Step-down services for children and young adults

Mortimer House School, Victoria Road, Tamworth, B79 7HS

Teaching Assistant full time- 40 hours per week

**Salary: Between £19,006.08 to £23,237.76 per annum dependent on qualification and/ or experience**

A small social emotional mental health secondary school in Tamworth, part of the Young Foundations Group, are recruiting for a Teaching Assistant. 

The school offers a varied and stimulating curriculum, providing the best elements from mainstream education and utilizing best practice from special schools to ensure the pupils have plenty of chance to shine.  Within this role, the successful applicant will be supporting pupils with special educational needs through a holistic approach; facilitating pupil’s access to the education system, whilst promoting inclusion, assessing and supporting achievement and monitoring pupil’s progress towards their learning objectives.

Purpose of the Job

Main duties

• To provide personal teaching and learning assistance for pupils who require such support, throughout the school day and during the pupil’s break and lunch times as appropriate.

• To prepare, and assist in the preparation, of the classroom resources, display, equipment, and computers for use by pupils.

• To work with individuals and small groups on specific activities under the guidance of the Teacher and/or other lead person.

• To motivate and support pupil(s) to remain on task and complete work in a focused way.

• Accompanying and supporting pupil(s) on outings from school as necessary.

• To pass on information about pupil’s personal and educational needs to the Class Teacher and other staff as appropriate. To contribute to team meetings and review meetings.

• To support the pupils in physical activities (PE, Drama etc) as required.

• To undertake training and attend INSET days in accordance to contractual requirements. To contribute to whole school policies.

• To undertake any other training required in accordance to contractual requirements (Safe Holding, Safeguarding etc.)

• Attending to minor accidents at school, where appropriate training has been given, and supervising unwell children at the direction of the Head Teacher.

• To maintain the health and safety of pupils and colleagues in the school by assisting in maintaining a clean and tidy environment and reporting any hazards that cannot be dealt with to your Line Manager.

• To support the School’s/Borough’s Equal Opportunities policies.

• Assisting with any other duties of a similar level of responsibility as required by the Head Teacher.

To apply, please submit your CV with upto date contact details included.