Teaching Assistant

About us Brooke School is a broad-spectrum special school catering for pupils aged 4 -19 years. We have a warm, mutually supportive and caring ethos with enthusiastic and skilled staff who are highly aspirational and committed to pupil welfare, progress and life-chances.   We are seeking to appoint qualified Teaching Assistants with recent SEN experience to join our hard working and dedicated staff team at Brooke School. Our Teaching Assistants contribute to the assessment, planning, recording, monitoring and reporting of learner’s progress. We are driven to provide our young people with access to a varied and enriched curriculum. Our school is part of Unity MAT, which is a small, ambitious trust comprising of ourselves and two other similar special schools. Our collaborative working means that we have shared understanding of the challenges and issues that our schools face and can work together to find solutions. The schools are supported by a strong Core Team who provide dedicated support services across the Trust. What we need We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and enthusiastic Level 3 Teaching Assistant to join our friendly and ambitious school for maternity cover. Experience of working with pupils with a range of complex needs is desirable and a passion for enabling pupils with SEND to achieve their full potential is essential. It would be advantageous to have experience of a TA3 capacity and or leading learning. *This is a part time position, working 26.5 hours per week. The anticipated days of work are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.* The core purpose of your role will be: Experience of planning and preparing activities to meet individual pupil needs. Experience of delivering learning to small groups. The ability to act as a coach and mentor to new and junior colleagues. Experience in liaising with parents/carers, specialist teachers, other professional staff and sharing/providing appropriate information. Contribute to the assessment of pupils by teachers through monitoring, recording and reporting. To provide support to pupils in their personal, social and emotional development and engage them in their own learning. Maintain positive ethos and core values of the school Contribute to constructive team building amongst teaching staff, non-teaching staff, parents and carers. What we offer the opportunity to make a difference enthusiastic, friendly and engaged pupils who are keen to learn a supportive community of families and external partners a friendly and inclusive working environment talented, dedicated and hardworking colleagues and SLT team comprehensive induction and probation support Reward & Benefits A competitive salary Access to the Local Pension Government Scheme Excellent training and development opportunities Enhanced employee assistance programme (including GP helpline, financial & legal advice line and carer support for employee and household members) Well-being app & staff discounts Occupational Health Service Family friendly and Employee Health & Well-being policies Safer Recruitment Unity MAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow robust safer recruitment processes, including online searches, during all recruitment. Please see application pack for further details This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and is eligible for an enhanced DBS check including a Children's Barring List Check. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Equal Opportunities We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from candidates of all ages, backgrounds and those with disabilities.