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Level 3 Teaching Assistant

Employer
Birmingham City Council
Location
The Edge Academy 946 Bristol Road South Northfield Birmingham B31 2NL
Salary
FTE £25,119 to £31,364, actual £22,061 to £27,543
Closing date
16 Sep 2024
Reference
JOB002070
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The Teaching Assistant role is a very varied and rewarding position in our setting. Working with students in the classroom setting, in one-to-one intervention capacity, and supporting offsite visits/trips and activities. You will work with students with varying abilities and different needs from KS3 up to GCSE level. You must be positive, resilient, friendly and hard working.  This role is challenging, rewarding and will allow the successful applicant to be creative with autonomy.

  • a relevant degree or a Level 3 TA qualification
  • at least one years' school-based experience
  • understand how to best support SEN
  • are capable of understanding and adapting the curriculum
  • can build relationships with pupils quickly and efficiently

Main Duties

  • working alongside other staff members to adapt and deliver the curriculum
  • liaising with the class teacher re-the progress of the pupil
  • delivering interventions on a 1:1 basis for speech and language, literacy and numeracy with guidance from staff
  • being a positive member of the school staff and promoting our ‘Safe Ready Respectful’ ethos

What we can offer

  • the opportunity to join a supportive staff and work with challenging pupils to make a real difference
  • training and support enabling career development
  • to work, develop and contribute to a unique positive culture
  • our staff satisfaction is excellent
  • staff have access to a suite of wellbeing opportunities, such as all meals provided, not meeting for meeting’s sake, an employee assistance programme
  • our staff speak positively to each other. If there is to be any developmental feedback, it is valid, polite, and non-judgemental
  • our senior team pride themselves on being “visible” throughout the day, they support their team
  • a determined commitment to move towards a ‘9-day fortnight’ work model for all staff from September 2024 

  This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.  

If you would like to apply for this position, or require further information about this role, please contact: rachel.currie@theedgeacademy.co.uk or visit the vacancies section of our website

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check (where applicable) Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.  All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. An online search will also be carried out on all shortlisted candidates. 

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. 

Company

Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city.

We welcome people from diverse and underrepresented communities and encourage applications from, those with caring responsibilities, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, neurodivergent, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff and removing barriers to improve inclusion.   We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.

Information for applicants with a disability

We are a proud Disability Confident Employer.  We encourage applicants to disclose disabilities, so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Please contact: 0121 675 7070 option 3 (lines open between 8.45am to 5.15pm Monday to Friday).

If you require an application in an alternative format, such as Braille or you are unable to complete an application form via WMJOBS, please contact bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk. When you have completed your application form this can be returned to bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk or for Braille applications these can be posted to, Recruitment Team, 2nd Floor, 10 Woodcock Street, B7 4BG.

The Council is a fantastic place to work. You will find an organisation that is both challenging and supportive; with a leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence. 

There is a clear vision which is ensuring that the Council is working for communities today and building for tomorrow, we focus our resources on five key priorities:

  • A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
  • An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.
  • A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.
  • A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.
  • A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.

We see the Council’s role as providing strategic leadership – that’s being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making.

We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision.  We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.

In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.

Birmingham City Council is a Foundation Living wage employer - known as the Birmingham Living Wage. The Birmingham Living Wage, is determined by the Living Wage Foundation on an annual basis by the Centre of Research in Society Polity at Loughborough University. The current rate can be found at: www.livingwage.org.uk.   

For the awards and support for our employees, please follow https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/homepage/169/job_vacancies  

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0121 675 7070
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Birmingham City Council
 Birmingham
West Midlands
B2 2XU
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