Teaching Assistant with Maths Specialism

Harris Academy Rainham; Greater London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Harris Academy Rainham is seeking a Teaching Assistant to support Maths learners, including those with SEND, in a dynamic secondary school setting. You will assist with classroom activities and help address students' personal welfare needs as required.

The ideal candidate will hold a degree or equivalent, understand SEND strategies, and possess strong literacy, numeracy and ICT skills for recording and managing data.

Qualifications

• Degree level or equivalent qualification required.
• Understanding of SEND and learning barriers.
• Experience supporting learning of students in education.
• Good ICT skills and ability to update records/databases.

Responsibilities

• Support learning in the classroom and with activities.
• Attend to students' personal needs including welfare, health, first aid and safety.
• Maintain positive relationships with stakeholders and support workload management.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Motivation and engagement

Teamwork across levels

Good literacy and numeracy

Education

Degree level or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Database records

Job description

Harris Academy Rainham is looking for a Teaching Assistant specialising in Maths to support individuals and groups of students at the academy, including those with SEND.

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 £25,394.21 - £25,756.54 (39 weeks per year, 37.5 hours per week).

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