Sensory Impairment Teaching Assistant
Bower Park Academy
Havering
- £18,161 - £18,710 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Salary: £18,161-£18,710 p/a Grade 1/2, Spinal Point 3-5 FTE £26,238-£27,030 p/a (Inclusive of Outer London Weighting)
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 7 June 2024
Job overview
Salary: £18,161-£18,710 p/a
Grade 1/2, Spinal Point 3-5
FTE £26,238-£27,030 p/a
(Inclusive of Outer London Weighting)
29 Hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Required as soon as possible
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 Sensory Impairment Teaching Assistant to support our specialist resource base. The role will involve supporting Vision Impaired and Deaf students in both the mainstream and the resource base. The successful candidate will have experience of working with SEN students or have worked with both/either VI and Deaf students and have an enthusiasm to train/develop further skills in these specialisms.
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
- Relevant GCSE, ‘A’ level or graduate qualifications or equivalent
- BSL Level 1 or a willingness to start the course September 2024
- 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
Please complete applications by 12pm Friday 7th June 2024. Interviews are scheduled to take place week beginning 10th June 2024. Please note that the Trust reserves the right to interview prior to the deadline date.
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.
For further information about this role, please contact Ms Moira Meade on mmeade@elatschools.co.uk
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About Bower Park Academy
At Bower Park Academy we have the great privilege to educate other people’s children, bringing with it a huge responsibility to provide the best education in an environment where we endeavour to develop the whole child as we aim to prepare young people for happiness and success in their adult lives. We offer a broad, balanced curriculum that ensures students master relevant knowledge, concepts and skills of a wide range of disciplines, whilst fostering a lifelong love of learning.
The Academy is at the heart of the local community, providing a caring and supportive environment where students are nurtured and supported to achieve success. We provide high‑quality learning for all students and believe that, no matter what their starting point or personal circumstances, every student can achieve success.
In September 2016, Bower Park joined the Empower Learning Academy Trust (ELAT), with Hall Mead School, Hacton Primary School, Ardleigh Green Junior School, Ardleigh Green Infants School and The Brittons Academy. Hall Mead, as the sponsor, is an outstanding school with teaching school status. The Trust is using best practice development to support all staff across the schools to improve the quality of provision. In this way, ELAT is helping the schools to rapidly improve the quality of provision to ensure success for all students.
We will equip every student with the skills, attributes, values and qualifications necessary to lead highly successful adult lives.
Simon London - CEO, Empower Learning Academy Trust
Ofsted report
"Pupils’ personal development is strong. There are many opportunities for pupils to develop their leadership skills and take responsibility. As a result, pupils are well prepared for the next stage of their education"
View Bower Park Academy’s latest Ofsted report
Bower Park Academy is part of the Empower Learning Academy Trust
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