Job Description:
Primary Teaching Assistant
Join a supportive primary school environment where you'll make a real difference in young children's educational journey every day.
Salary: £14.24 per hour
Hours: School hours (Typical hours are 8:30am – 3:30pm Monday to Friday) Term Time Only
Location: Southampton
Primary School Teaching Assistants required to support students in KS1 and KS2 classes. Successful candidates will need experience of working with 4 - 11 year old's, be reliable, articulate and enthusiastic.
Responsibilities:
You will be required to support the teacher in providing a safe, interesting and stimulating environment for all children. You will work within a friendly team to achieve the aims and objectives of each day and to ensure a high standard of academic, emotional, social and intellectual support throughout the day. You may be supporting students who have specific educational needs on a 1:1 basis or helping with whole class activities or working independently with small groups.
Requirements:
* Must have a high level of English comprehension and communication
* Must have 3 months experience of working in education within the UK
* Must be calm, understanding, confident and friendly
* School, children's club, nursery or youth work experience required
* Understand the need to provide a stimulating, caring and consistent environment for young children
* Professional, nurturing and 'can do' approach
* Commitment and dependability within the workplace with ability to use initiative
Humly, we are committed to safeguarding children and expect all staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and reference checks.
In accordance with the safeguarding vulnerable groups' regime [2006] & the relevant Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSiE) DfE guidance, any offer of employment made will be conditional upon the results of checks from the Disclosure & Barring Service ("the DBS") and Teacher Services (regarding teacher prohibition/disqualification from working with children and young people).
School roles give privileged access to vulnerable groups, therefore, we require all applicants attending interview to disclose all spent convictions and cautions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions) Order 1975 unless it is a "protected" conviction/caution under the amendments made to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions) Order 1975 (in 2013) and, therefore, not subject to disclosure
Salary description
£14.00 - £15.00 per year