Specialist Teaching Assistant - Behaviour and Resilience
Outwood Academy Portland
Nottinghamshire
- £20,409 - £21,658 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Grade 8 SCP 18 - 21
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 8 March 2021
Job overview
We are seeking to appoint a Specialist Teaching Assistant with a focus on Behaviour and Resilience to support behaviour for learning and any other necessary intervention with students who require additional mentoring to achieve their progression and attainment targets. The successful candidate will also work with small groups and individual students across Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 as required. Our staff are dedicated to securing the best possible outcomes for every student and are enormously proud of Ofsted’s Outstanding rating and strive for constant improvement.
Working as a Specialist Teaching Assistant is an excellent opportunity to gain experience and contribute to the learning of students. The successful candidate needs to be extremely well organised, IT literate and have excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
The successful candidate will:
• Take responsibility for a caseload of students inside and outside of the classroom during structured or unstructured time.
• Assess the needs of students and use detailed knowledge and specialist skills to support students’ educational progress and attainment.
• Deliver intervention programs to individuals and small groups, preparing relevant and appropriate learning experiences in conjunction with the Inclusion Team.
• Track and monitor student life skill targets and/or EHCP outcomes, discussing progress with parents and agreeing new targets/EHCP outcomes at Interim Reviews.
• The use of ICT Systems and software, particularly Google Suite.
Applicants will have English and Maths at Grade C/4 or higher, a Level 4 qualification and an HLTA qualification is desirable.
If you are interested or have any further questions regarding this role, we invite you to contact Katie Scott, HR Assistant at hr@portland.outwood.com
For more information and to apply online, please go to: www.outwood.com > careers. CVs will not be accepted.
Closing date: Midday on 8 March 2021.
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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students. All offers of employment will be subject to enhanced DBS Checks.
About Outwood Academy Portland
Chief Executive Officer: Lee Wilson
Principal: Danielle Sheehan
We are proud that Outwood Academy Portland is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. We are an 11-18 academy based in the large friendly town of Worksop, near Sheffield and Nottingham.
Since joining the Outwood Family in 2012, our students have achieved impressive exam result success.
We have created an educational environment where staff and students constantly strive to improve; where teachers sharpen their skills and expand their repertoires to deliver an outstanding learning experience; and where teachers, classroom assistants, mentors, tutors, inclusion support assistants and students operate as a seamless team. This enables everybody, staff and students, to not only see but also help fulfil the potential in each other. Following its latest visit, Ofsted noted that our ‘teachers and support staff comment positively about the opportunities they have for regular training to develop their skills.’
We believe our success speaks for itself as we are above the national average for the number of students achieving at a Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs. We are also proud to have been awarded Bronze Status by the Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health Award.
The Outwood Family of Schools pride ourselves on fully supporting colleagues within the Family both professionally and personally.
We work hard to ensure we reduce workload on staff, allowing more time in the classroom to put our vision of students first, raising standards and transforming lives into practice.
As a founding Trust of the National Institute of Education (NIoT), we will actively invest in your future through working closely with the Outwood Institute of Education and NIoT to offer access to a wide range of CPD opportunities, with all teaching staff receiving a minimum of two hours of CPD each week.
We also offer a generous employment package with a whole host of staff benefits, including family friendly policies, enhanced occupational benefits available (such as maternity, adoption and parental leave) with no qualifying period, funded CPD for qualifications up to and including Masters level plus other exclusive benefits including a partnership with car leasing company, Synergy.
All academies within the Outwood Family have gained the IQM Inclusive Schools Award with 18 having Centre of Excellence status and one holding Flagship status.
If you share our vision, join our family.
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