Level 2 Teaching Assistant

St Mary’s Catholic College

Level 2 Teaching Assistant

Job Title: Level 2 Teaching Assistant

Location: St Mary’s Catholic College

Responsible To: People Business Support Lead

Salary Grade: Band D, scale point 6-7 £21,968-£22,369 FTE, (£17,211-17,525 actual)

Contract: This is a full-time, fixed-term contract initially until 31/08/2025. This post is 32.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time plus INSET days).

Start Date: 1st September 2023

Closing Date for Applications: Friday 9th June 2023 at 12.00pm

About the role

Our mission is simple, we develop individual excellence, embrace opportunities and build communities with the Gospel values at the heart. St Mary’s Catholic College are looking for enthusiastic, hard-working individuals who will promote students' development in a safe and secure environment. Your role will be to support students by developing an understanding of the student's specific needs in order to help them learn as effectively as possible, whilst ensuring their safety and well-being.

The SEND department at St. Mary’s is committed to inclusion and we have two specialist bases on site; the Arc (Autism base) and the Element Centre ( a short term SEMH intervention on site). Both offer opportunities to work within specialist teams. 

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• To promote students' development in a safe, secure, challenging environment
• To meet the physical/medical needs of the student according to a student’s individual care plan whilst encouraging independence wherever possible.  Medical needs include the administration of medicines by mouth or other medical procedures provided appropriate training has been given by an appropriate person.
• To develop an understanding of the student's specific needs in order to help them learn as effectively as possible
• To encourage inclusion within the classroom
• To display students' work to reflect their achievement
• To encourage good personal hygiene and assist with necessary self-help skills (feeding, toileting, dressing etc.)
• To facilitate small group and 1-1 interventions as directed by the SENDCO (homework club, social skills, Precision Teaching, ELSA) 

We offer: 

●  A unique opportunity to work for a MAT which is one of 87 national teaching school hubs and includes the lead school for Cheshire and Wirral Maths Hub

●  Mentoring and high level training

• A stable and well established SEND team with opportunities to work in both mainstream and specialist settings

 ●  Encouragement to develop your career with excellent promotion opportunities and opportunities

●  A caring environment with well-being and work/life balance at its core.

●  Inclusion in whole school and MAT teams – working together to achieve ambitious outcomes whilst valuing every individual’s contribution

In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, Holy Family Multi Academy Trust will undertake general online searches for all shortlisted candidates, this may include social media and video platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tik Tok and You Tube. Online searches will only examine data that is publicly available, and the aim is to identify any incidents or issues. Any areas of concern will be discussed during the interview process.

We are committed to safeguarding the young people in our care, and we expect all our staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to relevant clearance from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

To apply for this position, please send a covering letter and completed application form for the attention of Mr K Maddocks, Headteacher, to recruitment@hfcmat.com. For further information please visit the ‘Vacancies’ section on our website www.stmaryswallasey.com.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and individually take responsibility for doing so.