SEN Teaching Assistant in Bodmin

Welcome to Berrycoombe School, located in Bodmin, a historic market town in central Cornwall, England. The school has 7 classrooms and currently 170 pupils on roll, organised into mixed-age classes. Truro and Penwith Academy Trust, together with Berrycoombe School, are seeking to appoint a dynamic and committed SEN Teaching Assistant to work as part of our team.

At Berrycoombe, we value the wellbeing of the children in our care above all else. We aim to create a happy, safe, caring environment in which every child can succeed and do their best. To this end, we constantly strive to improve by keeping up to date with the very best ideas in teaching and learning and providing a fun place to learn.

About You: We are looking to appoint a SEN Teaching Assistant to join the team at Berrycoombe School to support a mixed class. The role is a fixed-term contract; it is 30 hours a week, 8:45 am - 3:15 pm Monday – Friday, as well as a 30-minute unpaid break. You will have a child-centred approach, be empathetic and nurturing, and have the ability to work within the class team to adapt both the curriculum and environment to meet the needs of the child. You will provide support to students with Special Educational Needs (SEN) and Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs. You will provide one-to-one and small group support to help students stay engaged and progress in their learning.

Benefits of Working with Us: As a leading Academy Trust, we are able to offer our staff a range of continued professional development opportunities alongside family-friendly policies and access to the Local Government/Teachers Pension Schemes.

TPAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. Our recruitment process requires checks including identity, right to work, and an enhanced DBS check with a barred list check for all staff and volunteers. Checks for other roles may include overseas checks for those who have lived abroad, prohibition from teaching checks, and childcare disqualification checks. This ensures that statutory checks on staff who work with children are complied with in line with the Disclosure and Barring Service requirements for Regulated Activity and are completed prior to starting within the Trust.

Please also note: At least one member of the recruitment panel will have successfully completed safer recruitment training through an accredited training provider. Online searches will be undertaken as part of pre-recruitment checks. Where appropriate, details of checks will be held in individuals’ personnel files. We follow requirements and best practice in retaining copies of these checks, and they will be recorded within the single central record for the successful candidate, and in line with our data retention policy for all other candidates. All relevant staff involved in early years’ settings and/or before or after-school care for children under eight are made aware of the disqualification from childcare guidance and their obligations to disclose to us relevant information that could lead to disqualification.