Teaching Assistant II - Winchelsea School

BCP Council; Poole; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A local educational authority in Poole is seeking dedicated professionals to support children with learning difficulties at Winchelsea School. This role involves working closely with teaching staff and supporting Early Years/Key Stage 1 pupils. The position offers a pro-rata salary ranging from £21,167 to £23,720 for 32.5 hours a week. The school values professional development with excellent benefits and opportunities for progression. All staff may be required to work at various settings throughout the council.

Benefits

Comprehensive induction process

Professional development opportunities

Excellent benefits package

Qualifications

• Experience working with children with moderate learning difficulties and autism.
• Willingness to work at various locations including satellite settings.

Responsibilities

• Support Early Years/Key Stage 1 pupils in their educational journey.
• Collaborate with teaching staff to meet individual learning needs.

Job description

Winchelsea School is a community special school committed to meeting the needs of pupils, aged 4 to 19, with a wide range of learning difficulties. We collaborate closely with local schools, who host our eight satellite classrooms at Kinson Academy, Old Town Infant School, Canford Heath Junior School and Magna Academy.

Working closely with teaching staff, you will become an integral part of the Winchelsea Team. Previous experience of working with children, specifically those with moderate learning difficulties and autism, would be an advantage. Winchelsea School has a comprehensive induction process, provides many opportunities for professional development and the potential for progression.

We are particularly interested in hearing from you if you would like to support are Early Years/Key Stage 1 pupils. However, we also have vacancies working with our older cohorts. Candidates should be aware that all staff might be required to work at one of our satellite settings or at the main Winchelsea School site.

Please note that the working week for this role is 32.5 hours on a term time only basis, and the pro-rata salary based on hours and weeks worked will be £21,167 to £23,720., We offer an excellent benefits package to colleagues. Find out more on our website

As a result of the creation of BCP Council in 2019, we are working on simplifying our terms and conditions of service and will be creating a single pay structure which is to be applicable for all employees. It is important to us that we offer benefits that our colleagues value as part of their total employment package and we are reviewing these to make sure we have it right. We have been in a process of collective bargaining since 2019 and have positively worked forward to reach an agreed position with the unions for the new contractual offer. This has taken longer than we hoped and therefore we are having to consider all alternative avenues available to enable us to remove inequality in the organisation as a result of bringing together 3 councils.

We are in the process of establishing a timescale for implementation, and all colleagues joining us will be included in these changes. We want to reassure everyone that whichever route is taken to reach the new terms and conditions, we can honour continuous service. If you have any questions at all about this process, please feel free to raise this with the hiring manager.