Teaching Assistant

Green Corridor

Staines, Surrey (On-site)

£22,650 per year (including holiday pay)

Full-time

Permanent

Actively Interviewing

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Job description

Hours: 35 hours per week, term time only (Monday – Friday 9am- 4.30pm)

Summary of the role

Our successful charity runs pathways which focus on employability and skills for everyday living to help young people, with SEN and learning disabilities to gain confidence and social support, alongside nationally recognised qualifications. Green Corridor requires the skills of an enthusiastic and reliable Teaching Assistant, who can work effectively with our learners who each have their own additional needs. The candidate we require should ideally have experience and/or affinity for working with young adults with Special Educational Needs. The role would involve supporting learners within their subject area, and functional skills, encouraging them to reach their full potential.

Specific duties and responsibilities of the role

Supporting Young People

To work with the tutor to establish an appropriate learning environment.
To work with the tutor on lesson planning, evaluating and adjusting lesson/work plans as appropriate.
To monitor and evaluate learners’ responses to learning activities through observations and planned recording of achievement against learning objectives.
To use specialist skills to support learners’ learning such as PECS, Makaton, symbols and iPads.
To assist with the development, implementation and evaluation of learning programmes and individual work plans.
To prepare and assist in the preparation of the classroom, resources and equipment.
To establish productive working relationships with learners acting as a role model and setting high expectations.
Communicating with learners with varying degrees of speech and language difficulties, using communicative system/equipment where necessary.
To promote inclusion and acceptance of all learners within the classroom and across Green Corridor.
To support learners consistently whilst recognising and responding to their individual needs
To encourage individual learners to interact and work co-operatively with others whilst engaging in activities.
To promote independence and employ strategies to recognise and acknowledge achievement and self-reliance.
To provide feedback to learners in relation to progress and achievement and to provide accurate, evidenced and objective feedback and reports to the tutor.
To be responsible for keeping and updating records with the tutor and other staff, contributing to reviews as requested.
To liaise with specialists (such as SALT, OT and Physio) and follow their advice for safety, learning and therapy programmes, as appropriate.

Wellbeing and Safeguarding

Meet with parents and carers as part of maintaining positive relationships and the full implementation of the Green Corridor’s values and ethos.
To promote Green Corridor’s values, positive attitudes and good learner behaviour, dealing promptly with conflicts and incidents in line with established policies and procedures, encouraging learners to take responsibility for their own behaviour.
To supervise learners on visits, trips and out-of-school activities as required
To support breaktime/lunches and lunchtime supervision within employed hours
Administer first aid as appropriate
To carry out Team Teach/MAPA if required

Professional Development

To participate in 30 hours CPD per year specific to the needs of learners and Green Corridor, including working towards appropriate qualifications needed to perform your role.
To keep your own individual Professional Development Plan up to date.

Other duties

Undertake any other task identified as being necessary to fulfil contract requirements or the requirements of an individual support.
The post holder will be required to undertake other appropriate activities related to achieving the organisations objectives, as determined by the CEO or your line manager.

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