Are YOU committed to supporting children of all abilities to achieve their very best?

Would you like to work in an exciting and inclusive multi-cultural school, with excellent professional development opportunities and a supportive working environment?

Bassett Green Primary School is looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic Higher Level Teaching Assistant to join our team of support staff as we continue our journey of school improvement.

The successful candidate will:

• Be able to build relationships with children from a variety of backgrounds, and differentiate work to cater for children with SEN or EAL.
• Be flexible and adaptable to meet the needs of the children in their class.
• Be an excellent role model, with strong communication and organisational skills
• Have good English and Maths skills

Please note; It is a requirement for all candidates wishing to apply for HLTA status must have, and be able to provide evidence of, level 2 (equivalent to GCSE A*-C grade) qualifications in both maths and English.

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Purpose of the job:

• To assist teachers in providing a learning environment that enables all children to access the curriculum and learn to the best of their ability.
• To complement the professional work of teachers by taking responsibility for agreed learning activities
• To work with and support children with a variety of academic, physical and emotional/behavioural needs on a class, group or individual basis

Key accountabilities:

• To assess the needs of pupils and use specialist skills and knowledge to work with individuals or groups of children, as directed by the class teacher and/or SENCo, supporting subjects and learning interventions across the whole curriculum and developing Behaviour Support Plans
• To establish supportive, caring and secure relationships with the children, promoting respect and self-esteem and a positive, inclusive whole school ethos;
• To provide class teaching cover (both planned and unplanned) using lesson plans prepared by the class teacher;
• To understand and respond to the specific academic, physical and emotional/behavioural needs of individuals and groups of children;
• To assist the class teacher/SENCo with the planning, development and delivery of suitable programmes of work for pupils, including those with specific learning needs;
• To select and prepare resources necessary to lead learning activities to support aspects of the curriculum or particular learning outcomes, and to assist and support the children in using them;
• To help, support and motivate the children, encouraging independent learning and enabling learning targets and outcomes to be achieved;
• To monitor and record pupils' progress, mark work, provide relevant feedback to teachers and contribute to reports to parents where appropriate;
• To provide welfare support to the children, including administering First Aid (dependent on training) and attending to personal hygiene and identified medical needs as required;
• To manage other Teaching Assistants (performance management, training, deployment);
• To assist with general school duties including setting up classrooms, preparing resources, tidying and clearing away, supervision of children during playtimes and supervision of children entering and leaving school premises
• To effectively cover and deliver the planned lessons in the absence of the teacher

Supporting the school:

At an appropriate level, according to the job role, grade and training received, all employees in the school are expected to:

• Support the aims, values, mission and ethos of the school and participate in a team approach to all aspects of school life.
• Attend and contribute to staff meetings and INSET days as required, and identify areas of personal practice and experience to develop.
• Take appropriate responsibility for safeguarding and children's welfare and be aware of confidential issues linked to home/child/teacher/school and keep confidences appropriately.
• Be aware of health and safety issues and act in accordance with the school's Health and Safety Policy.

Other duties:

The post holder may be expected to carry out duties other than those given in the job description where the level of responsibility is similar and he/she has appropriate qualifications or receives appropriate training to carry out these duties.