Job Title: Specialist Teaching and Learning Assistant Location: High Peak, near Buxton Grade/Scale: Actual Salary £23,654 - £25,867 (Pending NJC Pay Award 2024-25) Start date: ASAP Contract: 37 hours per week, Term Time Only, Permanent Cover People are seeking an additional flexible, committed, enthusiastic and highly skilled STLA to assist permanently excluded pupils, or those at risk of exclusion, with learning and engagement at a SEND School in High Peak.
This site educates primary aged children from reception to year 6.
The academy provides statutory education to children who are at risk of, or have been, permanently excluded.
Pupils who attend the school have challenging and often complex needs, and exhibit behaviours that prevent them from attending a mainstream school.
Responsibilities: You will be allocated to a tutor group.
The role will involve supporting pupils in lessons to engage in their learning and supporting pupils at break and lunch times. This role will involve working with small groups, or with pupils on a one to one basis to meet their needs as directed by the class teacher or site lead.
Classes are small with approximately 2 to 7 pupils.
There may be some daily home tuition when this is required to meet pupils needs.
Requirements: Applicants should have good knowledge and experience of working with disaffected pupils in a school or other alternative setting.
An affinity for pupils with behaviour, emotional and social difficulties is an essential quality for this challenging but rewarding opportunity.
Applicants should be resilient, have high expectations, and a sense of humour.
You must be able to build positive relationships with our pupils and think outside of the box.
You will be responsible for contributing to a small staffing team to ensure that the site runs smoothly, and this may involve stepping up to deliver lessons in staff absence, to small groups or 1:1.
A growth mindset and positive ethos are essential characteristics that we are looking for.
The role will be based at one of our sites and mileage claims for any travel are included in this role.
There may be travel to the schools other sites for meetings, Inset and CPD.
You are required to have daily access to transport with business use included on your car insurance before you begin the role.
You may be required to carry out some home learning or safe and well visits for non- attenders to support the pastoral team.
If you would like to discuss this role further you can contact Amelia at Cover People UK or apply with your most up to date CV.
Cover People UK.
All candidates will be subject to register with the agency and will need to have a full enhanced DBS along with other regulation checks.