Specialist Teaching Assistant - SEMH
Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth
Stockton-on-Tees
- £20,531 - £22,331 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Grade 9
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2023
- Apply by:
- 13 December 2022
Job overview
30 hours per week, Term Time + 5 days
Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth, seeks Specialist TAs to take responsibility for SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health support in school. These are newly created positions for the 22/23 academic year.
We are a welcoming and supportive academy, with a relentless determination to provide the very best education for every child. We place students at the centre of everything we do, with a focus on creating a culture of success and a positive climate for learning.
As a Specialist Teaching Assistant, you will work closely with members of our Inclusion Team and will require the energy and creativity to develop and inspire students' learning. A key focus will be to support student intervention and increase students' ability to access all areas of the curriculum. You will embed and develop literacy and numeracy skills, working proactively with other members of the Inclusion Team to improve attainment, by adopting a personalised approach towards planning and delivery of a bespoke curriculum.
Examples of work includes:
- Taking responsibility for a caseload of students inside and outside of the classroom during structured or unstructured time.
- Assessing the needs of students and using detailed knowledge and specialist skills to support students educational progress and attainment.
- Delivering intervention programmes to individuals and small groups, preparing relevant and appropriate learning experiences in conjunction with the department staff.
Outwood Grange Academies Trust (OGAT) is recognised as one of the highest performing multi-academy trusts in the country. We believe that all support staff within our Family of Schools are key in securing student success and ensuring professional development opportunities are part of our transformation model.
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Closing date: 8.00am on 6 January 2023.
Interview date: 11 January 2023.
We reserve the right to close advertisements early.
Outwood Grange Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made in accordance with safer recruitment practices and the statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. Online checks will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates, and all appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and checks regarding suitability to work with children.
About Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth
- Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth
- Harrowgate Lane, Bishopsgarth
- Stockton-on-Tees
- TS19 8TF
- United Kingdom
Chief Executive Officer: Lee Wilson
Head of School: Jason Rhodes
We are an 11-16, Ofsted Good rated academy based in the market town of Stockton-on-Tees, in vibrant County Durham and have been a part of the Outwood family of schools since 2016.
We are proud that Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth is rated Good by Ofsted and are delighted that in its report, Ofsted noted ‘the school is being rapidly transformed through the highly effective actions of leaders and the trust’.
As part of this transformation, we aim to innovate with a knowledge-rich curriculum, designed to personalise learning for every student, helping them to reach their potential.
We serve the local community and aim to give its children an excellent start in life by giving them a first-class education. As a smaller school we know all our students, their strengths and how to get the very best out of them.
We have won numerous awards as a school and we have been accredited with the prestigious IQM Award, in addition to being an IQM Centre of Excellence, which highlights that inclusion at all levels is of paramount importance to us. We are also proud to have been awarded Silver 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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