Teaching Assistant
We are looking for:
An enthusiastic and committed Teaching Assistants to work with children who require 1:1 support and with groups of pupils who require support (although at times may be required to carry out other duties e.g. oversee a class/ supervise/ lead games).
Key to your success will be:
- Experience of working in a school setting with pupils, ideally including pupils with additional support needs;
- Work constructively as part of a team, understand classroom roles and responsibilities and your own position within these;
- Ability to relate well to children and adults;
- Good organisational skills;
- Excellent initiative and able to demonstrate the ability to problem solve and react quickly and effectively to resolve situations that arise;
- Establishing productive working relationships with pupils, acting as a role model whilst planning, implementing and developing 1:1 mentoring arrangements;
- Outstanding people skills;
- Excellent oral, written and numerical skills;
- Able to support and actively promote the Catholic ethos of the school.
St James The Great is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Successful candidates will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
An application form, job description and person specification is available from https://www.stjamesthegreat.org/Job-Vacancies/
If you are keen to develop professionally in an exciting, caring and supportive environment, we look forward to receiving the completed application form and a personal statement which addresses the requirements for this role as detailed in the advert, person specification and job description.
Closing date: Midday Monday 27th January 2025 – Return completed applications to martinr@stjamesthegreat.org or to the school office;
Shortlisting: Monday 27th January 2025 – candidates will be notified on this day;
Interviews: Thursday 30th January 2025.
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