TV06625- LEVEL 3 Teaching Assistant

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Walsall; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

An established educational federation in Walsall is seeking a dedicated Level 3 Teaching Assistant to join their inclusive team. This role offers the chance to work with children who have diverse and complex needs, ensuring they make progress and enjoy learning. With a strong focus on professional development, you will benefit from tailored induction programs and ongoing training opportunities. The federation is committed to providing a supportive environment where staff can thrive and make a significant impact on children's lives. If you are passionate about education and eager to contribute to a nurturing community, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Tailor-made induction programme

Personalised professional development plan

Career coach

Local Authority staff well-being programme

Discounted childcare

Ongoing professional development meetings

Support from specialist leaders

Opportunities to shadow colleagues

Strong Governing Body

Qualifications

• Experience working with children with complex additional needs.
• Ability to motivate and engage children in learning.

Responsibilities

• Support children with diverse and complex needs.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across the federation.

Skills

Motivating children

Experience with ADHD

Experience with Autism

Trauma-informed practices

Team collaboration

Creative thinking

Supporting independent learners

Professional development

Education

Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification

Tools

Laptop

Job description

Short Heath Federation
Lane Head Nursery, Rosedale C of E Infant School, Short Heath Junior School
LEVEL 3 Teaching Assistant, 32½ hrs a week
Term Time Only
Grade G5 £26,409 - £30,060 Pro-Rata to hours worked.

Our Federation offers a unique opportunity for a very special kind of teaching assistant to work in a single phase school, as well as the chance to work alongside colleagues from other phases, in order to enhance your professional development.

We continue a really exciting phase in our Federation’s development, as we are the West Walsall Nurture Hub, leading in schools on developing Restorative Practice, a Learning Hub for the Attachment Research Community, working collaboratively on delivering Autism Education Trust training and continuing to develop our Specialist learning provisions in response to an ever increasing number of children with specific additional needs!

This is great news for our current staff and for you! We can offer more opportunities for career development over time and more CPD than ever before! We are a fully inclusive school and enjoy the challenge of meeting the needs of every child in a unique way. Our practice is recognised as exceptional. Our staff are too.

At both Rosedale and Short Heath we also have Specialist Resource Provisions - commissioned specialist places for children with EHCPs for either SEMH or Communication and Interaction needs, with a new one about to open at Rosedale in September.

Opportunities exist across all of our Federation schools for Level 3 Teaching Assistants who will inspire our children, ensuring they make good progress and enjoy learning.
All of these posts will involve working within specialist provisions, supporting children with complex additional needs.

You need resilience, strength of character and a professional curiosity in order to support our children’s needs which can be many and varied.

The needs of our children are extremely diverse. We need staff who are experienced in meeting a range of additional and complex needs.

Applications are invited from candidates who:
• enjoy motivating and exciting children about learning
• have working knowledge and experience of working with children with ADHD, Autism and other SEN needs
• have experience of working in an attachment aware and trauma informed way
• love working as part of a team
• are able to use their own initiative, thinking creatively
• are able to support children to be independent learners
• are keen to develop themselves and others
• are imaginative, energetic, enthusiastic and hardworking
• nurture and encourage children to fulfil their potential

We can offer:
• a tailor-made induction programme (whatever your career stage) including opportunities for developing practice in our own and other schools in Walsall;
• a personalised professional development plan;
• a career coach;
• Local Authority staff well-being programme;
• an exciting opportunity for extensive professional development across a federation of schools, working with good and outstanding teachers and a range of specialist practitioners in all phases;
• laptop;
• discounted childcare;
• ongoing weekly professional development meetings;
• the support of a leading practitioner and 6 specialist leaders of education spread across all phases;
• the best children and families;
• opportunities to shadow other colleagues, learning from the best;
• supportive, fun, dedicated, creative and talented colleagues;
• opportunities to support colleagues in a range of settings;
• an exceptionally strong Governing Body;

If you can see yourself being part of our team, you can download an application pack from our website - https://www.lane-head.walsall.sch.uk/more/federation-jobs

If you want more information, please contact our Executive Head, Cathy Draper on [e-mail]

Closing date for applications is 12.00 Noon on Monday 02nd June 2025.

Completed application forms should be returned as a Word doc to [e-mail]
Interviews will be held soon afterwards.

Short Heath Federation is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, keeping children safe in education and promoting British Values in school and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The post is subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure check and a completed Disqualification by Association form, along with relevant pre-employment checks, including two suitable professional references.