Lead Teaching Assistant – Victoria College

Employer: Children, Young People, Education and Skills

Job number: SOJ14278

Closing date: 30-Apr-2023

Post requires 5 years residency: Yes

Post requires Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) clearance: Yes - Enhanced

Contract type: Permanent

Full time or part time: Full Time

Term time only: Yes

Working hours: 37 Hours per Week

Shift details: n/a

Salary: 19.9 - 22.4 GBP per hour

Job summary

Lead Teaching Assistant - Victoria College TA07 Permanent – 37 hours per week, Term Time only

Required from Easter or September 2023

We are seeking to appoint a dynamic and experienced Lead TA to join our team. The Special Educational Needs Department supports students in a number of ways such as providing in-class support, work with individuals and also in small groups. The post holder must be flexible in their approach to their working hours in order to accommodate meetings, training or events outside school hours.

Should you have any questions regarding this vacancy please contact Mr Anthony Griffin, Assistant Head Student Progress & DSL, by email to a.griffin@vcj.sch.jeor 01534 638200.

Job accountabilities

• Contribute to the management of a team of teaching assistants / keyworkers within a specialist area in school to effectively deploy resources as required, including managing appraisals and targets.
• Contribute to the recruitment, training, development and induction of key workers / teaching assistants as required by the school SENCO.
• Plan and implement agreed work programmes / practical lessons under the general guidance of the teacher to whom assigned. Observe and monitor the development of specific students, recording appropriately and applying this knowledge future planning.
• Feedback to the team on the progress and behaviour of the individual group or pupil within the special needs area. Attend and report at annual reviews, monitor development of specific students on courses including feedback to other teaching assistants on progress and learning intentions.
• Supervise and provide particular support for students including those with special needs ensuring the safety and access to learning activities in line with the curriculum, including development and implementation of learning plans for individual students
• Monitor and evaluate students' responses to learning activities through planned observation and recording of achievements against pre-determined targets.
• To advise class teachers and teaching assistants on approaches and strategies to use with students in a special needs area
• Deliver 1:1 support session to pre-teach and reinforce teacher delivered sessions.
• Supervise whole classes occasionally during short term absence of teachers. The primary focus will be to maintain good order and to keep students on task. This can include cover, supervision and specified work in order to assist or support the work of a qualified teacher.
• Manage and develop student’s literacy / numeracy throughout different key stages.
• Administer relevant assessments and be responsible for keeping and updating appropriate records and registers in the agreed format, contributing to reviews of systems / records as requested. Be responsible for target setting
• To identify any new entrants with specific educational needs; to develop strategies to support learning and discuss these strategies with the parents and relevant staff. Where appropriate to liaise with primary schools and secondary schools to facilitate smooth transition, working with the Head of Year 7 and Admissions Secretary.
• To assist in the invigilation of public examinations in particular supporting SEN students.

Job context / dimensions

• Accompany teaching staff on visits, trips and out of school activities where appropriate. Transporting and supporting physically disabled and special needs students where necessary.
• Attend to the students' personal needs, and implement related personal programmes, including social and emotional wellbeing, health, hygiene and welfare matters. Care for sick, distressed and injured children, carrying out the necessary first aid and take appropriate follow up action as necessary and within school policy. Contribute to specific reports when requested from external agencies i.e. specifically consultants, GPs and parents on students with medical problems.
• To raise SEN awareness strategies within the school environment eg deaf awareness and autism awareness. Take lead responsibility for the coordination of a school activity – peer mediation scheme and organisation of Parents Evening
• Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection. Share information about pupils with other staff, parents, carers, internal and external agencies, as appropriate. Report all concerns to an appropriate person.
• The post holder will support, via the delivery of specific interventions, children with emotional and behavioural difficulties to enable them to effectively access the curriculum and to encourage a learning environment throughout the school which allows children to acquire and develop emotional literacy skills

Qualification requirements

Numeracy and literacy skills equivalent to NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in childcare, or diploma in childcare Education at Level 3.

Appropriate First Aid qualification

Experience requirements

Experience of working with or caring for children of relevant age.

Minimum of 3-5 years' experience of working with students.

Skills, knowledge and competency requirements

Child Protection training.

Awareness of confidentiality and data protection principles.

Full working knowledge of relevant policies, codes of practice and awareness of relevant legislation.

Working knowledge of curriculum and other relevant learning programmes/strategies.

Understanding of principles of child development and learning.

Additional information

Should you have any questions regarding this vacancy please contact Mr Anthony Griffin, Assistant Head Student Progress & DSL, by email to a.griffin@vcj.sch.jeor 01534 638200.

Useful links

The Victoria College Website Address is: www.victoriacollege.je