About the role
We are looking for a full time SEND Teaching Assistant to work at our Cambourne Campus. The role will be supporting children with SEND within our Squirrels provision. Previous experience of working as a teaching assistant in a school setting, supporting a range of needs would be highly desirable.
We are looking for candidates who:
• Would relish the opportunity to work with very supportive and dedicated teams of teachers and teaching assistants.
• Will work hard to ensure the children they support are fully included in our child-centred, and cross-curricular curriculum.
• Have a good understanding of Autism and SEMH as well as strategies that can support children in these areas
In return, we can offer a very positive working environment due to;
• Happy, confident children who fully enjoy their learning, behave well and love their school.
• A truly inclusive and exciting school where innovation and individuality is encouraged and celebrated.
• A very cohesive and committed staff team.
• Excellent support from parents, governors and the partnership of local schools.
• A school that has been judged as being “good” in all areas.
What will you be doing?
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Support for children
• In conjunction with the classroom teacher, adapt lessons to meet the needs of individual children and small groups.
• Take responsibility for delivering learning activities with small groups/individuals who would benefit from a different learning approach as agreed.
• Establish and maintain supportive relationships with individual pupils, small groups and parents/carers to ensure they understand and can achieve the tasks.
• Provide learning support to children with significant care needs, or where English is not their first language.
• Support children with significant development needs, e.g. cognitive ability, EBD, learning skills, etc. as directed.
• Encourage and promote inclusion in the classroom, ensuring all pupils feel involved with tasks, activities and are able to access the curriculum.
2. Support for the curriculum
• Support the school curriculum, including literacy and numeracy activities.
• Suggest areas where ICT might be used to enrich pupil learning
• Provide targeted support to enhance learning and improve attainment
3. Support for the teacher
• Assist in maintaining class records and contribute to reports on pupil progress and development as directed.
• Monitor and track progress and provide feedback to assist in developing ADPRs for children with special needs.
• Contribute to the planning, monitoring and evaluation of work programmes for individual pupils and groups.
• Organise the learning environment and develop classroom resources as required.
• Undertake support activities for the teacher as required, e.g. photocopying, preparation of materials, mounting displays.
• Contribute to the management of pupil behaviour, including anticipating and taking action to prevent potential problems arising.
4. Support for the school
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with other staff and parents/carers.
• Contribute to the maintenance of a safe and healthy environment.
• Attend and actively participate in TA meetings.
• Participate in and support the professional development of other teaching assistants as required.
• Assist in facilitating school events, e.g. school plays, events.
About you
Visits to our school are strongly advised so prospective candidates can have a full understanding of our unique school. Please contact the school office to arrange a visit or to receive an application pack. The full application pack can also be accessed and downloaded from our school website www.hardwickandcambourneprimary.co.uk . Contact email: sbm@hardwick.cambs.sch.uk.
Hardwick and Cambourne Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of children in our care. All staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment. In our school we create a culture of safeguarding vigilance which is the responsibility of all staff.
When applying for a post at Hardwick and Cambourne Primary school, you will be subject to a safer recruitment process as follows:
• If you are shortlisted, you will be required to complete a self-disclosure, which you will need to bring with you in an envelope marked confidential
• All shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search
• During the interview process, the interview panel will explore your skills, experience and attitudes and the questions asked with include questions about safeguarding children
• All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check with barred list
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.
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