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Teaching Assistant

Employer
Lawnswood Campus
Location
WV4 6SR
Salary
£23,541 - £27,041 pro rata
Closing date
28 Aug 2021
Reference
CWCED000219

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Lawnswood Campus

The Midpoint Centre

Teaching Assistant

 

  • Teaching Assistant – NJC Grade 5, £23,541 - £27,041 pro rata 35 hours per week, term time only
  • The Job Description and Person Specification are available in this pack

 

Lawnswood Campus is committed to excellence. We enable learning by providing a rich and meaningful curriculum targeting students’ personalised needs. We aim to help our students overcome social, emotional and mental health needs (SEMH) in order to manage their behaviour and make considered choices.

 

We require a passionate and committed Teaching Assistant to work with students and staff at The Midpoint Centre.

Applicants will be expected to have:

  1. Experience of working with students with SEMH and particularly challenging behaviour.
  2. A proven track record of good communication and organisation
  3. A willingness to attend training
  4. An interest/experience in maintaining motor vehicles.

 

Job Overview:  

 

Support the delivery of the Midpoint curriculum and interventions by preparing, providing, maintaining, organising and managing the resources required for healthy, safe, secure and exciting activities to be carried out by staff and students  The teaching assistant role forms a central part of the work of the Centre and the post holder will work closely with teaching  staff  to  support,  develop  and  further  extend  the  work  of  the Centre and the experiences of the students.

Duties and responsibilities:

  • To work under the direction and guidance of teaching/senior staff and within an agreed system of supervision
  • To implement agreed work programmes with individuals/groups, in or out of the classroom. This could include those requiring detailed and specialist knowledge in particular areas and will involve assisting the teacher in the whole planning cycle and the management/preparation of resources
  • Staff may also supervise whole classes occasionally during the short-term absence of teachers.  The primary focus will be to maintain good order and to keep students on task. Cover Supervisors will need to respond to questions and generally assist students to undertake set activities.

Closing Date:  Friday 27th August 2021

 

Interviews: W/C Monday 13th September 2021

 

 

Lawnswood Campus is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and two references from your current or previous employment.

 

Supporting documents
Teaching Assistant JD & PS

Company

It’s an exciting time to join the Lawnswood Campus family as we embark on our journey to become ‘The Leading Light for PRUs and Alternative Provision in the UK’.  We are seeking staff who have a passion for working with young people who have challenging behaviour and social, emotional and mental health needs. 

Lawnswood Campus is home to three Pupil Referral Units, The Braybrook Centre, The Midpoint Centre and The Orchard Centre which includes The Nightingale Home and Hospital Service serving the schools in Wolverhampton as part of a city wide strategy to promote inclusion and positive behaviour in safe, secure, child-centred, positive and nurturing environments.

  • Braybrook: Key Stage 3 children and young people with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties and includes a Student  Support Centre and Outreach Service;
  • Midpoint: Key Stage 4 children and young people with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties and includes a Student Support Centre and Outreach Service;
  • Orchard: Key Stage 3 and 4 children and young people who require social, emotional or mental health (SEMH) support;
  • Nightingale: KS2-KS4 specialist short stay Centre that works in partnership with key agencies to offer appropriate intervention to vulnerable students with medical and mental health needs in a supportive and structured setting;
  • LITS: Lawnswood Integrated Therapy Service is specialist provision consisting of Counselling Psychologists and trained Counsellors offering a range of therapies which include Humanistic, Cognitive, Behavioural, Psychodynamic and Systemic modalities. The clinical work is underpinned by evidence- based practice.

                              

We pride ourselves in having an ethos which is committed to striving for the highest standards in Safeguarding, SEND, Leadership and Management, Quality of Education, Behaviour and Attitudes and Personal Development all of which are underpinned by our Lawnswood Campus STAR Spirit: Support, Trust, Achieve, Respect and our Lawnswood Campus Values: Kindness, Empathy, Honesty, Positivity, Curiosity, Resilience, Commitment and Responsibility.

  • We offer a full-time education with excellent facilities, where children and young people can take advantage of opportunities given to them to improve their life chances;
  • We provide specialist teachers, teaching assistants and pastoral support managers and offer wide ranging support, observation and intervention to develop self-esteem, confidence, social skills;
  • We assess the needs of each individual child and young person and apply consistent strategies and interventions that support children and young people to overcome barriers to learning in order to effectively re-engage and reintegrate them back onto their learning journey.
  • We work in partnership with a range of mainstream schools, special schools, therapists and agencies in order to support each individual child and young person in achieving their maximum potential and enable a love of learning by providing a rich and meaningful curriculum and individualised programmes to target the children and young people’s personalised needs.
  • We communicate closely with parents, carers and school staff to help them to overcome the difficulties experienced by their child or young person and provide opportunities for them to work with their child or young person in reflecting on their behaviour, identify coping strategies and identifying how giving time and praise helps the behaviour change process.

    All Lawnswood Campus staff passionately believe in giving all children and young people a new chance to be successful and encouraging them to make a positive success of their lives. Lawnswood is a happy place to work and a happy place to learn.

    https://www.lawnswood.org.uk/ofsted-reports

    Miss Rachael C Brown

    Executive Headteacher

Company info
Website
Telephone
01902 558102
Location
Lawnswood Campus
Lawnswood Avenue
Parkfields
Wolverhampton
West Midlands
WV4 6SR
GB

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