SEND Teaching assistant apprentice

SGS College Group; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 8,000 - 10,000; Full time

Job summary

South Gloucestershire and Stroud College is offering a Teaching Assistant Apprentice role to support primary-aged children with mental health and additional needs. The apprenticeship includes a level 3 teaching assistant course and regular college-based training.

The role includes four days per week of work, with one day at college, 9am–3pm, term time only, totaling 30 hours per week. The position is based at Brentry Lane, Bristol, with potential for progression after completion.

Qualifications

• Full enhanced DBS Check completed
• Local to Brentry area preferred

Responsibilities

• Deliver learning to children on a bespoke timetable tailored to individual needs.
• Support social, emotional and behavioural development of pupils.
• Help implement the national curriculum within structured daily routines.
• Assist with safeguarding and child protection policies.

Job description

As a Teaching Assistant Apprentice, you will support primary-aged children with mental health and additional needs to overcome barriers and re-engage with education. You will support their social, emotional and behavioural development and help deliver learning activities tailored to their individual needs.

Salary will be discussed further at Interview

Training course

Teaching assistant (level 3)

Hours

Four days per week, one at college.9am – 3pm Monday – Friday term time only.
30 hours a week

Monday 02 November

Duration

1 Year 6 Months

1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Role of the apprentice:

• You will also deliver learning to the children on a bespoke timetable suitable for the children’s individual needs and abilities that have been provided by their schools and put in to planning by our activity planner.
• You will be an enthusiastic and positive person who is driven and passionate to help ‘pushed out’ learners develop skills to work through their struggles and become happy learners. Remembering every day is a new day.
• You will be supporting the children that attend our provision providing them to develop skills and techniques that best suit them as an individual, so they are more equipped to manage and understand themselves as a “whole being” and pave their way back into education.
• You will do this by following and providing a consistent and structured routine which has a flexible smooth flow into each step, to decrease demand and anxiety for the children. Our daily routine is well set out to provide short bursts of learning activity, adult led activities and free play.
• Activities are based on the child’s individual outcomes, learning styles and abilities with the national curriculum in mind. The outcomes will be over seen by the directors and taken from their service agreement and regular review meetings, along with any additional support and reports from other professionals. We also have daily staff and parent debriefs and monthly staff meetings so if any concerns or ideas that may be brought to our attention that a child needs extra support on then this will also be added into their planning.
• You will be encouraged to provide ideas and support to the designated activity planner, who will compile the planning of activities for each child, each day/session for you to follow.
• As a key member of staff that works closely with the children you will also take on the responsibility to ensure the safety of each child and always follow our Safeguarding and Child Protection policy and procedures.
• You will be expected to participate in the development of the organisation and always working towards our ethos. Adhering to the organisations policies and procedures, attending mandatory training, as your role will be a valuable part in the growth of the organisation.

Where you’ll work

Brentry Lane
Bristol
BS10 6RG

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

South Gloucestershire and Stroud College

Looking for someone with a good understanding of the challenges children and their families may face and have an open and non-judgemental approach.

• Will require to have a full enhanced DBS Check completed
• Local to Brentry

About this company

We are an alternative learning provision that supports the re-engagement of children back into education of primary school age, struggling with trauma, mental health, emotional dysregulation, and additional needs related behaviours. We support their journey from a break down within their current placement, to supporting them to develop new skills and grow in confidence, to re-engage back into a setting that understands and best suits them.

We also pride ourselves on providing a network of support not only for the child, but the parent/carers and schools as well, to navigate the child’s behaviours, engagement in education and setting pathways to more support in all aspects of the child’s life

After this apprenticeship

To be looking to continue with us after the apprenticeship has been completed and complete full time hours.