What skills and experience we're looking for
37 Hours per Week - Term Time Only plus Inset Days - 08:35 – 16:30 - Monday - Friday
We are looking to appoint a highly motivated, caring and committed Higher Level Teaching Assistant who will be working with a team of staff to support our pupils to be successful in school.
All pupils at The Holy Brook School have an Education Health Care Plan for Social, Emotional and Mental Health Difficulties. You will need to have a proven record of working with children with special educational needs.
Experience in Emotion coaching, Devising Individual Timetables & Play based learning will be an advantage. You will need to be resilient and able to use your initiative whilst also able to follow advice & direction.
The successful candidate will work with the Senior leadership team and also alongside visiting professionals such as the Educational Psychologist, Occupational Therapist and Speech and Language Therapist to deliver support programmes which have been agreed.
Job Purpose
- To complement the professional work of teachers.
- To plan, prepare and deliver learning activities for individuals, groups or short term for a whole class.
- To monitor and assess pupils, record and report on their achievement, progress and development and to liaise with class teachers and Senior Leadership Team.
- To be responsible for the management and development of a specialist area within school and to manage and mentor other staff as appropriate and relevant.
Please find attached the Job Description & Person specification.
What the school offers its staff
For more information or to arrange a visit, please call Sarah Jones in the school office on 0118 937 5489.To find out more about the school please visit: https://www.holybrook.reading.sch.uk
Closing date: Applications to be reviewed upon submission
Interviews: To be confirmed
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
An enhanced disclosure & barring service check is a requirement for the successful candidate.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.