Ref: 000264 35 Hours per week, 198 Days per annum Grade 6 SCP 23-27 (£33,366 - £37,035 per annum, pro-rata) Actual (£27,664 - £30,706) Permanent Appointment Our Vision and Values: The Harmony Trust has the highest aspirations for its pupils, parents and staff members.
Our vision is to provide an excellent primary education so that every academy is a 'GreatPlace2Learn.' Our aim is to ensure that children at our academies enjoy the best education from the early years to the end of the primary stage.
Parents are very important to achieving this vision and we aim to work in partnership with them to ensure that all our children achieve our motto: 'Believe Achieve Succeed'.
We believe that school should be a place where every child makes progress in a safe and supportive environment.
We believe in the importance of children developing well-being and high self-esteem if they are to learn and do well.
We also believe in The Harmony Trust being a 'GreatPlace2Work' where staff are supported to thrive by a trust that is committed to learning and education.
We have a great team of people working in our Academies.
We aim to retain them by investing in professional development, offering opportunities to work across the Trust ensuring Harmony is a great place to work.
Development Opportunity: The Board of Trustees wish to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual as a Specialist Early Years and SEND Teaching Assistant to become part of our Harmony Trust Development Team Inclusion Service.
The post holder will initially be deployed to the EY Inclusion Hub at Greenhill Academy, future deployments may be to any academy across the Northwest hub.
Placement in academies will be based on pupil and staff need and through the direction of the Harmony Inclusion Team.
As a Trust we are working to our commitment within the strategic plan to develop specialist provision through the Inclusion Hub model.
This is to enable an integrated offer for those children who need it most and to provide families with greater choice for their child's education.
The successful candidate will work as part of the Inclusion Service team and will be line managed on a daily basis by the Specialist Practitioner for SEND .
The successful candidate will have a strong commitment to the inclusion of every child regardless of their need or circumstance.
They will coach and mentor others within the academies to build capacity in our SEND workforce, and advise on adaptations of curriculum to meet the needs of the pupil.
They will support children to meet their intended outcomes and support leaders, teachers and teaching assistants with the strategies needed to effectively support key pupils.
The full requirements of the role are included within the attached Job Description.
The successful candidate will: Have experience of working with children in an educational setting who have complex individual SEND needs in a Teaching Assistant capacity or equivalent.
Have an NVQ3 for Teaching Assistants or equivalent qualification as per the EYFS framework requirements Check early years qualifications - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) As per Have specialist training or experience in a key area of Special Educational Needs such as Social, emotional and mental health; Communication and interaction; Cognition and learning; Sensory and/or physical.
Be experience in working with children in the 2-6 year old age range including knowledge of the EYFS Statutory Framework Have the ability to understand and develop the appropriate interventions that enable children to meet their EHC outcomes or personal targets.
Have the ability to provide coaching and development to staff.
Have a good understanding of safeguarding issues Work in partnership with teaching staff and other professionals as well as agencies, voluntary groups and service providers.
Support an outreach provision offer within the academy's mainstream provision.
We can offer you: theopportunity to be part of our team, who are committed to educational excellence friendlyand supportive staff, parents and trustees, acommitment to high quality professional development.
opportunityfor future career development & progression within the Trust's portfolio of schoolsandmost importantly thechance to transform the lives of children and really make a difference The Harmony Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all our staff to share this commitment.
The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS and pre-employment checks.
Visits to the Hub are strongly recommended.
Please contact ****** Trust Leader for SEND to arrange a visit.
Full details of the Trust's recruitment and selection processes can be found in our Safer Recruitment policy: Safer Recruitment Policy Follow the link HERE to apply.