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Specialist Teaching Assistant
We are looking for an empathic, enthusiastic and hard-working individual to join our school.
This Teaching Assistant role involves supporting a child who has a hearing impairment
It is very important to us that we get the right person for this role. For the right candidate, we will fund training in British Sign Language (Level 2 or Level 3), and provide regular support from our Teacher of the Deaf. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Teaching Assistant to develop specialist skills. Applicants without BSL 2 must be fully committed to obtaining this qualification as soon as possible. Alternatively, we welcome applications from candidates who already have a Level 2 or Level 3 qualification in BSL.
The hours of work will be 8.30am until 3.25pm, Monday to Friday, with a 20 minute break for lunch. We would like someone to start as soon as possible.
Closing date 9am 7.3.24
Interview date 14.7.24
One to One Teaching Assistant Vacancy
We are looking for an enthusiastic, hard-working and dedicated individual to join our primary school.
This role involves providing support for a child with quadriplegic cerebral palsy, on a one to one and two to one basis. The child is in Reception. She is a delightful and sociable child who enjoys all parts of the curriculum and school life. Although this contract is linked to the needs of a particular child, the successful candidate will be supporting her as part of a small team.
We are looking for someone who is warm, caring and patient, and who can quickly build a positive, trusting relationship with the child and with the other children in our school. The role is one that requires providing intimate care and manual handling including hoisting. Experience of working within a school setting in a similar role would be extremely beneficial, but is not essential, as training will be provided as needed. The role therefore provides an excellent opportunity for the successful candidate to develop his/her expertise in supporting children with special educational needs in their primary years.
We would like the successful candidate to start as soon as possible.
The hours of work will be confirmed at interview but are likely to be 8.30am until 3.25pm, Monday to Friday, term-time only.
Our ideal candidate will:
- Be able to build positive relationships with children, staff and parents
- Have high expectations of children’s behaviour and be able to maintain consistent boundaries
- Be willing to work as part of a team
- Be able to use his/her own initiative when required
- Have previous experience of working in a school
- Have excellent literacy and numeracy skills
- Have experience of working with children with special needs
- Have experience of supporting primary-aged children
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Please see the job description and person specification for further details of the post.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expect all staff and volunteers working in regulated activity to share this commitment.
This ‘regulated activity’ post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure, a Disqualification by Association check and other rigorous safe recruitment procedures. Failure to disclose important information may lead to dismissal if discovered at a later date. Offer of appointment for the successful candidate will be conditional upon receipt of satisfactory references. Honiton Primary is an equal opportunities employer.
An application form and further details can be downloaded from our school website www.honitonprimary.co.uk or from www.devonjobs.gov.uk. CV's will not be considered.
Closing date: 9am 18.3.24
Interview: 21.3.24
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We are proud to work with Exeter Consortium, a not-for-profit organisation which, alongside delivering professional development courses for schools, also provides routes into teaching. Their School Direct courses allow prospective teachers to learn through experience within two primary schools over a year, whilst also studying to gain a PGCE delivered by Bath Spa University, recognised as Outstanding in ITT. To provide teacher training, Exeter Consortium also partners with South West Teacher Training, one of the largest SCITTs in the Southwest. SWTT was judged to be good in all areas by Ofsted in May 2021, under a tough new framework. Exeter Consortium partners with over 70 schools throughout Devon to deliver two routes into teaching. Here are the main benefits of training in this way:
- You will become a teacher in 10 months!
- The programmes are carefully planned so that the content is manageable – even for career changers with little school experience
- Learn first-hand from being immersed in school life working alongside an experienced mentor – you will be part of the team from day 1
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- Exeter Consortium will work hard to place you in schools which suit your needs and will consider aspects such as childcare commitments
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As a school who is keen to support the next cohort of dedicated, well-prepared teachers, we regularly host trainees. If you have ever thought about training to be a teacher, and would like to find out more about doing so via Exeter Consortium’s supportive and personalised routes, you can find out more at https://www.exeterconsortium.com/train-to-teach.html or contact ITT@exeterconsortium.com.