Teaching Assistant L2 - Specialist Resource Provision within school

Specialist Resource Provision Teaching Assistant within Brigg Primary School  

Salary Scale – TA2 Full Time Permanent post. (8.45am – 3.45pm) 

Closing date:  Midday Monday 25th November.  Interview: Thursday 28th November.

We are seeking to recruit an experienced, passionate, and effective practitioner, to join our truly inclusive school with the exciting opportunity to work in a brand new SEN resource provision for children with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder, opening in January 2025 within Brigg Primary School as part of The North Lincolnshire SEN local offer.

We are looking for a person who has experience, skills and ambition for the children to be nurtured and educated in a way that matches their needs and enable them to accomplish their learning and personal targets.

Working across the school, with SRP and mainstream staff, the role is suited to someone with a sense of purpose, a positive outlook and attitude, and a passion for helping children be the best that they can be.

We are looking for a teaching assistant who:

• Has a proven ability to support pupils with ASD or SEMH needs effectively through the use of dynamic & engaging techniques.
• Has the ability to work with a team in a responsive and flexible manner, responding to the instruction and advice of the provision lead.
• Can use their initiative to solve problems.
• Can share ideas for the adjustment of learning to enable pupils to access the learning effectively.
• Is able to lead small groups. 1:1 teaching along with preparing lessons and resources as well as completing paperwork to demonstrate learning and impact.
• To build effective trusting relationships with staff, pupils, parents and external agencies. 
• Is flexible, committed to our school and willing to take a full part in the life of our school community.

We are able to offer the successful candidate 

• A dedicated, well-resourced learning space
• A friendly and inclusive team who are supportive of one another and focused on well-being.
• A warm, welcoming environment within a bigger than average Primary School,
• Being part of an experienced and supportive team

Continuing professional development to move to the next stage in your career.
We warmly invite visits to our school to find out more about the role. Please contact the school office (01652 652155) and arrange a meeting with our Head Teacher.

Why join us?

We offer:

Competitive salaries

Local Government Pension Scheme with employer contributions up to 18.5%

Generous annual leave and Bank Holiday entitlement

Flexible and agile working

A modern workplace with access to great technology

Salary sacrifice schemes- ie the option to purchase additional holidays or a bike to cycle to work

Family friendly policies supporting fostering, adoption and caring responsibilities

Our values and culture

We stay true to our values:

Equality of opportunity so everyone can have a good quality of life.

Striving for excellence and high standards.

Using our resources wisely and with integrity.

Promoting self-responsibility and people having choice and control over their own lives.

Our organisational goals are to be:

Progressive and enabling in our approach.

Financially and environmentally sustainable.

Safer recruitment

As an employer, we will:

· Promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from existing and prospective employees or volunteers.

· Commit to the recruitment of a diverse workforce to best meet the needs of our customers.

· Ensure that recruitment decisions are based on reasonable and objective criteria, free from bias or unfair discrimination.

· Provide training for recruiters to ensure they are fully equipped with the skills to recruit the best people.

· Make reasonable adjustments to any aspect of the process to meet individual need, where known.

Please note that new guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022 requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This to enable us to identify any incidents or issues which have happened and are publicly available online which we might want to explore at interview. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who will attend an interview.

All applicants must be permitted to work in the UK and hold a relevant work permit where necessary. If you have lived or worked outside of the UK in the last 5 years, we will also require additional information in order to comply with safer recruitment requirements. Any job offer will be conditional on the satisfactory completion of the necessary pre-employment checks and receipt of satisfactory references which will be sought prior to interview.

The above post will be subject to a DBS check, satisfactory references and will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ds-code-of-practice) 'It is an offence for anyone barred from working with children or adults to apply to work in regulated activity with that group'

This post is also subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK and other pre-employment checks where applicable.