Havering Schools Jobs
x2 SEN Teaching Assistants
- Employer: Scargill Junior School – part of the Hornchurch Academy Trust
- Reference: SCH/21/154462
Scargill Junior School
Part of Hornchurch Academy Trust
Mungo Park Road
Rainham
Essex
Tel: 01708 555677
Email: office@scargilljun.org.uk
Web: www.scargill-jun.havering.sch.uk
2 SEN Teaching Assistants
Hours: 30 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Grade: Scale 2 point 4
Salary: Pro Rata Actual Salary: £15,570 p.a. (based on £21,795 full time equivalent)
Contract: Fixed Term - linked to individual SEN child
To Start: 1st September 2021
Scargill Junior School is seeking to appoint two enthusiastic and talented TAs to join our friendly and vibrant school. You will join a strong and supportive team of staff within an Academy that is committed to providing a positive, safe and stimulating learning environment for our pupils and staff.
Scargill Junior School is part of Hornchurch Academy Trust and offers excellent opportunities for training, support, career development and sharing best practice amongst its five schools.
We are looking for two Temporary Teaching Assistants to work 5 days a week, Monday to Friday from 8.15am – 3.15pm with a one-hour lunch break.
You will primarily be carrying out the role of supporting teaching and learning within the classroom with an individual SEN child. The position may also include setting up and resourcing the work for other SEN children/small groups.
There will also be a requirement to support and run a school-wide SEN intervention programme. We welcome applications from candidates with suitable experience.
The successful candidate will have:
- Good Maths and English skills.
- Experience, knowledge and expertise of working with children with a wide range of abilities and needs.
- A diverse set of skills to enable you to be flexible in supporting or leading teaching and learning in and outside the classroom.
- Secure knowledge and skills relating to strategies in working with pupils with Complex Learning Needs.
- An interest, motivation and passion for working with special needs children and developing skills to facilitate this.
- Ability to work constructively as part of a team, understanding classroom roles and responsibilities and your own position within this.
- An understanding of how to work creatively and strategically.
- Passion about teaching and learning, and striving for the best outcomes for ALL children.
- An innovative and reflective mind-set and someone who is keen to learn.
- A positive, with a ‘can do’ attitude.
- A good sense of humour.
Visits are warmly welcomed. Please contact the school for an appointment.
If you believe you are the right candidate, please get in touch with us – we would love to hear from you!
Please apply online.
Closing date: Friday 25th June 2021
Interviews will be held week beginning 28th June 2021.
Recruitment and hiring during COVID-19: Despite the challenges we face, recruitment and hiring will continue for all Hornchurch Academy Trust vacancies with as little disruption as possible over the coming weeks and months. Applications will still be reviewed and interviews conducted in a timely manner, although interviews may be via video conferencing if appropriate.
Please email office@scargilljun.org.uk for further information.
Hornchurch Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and as such expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Havering Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The protection of our pupils from abuse is the responsibility of all staff within our schools, superseding any other considerations. Therefore Havering Schools comply with the Department for Education ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ guidance.
It is an offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so. Please be advised that, again in line with ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, shortlisted candidates (who wish to accept an invite to interview) will be required to submit, prior to their interview, a self-declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. Upon submission of this information, online checks may be carried out.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; the successful applicant will be expected to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure check. Having a criminal record will not necessarily debar you from obtaining a position with the School.
Equal OpportunitiesHavering Schools aim to promote and ensure equality of opportunity and equal treatment for all. We are committed to equal opportunities in employment regardless of gender, marital status, race, colour, nationality (including citizenship), ethnic or national origins, disabilities, age, sexual orientation, responsibility for dependants, religious or political affiliation and trade union activities. All matters related to employment are decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.
How to apply
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