Teaching & Learning support assistant

Job Description

Teaching & Learning support assistantRole location: OldhamStarting date: ASAPSalary- £1350-£1600 PM.Monday-Friday 8:30am-3:30pm.Empowering Learning are working with a primary and secondary school looking for an excellent and experienced Teaching and Learning support assistant to join one of our happy and successful schools. The candidate must be flexible, resilient, and enthusiastic.You will be required to work across all areas of the school, so experience of, Key Stage 2 and 3 is desirable.At our special educational needs schools, you will need to be passionate about working in a fast-paced environment and be prepared to change gears at any moment. Teaching Assistants need to be comfortable within their role and understand it is everchanging,you will "wear one of many hats" while in work: that of the teaching assistant, the entertainer, the counsellor, the good cop and, at times, the less good cop (putting in boundaries and sometimes saying the words "No, because") All these roles will be helpingour pupils to learn in the class and understand the acceptable rules of life. That is our commitment to them and their outcomes.If youve already been working as a teaching assistant in a school, where youve been inspired to take up the challenges of the classroom and change lives for the better, I am sure you will remember how difficult that starting point was But your stick-abilitymade a real difference. We want you to join our school and use that stick-ability to help us change the lives of our pupils for the better.This vacancy is an outstanding and unique opportunity for the right person to become a member of our highly inclusive and collaborative team, it is an outstanding and unique opportunity for the right person to become fully functional, multiskilled memberof a highly inclusive and collaborative team that strives to change the lives of children with Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs (SEMH) through all that we do.As a Teaching Assistant you will work collaboratively with the class teacher to support outstanding lessons and support students emotional health and wellbeing. We pride ourselves on being a versatile, empathetic, and intuitive team which develops bespoke,personalised programmes of study to meet the needs of all our students to provide them with the opportunity to maximise their potential, whatever that potential may be. As a specialist school this is a rare opportunity that will give you the chance to helpdevelop an education system that truly focuses on the individual.Our school is fast becoming an outstanding practice in SEMH specialist provision. You will have the opportunity to grow with the school and truly make a difference to the most vulnerable young people in society.If you feel this role may be the right place for you, I hope you will consider applying for the post. I will be more than happy to have an informal conversation if you have any further questions please do not hesitate to get in touch.Grace Edwards

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Teaching & Learning support assistant