Teaching Assistant Level 2 at Lime Academy Orton

Lime Academy Orton; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Lime Trust invites applications for a dedicated school support role across its Peterborough locations. The post holder will assist teachers in delivering personalised learning, support learners with complex needs, and help create an orderly, welcoming classroom environment.

We are looking for a motivated professional who can build strong relationships with learners and families, uphold safeguarding standards, and contribute to high-quality education across our schools within the Trust.

Responsibilities

• Work under the direction of the class teacher to support learners with a range of complex physical, medical and learning needs to access learning by implementing activities and interventions designed to meet their personal needs
• Manage behaviour in line with school policy
• Provide general support to the class teacher in the management and organisation of the classroom
• Assist the teacher in creating and maintaining a purposeful, orderly and supportive learning environment
• Promote the inclusion of all learners, ensuring they have equal opportunities to learn and develop
• Build and maintain successful relationships with learners, treating them with respect and consideration
• Work together with families and other agencies to ensure every learner is valued, challenged and supported
• Have the highest expectation that every learner will make sustained academic and personal progress
• Be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within the school
• The postholder will be part of our school support function and play a large part in delivering a high-quality education to the learners who attend our schools

Job description

About this Role

Lime Trust is a Multi Academy Trust formed of 9 schools over 11 locations across Peterborough, the London Boroughs of Havering and Waltham Forest and Luton. We have grown to include four primary schools, four all-through special schools and one secondary special school, with 2588 pupils and over 750 employees. In our academies we strive to ensure that:

• Learners are safe and enjoy learning
• Everyone feels included, respected, and valued
• An ambitious curriculum develops our learners for the challenges of life and adulthood
• Employee potential is recognised and invested in

The Trust's vision is to provide high quality education for pupils through school-to-school collaboration, Trust direction, high challenge and high support. Our values of Respect, Equity, Self-worth, Partnership, Enjoyment, Communication and Trust are core to all we do.

We passionately believe in promoting the well-being of our teams and have a wide range of benefits and systems to support our staff, you can read more about this in the attached recruitment brochure.

Overview of the role:

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual who is an ambitious passionate professional. You should be somebody who can add value to our school in striving to help deliver personalised learning that prepares our learners for the next stage in their life, and you must be able to:

• Work under the direction of the class teacher to support learners with a range of complex physical, medical and learning needs to access learning by implementing activities and interventions designed to meet their personal needs
• Manage behaviour in line with school policy
• Provide general support to the class teacher in the management and organisation of the classroom
• Assist the teacher in creating and maintaining a purposeful, orderly and supportive learning environment
• Promote the inclusion of all learners, ensuring they have equal opportunities to learn and develop
• Build and maintain successful relationships with learners, treating them with respect and consideration
• Work together with families and other agencies to ensure every learner is valued, challenged and supported
• Have the highest expectation that every learner will make sustained academic and personal progress
• Be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within the school

The postholder will be part of our school support function and play a large part in delivering a high-quality education to the learners who attend our schools.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo Child Protection screening, including checks with past employers and an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS check). References will be taken up before