Special Needs Teaching Assistant for SEMH & ASD

Young Foundations Limited; Bedlington; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Career development and training

Salary Sacrifice

Enhanced maternity package

Cycle to Work Scheme

Blue light card discounts

Employee Assistance Programme

Long service reward

Job summary

Young Foundations is seeking a dedicated Teaching Assistant to support teachers with planning, delivery and evaluation of lessons at Howard House School. You will understand student needs through EHCPs, IEPs and risk assessments, ensuring staff stay informed of curriculum updates and safeguarding requirements.

The role requires commitment to high expectations, positive learning climates and consistent behaviour modeling across all lessons and activities.

Qualifications

• Be able to maintain effective record keeping.
• Ability to supervise groups of students.
• Ability to support/instruct other TA’s and support staff.
• Ability to effectively use ICT to support learning, or to undertake training to do so.
• Good literacy and numeracy skills.
• Good organisational and time management skills.
• Ability to form and maintain appropriate professional relationships and boundaries with children and young people.
• Ability to deal with sensitive information in a confidential manner.
• Awareness of legislation relating to child protection.

Responsibilities

• Support teachers with: planning lessons, delivery of lessons and evaluating lessons.
• Have a thorough understanding of the students, you work with, by reading Educational Health Care Plans, Individual Education Plans, Risk Assessment and other relevant documentation, in order to better meet their needs.
• Keep up to date with any changes in learning and teaching related to subject area, including DfE guidance and curriculum changes and ensure staff are kept informed.
• Keep up to date with any legislation or guidance pertaining to the safeguarding of children and young people.
• Set high expectations so that all pupils are inspired, motivated and challenged to reach their full potential.
• Create a positive climate for learning, by explicitly teaching lesson routines and applying behaviours systems consistently and fairly.
• Create a positive climate for learning by explicitly teaching and modelling acceptable and agreed behaviour.
• Support well-structured lessons which allo adequate time to embed new knowledge, understanding and skills and are responsive to pupils' understanding.
• Systematically check pupils' understanding and act to correct any misconceptions.
• provide pupils with feedback aimed at moving their leaning forward.
• To support the planning and delivery of lessons across the curriculum.

Skills

Record keeping

Supervise groups of students

ICT for learning

Literacy and numeracy

Organisational skills

Professional boundaries with children

Confidentiality

Safeguarding awareness

Tools

ICT tools

Job description

Young Foundations is seeking a dedicated Teaching Assistant to support teachers with planning, delivery and evaluation of lessons at Howard House School. You will understand student needs through EHCPs, IEPs and risk assessments, ensuring staff stay informed of curriculum updates and safeguarding requirements.

The role requires commitment to high expectations, positive learning climates and consistent behaviour modeling across all lessons and activities.