Teaching Assistant

Start date: ASAP or September 2023

Closes: Wednesday 7th June 2023 at 9am

Interviews will take place week commencing - to be confirmed

Salary LBR 3 £24,804 to £25,212 FTE (Actual £21,055.33 to £21,401.67)

Contract: Term Time only (44.26 weeks p.a)

If you have natural enthusiasm for working with young people are committed to working to improve their life chances, then Redbridge Alternative Provision (RAP) would like you to join our welcoming and passionate team.

Redbridge Alternative Provision provides an education for a range of KS3 & 4 students who have been, or are at risk of permanent exclusion from their mainstream school. We are an “Outstanding” provision (Ofsted, December 2018), situated in the London Borough of Redbridge in North-East London.

This is an exciting opportunity in an outstanding PRU for an experienced, enthusiastic and committed person, who will continue to maintain the services high standards by providing abundant opportunities for all students to achieve.

Job Purpose:

To support the academic and behavioural needs of the students at RAP to enable them to develop personal, social and academic skills. To assist the staff team in RAP in enabling a calm and purposeful environment for education.

We are looking for:

• An all-round individual, who is able to inspire and motivate students

• Has a proven track record of high standards with pupils with challenging behaviour within a PRU/AP or similar setting

• Has excellent interpersonal and organisational skills

• Has an interest in, and understanding of, the factors, which affect behaviour

• Is both flexible, a good team player and has a good sense of humour

• A positive attitude to hard work and challenging situations

We can offer you:

• A welcoming and positive working environment where the wellbeing of both students and staff is a high priority

• Students with whom you can make exceptional progress

• The opportunity to be part of a hard-working, supportive, solution focussed team of professionals

• A highly rewarding job where you can make a difference to young people’s lives

Please note that we can only accept our standard application form and not CV’s.

Completed application forms should be sent back to Kerrie Marshall, to arrive no later than:

Wednesday 7th June 2023 at 9am.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role, therefore if you are interested then please submit your application as soon as possible.

Informal discussions are welcomed by contacting Kerrie Marshall, kerriemarshall@nrhs.redbridge.sch.uk:

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment and undergo appropriate checks, therefore, all posts within the Trust are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

All adults employed by the school have a responsibility for data protection and have a duty to observe and follow the principles of the GDPR Regulations.

Redbridge Alternative Provision welcomes applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, age or sexual orientation.

All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this position.