Teaching Assistant
EMPOWER LEARNING ACADEMY TRUST
Bower Park Academy
Havering Road, Romford, Essex, RM1 4YY
Inspiring Learners, Changing Lives
Teaching Assistant
Hours: 29 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Grade: Grade 1/2 Spinal Points 3 - 5
Salary: £18,159 - £18,707 per annum. FTE: £26,238 - £27,030 (inclusive of Outer London Weighting)
Required as soon as possible
Inspire and be inspired
Our mission is to ‘inspire learners and change lives’ – and that includes our staff. We want to empower our teams so pupils are ready to be kind, confident and impactful world citizens. To help us, we wish to appoint a Teaching Assistant to support our SEND department. There is also an opportunity to work in our Sensory Impairment Resource Base for d/Deaf and Vison Impaired students should you have relevant skills or an interest in this area.
The successful candidate will:
- Have effective communication
- Ability to adapt or modify interactions to meet pupil needs
- Ability to summarise and present information from observations of pupil performance
- Effective time management, planning and collaboration
- Ability to provide a structured activity within a group setting
- Group dynamics and how to apply them
- Ability to recognise the range and implications of factors that impact pupil behaviour
- An understanding of the behaviour patterns that might indicate problems such as substance abuse, bullying or child abuse
- Active in wider community inclusion for children with special educational needs and an interest in developing a career in education.
In return, we offer:
- High quality professional development
- Supportive and friendly colleagues
- Flexible working opportunities
- Staff assistance programme including virtual GP appointments, counselling service, legal services
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Cycle to work scheme
Applications
Please forward your completed application to Lisa Wellard, HR Officer at hr@elatschools.co.uk by 12pm on Monday 4th November 2024. Interviews are scheduled for Friday 8th November 2024.
Please note that the Trust reserves the right to interview prior to the deadline date.
For further information about this role, please contact Ms Jo Scott on scottj@elatschools.co.uk
Empower Learning Academy Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer that is committed to safer recruitment. All applicants must be prepared to undergo screening to confirm their suitability to work with children.