Teaching Assistant - SARP

Teaching Vacancies; England; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Harris Allowance

Performance Bonus

Pension Scheme

Wellbeing Plan

Job summary

Harris Academy Rainham is seeking a Teaching Assistant to support individuals and groups in the SARP. Responsibilities include classroom support, personal care, and welfare tasks. The salary is £24,543 - £24,894 for 36 hours/week over 38 weeks, with standard school hours.

The successful candidate will have degree-level qualifications, a good grasp of SEND, and experience with young people in education. Excellent English, ICT skills, and the ability to work across teams are essential.

Qualifications

• Degree level or equivalent
• Basic knowledge of SEND and learning barriers
• Some knowledge of strategies for working with young people with challenging behaviours
• Awareness of health and safety issues in the workplace
• Experience of working with young people in an education or training setting
• Experience of managing own workload
• Good literacy and numeracy
• Good interpersonal and communication skills in written and spoken English
• Good administrative and organisational skills
• Ability to engage and motivate children
• Ability to work with teams across levels
• Good ICT skills and MS Office
• Ability to use own initiative and exercise judgement
• Flexible approach to work
• Maintain confidentiality and diplomacy

Responsibilities

• Supervising and supporting identified students in 1:1, group or whole class settings
• Assisting in developing resources and teaching strategies to support learning needs
• Evaluating student progress and providing feedback
• Leading small group sessions and interventions
• Attending to students' personal needs
• Supporting behaviour management
• Undertaking activities and adjusting tasks to achieve learning goals
• Supervising during playtimes and lunchtimes
• Preparing classrooms and displaying student work
• Maintaining resources and assisting student use
• Keeping records as requested
• Engaging with parents/carers and reporting information
• Accompanying staff and students on visits and trips

Skills

Literacy

Numeracy

Interpersonal skills

English communication

ICT skills

Teamwork

Education

Degree level or equivalent

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

Harris Academy Rainham is looking for a Teaching Assistant to support individuals and groups of students in the SARP.

This will involve supporting learning in the classroom and attending to students' personal needs where required, including social, health, physical, hygiene, first aid and welfare matters.

The actual salary for this role will be £24,543 - £24,894 (36 hours per week, 38 weeks per year; 08:00-16:00 Monday-Thursday, 08:00-14:30 Friday).

The successful candidate will have:

• Qualifications to degree level or equivalent
• Basic knowledge of SEND and learning barriers
• Some knowledge of strategies in working with young people with challenging behaviours
• Knowledge of some of the social issues facing students from disadvantaged backgrounds
• Awareness of Health and Safety issues in the workplace
• Experience of working directly with young people in an education or training environment, supporting the learning of students
• Experience of establishing and maintaining positive working relationships with a range of stakeholders, at all levels
• Experience of managing and being responsible for own workload
• Good literacy and numeracy skills
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, with an excellent standard of written and spoken English
• Good administrative and organisational skills
• Ability to interest, encourage, motivate and engage children
• Ability to work effectively with team members across a wide range of levels and responsibilities
• Good ICT skills, including a working knowledge of Microsoft packages and the ability to update records and databases.
• Ability to work using own initiative, exercising good judgement where unsupervised
• Flexibility of approach to work
• Ability to maintain confidentiality, exercising tact and diplomacy

What the school offers its staff

Harris Academy Rainham is a very popular and oversubscribed 11-16 academy which is part of the Harris Federation. We joined the Federation in September 2016 and there are exciting times ahead. We opened a Sixth Form for 400 students in September 2023 and are looking for ambitious and dedicated staff who wish to be a part of our Academy. At Harris Academy Rainham we have a dedicated group of staff who are deeply committed to serve our community. We have built a school on our core values of Belong, believe, Become. These values are at the heart of our school and all that we do. What makes us different: Our values are at the centre of our school and aren't simply a slogan on a website. We have a firm but fair approach to behaviour. This is built on the use of consistent routines and teaching our students how to behave. We deliver a knowledge rich curriculum that is developed by our staff to meet the needs of our students. The knowledge we teach takes our students beyond their everyday experiences and enables them to see the world differently. Our leaders are role models, they lead by example, admit mistakes, welcome opinions and love honest conversations. We are a staff united against educational disadvantage with a fierce determination to show our students the world beyond Havering. What we can do for you: Great career progression both within our Academy and the Federation. Excellent professional development opportunities. As a Leading edge school we have been recognised as being at the forefront of educational thinking and research is central to all we do. Meaningful measures to manage workload - no graded observations, early finish on a Friday, no onerous marking requirements but sensible feedback policies. Bespoke support and line management from excellent leaders across the school. Opportunities for fantastic professional growth as the school develops a sixth from. A school where subjects are 'front and centre' of all we do. The subject determines our pedagogy.

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance (usually £2,000 for Inner London and £1,500 for Outer London), a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Teachers Pension Scheme, a Wellbeing Cash Plan, Employee Assistance Programme, and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.

Further details about the role

Your responsibilities will include:

• Supervising and supporting identified students in 1:1, group or whole class situations, ensuring their safety and access to learning in a purposeful and supportive learning environment.
• Assisting in developing resources, schemes of work and teaching strategies, working with the teacher to ensure the provision supports learning needs.
• Assisting in evaluating identified students' progress and providing feedback on their achievements, progress and needs.
• Leading small group sessions and interventions as appropriate.
• Attending to students' personal needs where required.
• Supporting with behaviour management.
• Undertaking learning activities/teaching programmes, adjusting activities to ensure achievement of learning goals.
• Assisting with the supervision of students out of lesson times, including playtimes and undertaking lunchtime duty.
• Supporting students with their learning and development in respect of local and national learning strategies.
• Preparing the classroom for lessons, clearing afterwards and assisting with the display of students' work.
• Preparing and maintaining resources and assisting students in their use.
• Undertaking record keeping as requested.
• Establishing and maintaining positive relationships with parents/carers, gathering and reporting information as directed.
• Accompanying teaching staff and students on visits, trips and off site activities as required.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.