfoot Oakbank, we’re making a real difference in our community.

Discover more about our vision, the benefits we offer, and how you can join us in shaping the future by visiting our careers page.

Beckfoot Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants as part of our overall vetting checks.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provides that when applying for certain jobs, certain spent convictions and cautions are protected and they do not need to be disclosed to employers. If they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website and further information about filtering offences can be found in DBS filtering guide

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