Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Are you looking for a school position where you can really make a positive difference to children’s lives? Where children love learning and diversity is celebrated? Where a dedicated staff team shares a positive ethos and everyone is valued and cared for? The appointed candidate will: work with groups of children, identified as needing additional pastoral care. support teachers in identifying and implementing strategies that will help children to self-regulate and access learning, including reviewing behaviour related targets as required. contribute to the development and delivery of programmes which assist children and young people to develop positive attitudes towards themselves and others, encourage enhanced motivation, self-esteem and educational achievement. Work with individuals or small groups of children on specific aspects of need through a range of strategies and structured interventions. Help identify personal, community, family and school based issues which are having an adverse effect on individual children and young people. work closely alongside our Learning Mentor to engage with outside agencies and families to support children in and beyond school. Teach whole classes or groups of children, as required, particularly to cover absence or release time. In addition, the successful candidate will: be patient and kind understand the needs of young children and work actively to develop positive relationships with them and their families be curious, not judgemental be a positive role model be a team player. I