Targeted Intervention Assistant

Our Academy

Shenley Academy has been on an incredible journey, having been judged as inadequate in October 2018 to an overall judgement of Good in July 2021, with:

·       outstanding leadership and management

·       outstanding personal development

·       outstanding behaviour and attitudes.

We are a forward-thinking and dynamic 11-16 academy set in a beautiful 37-acre site in Birmingham. Our moto is ‘building futures, changing lives’ and our most recent OFSTED report states:

“..this is exactly what happens here. Everyone involved in the school is committed to every pupil’s welfare, well-being and academic success. Pupils’ mental health is front and centre in leaders’ thinking and decision making”, OFSTED July 2021

https://shenleyacademy.e-act.org.uk/about/ofsted-reports/

The curriculum is at the heart of everything that we do, and we are committed to providing our pupils with an exceptional education and wider school experience, supporting every individual to achieve the very best possible outcomes.

We are looking to appoint an exceptional Targeted Intervention Assistant to join our Inclusion team at Shenley E-ACT Academy, to work with teachers to support children and young people to achieve their potential by providing support to overcome barriers to learning across the curriculum.

Supporting students, by working closely with the teaching staff to plan and deliver catch up work and SEN interventions.

Developing the skills and aptitudes of students who struggle to access the full National Curriculum through academic mentoring, support and short targeted interventions, helping to manage and monitor students on that provision.

Create and maintain a purposeful, orderly and supportive environment, in accordance with lesson plans and assist with the display of pupils’ work.

Use strategies, under the supervision and guidance of the teacher, to support pupils to achieve learning goals

Undertake structured and agreed learning activities/teaching programmes under the supervision and guidance of teaching staff

Undertake programmes linked to local and national learning strategies e.g. literacy, numeracy, early years recording achievement and progress and feeding back to the teacher.

For a full description of the role, see the job description and job specification.

Working 37 hours a week for 39 weeks per year

Salary - £17,593 - £19,044 - FTE: £20,092 - £21,748

As a trust we offer:

Competitive local Government Pension Scheme

30 days annual leave and statutory Bank Holidays

Ride to Work Scheme

Market leading Personal Development and Training plans to further your career

Access to Mental Health First Aid Programme

24 hours access to Employee Assistance Programme

Come join our team

Quite aside from the opportunity to work with pupils whose energy, creativity and enthusiasm never fail to inspire, our academy is: 

·       Committed to teacher development through E-ACT’s professional learning program in partnership with leading training providers such as Ambition School Leadership. 

·       Leading the way in youth mental health through our very own Mental Health First Aid programme - we aim to train every teacher as a mental health first aider. 

·       A leader in the education sector for outstanding employee benefits including a generous maternity policy and opportunities for flexible working. 

Part of the E-ACT family

We are an E-ACT academy and proud to be part of a community that includes over 15,400 pupils and 2,300 teaching and non-teaching professionals across the country.

E-ACT multi-academy trust is responsible for 25 academies across the length and breadth of England.

Our academies can collaborate and share ideas with one another in ways that schools may not be able to. Most importantly, we all feel part of something much bigger as our responsibilities go far beyond the four walls of a single academy, and extend to people and their communities across the country.

We are always on the lookout for dynamic, motivated and enthusiastic people so we can continue to give every one of our pupils the opportunity to explore, solve, create and achieve.

In return we offer the chance to work with amazing people and inspirational pupils, as well as a great salary and sector -leading work -life balance arrangements.

Find out more at www.e-act.org.uk

E-ACT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults, and all appointments are subject to enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks and satisfactory references.

E-ACT is also committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.