Teaching Assistant in Durham

You will be supporting the delivery of Maths and English, vocational qualifications, and enrichment elements to help our students prepare for independence and work experience. We expect every member of the team to work collaboratively and flexibly, but you will have specific accountabilities, which include:

• Supporting our Tutor to deliver English, Maths and ICT Functional Skills, GCSE English and Maths resits, and a vocational subject (currently BTEC Work skills) over four teaching days.
• Supporting the Placement and Progression Officer to plan and deliver employability workshops, supporting guest speakers and providing enrichment activities.
• Providing support to learners on a one-to-one basis and in small groups, with empathy, respect and patience, appreciating that our students have faced many challenges in their lives which can make them harder to engage.
• Contributing to regular student reviews, using this and any other opportunity to build up our students’ self-belief and confidence.
• Supporting the tutor to address any poor behaviour in a way that’s appropriate to the situation and to the learner.
• Promoting a culture of expectation and aspiration at the school – a genuine sense, shared by our students, that they are here to learn, grow and succeed, not just pass the time of day.

Qualifications

• A Teaching Assistant qualification at Level 2 or above, or a commitment to obtaining this qualification.
• Level 2 qualifications in English and maths, or a commitment to obtaining this qualification.

Essential Skills and Experience

• High expectations of pupils’ behaviour and clear strategies for working with challenging pupils.
• Ability to motivate and encourage children appropriately.
• Experience of teaching children with EAL, SEN, Speech and language difficulties and other complex needs.
• Capability to work independently, supported by the teacher, with groups of or individual pupils.

Desirable Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Experience of teaching in an alternative provision environment.
• Understanding of curriculum, particularly literacy and numeracy requirements.
• Evidence of successful work with disaffected and emotionally vulnerable pupils.

Additional Information

• Salary: £17,941.67 - £18,000.78 pro-rata (based on £25,500- £25,584 full time equivalent per annum).
• Contract: 30 hours per week. Term Time only. 39 weeks per annum. 6 months fixed term to cover sickness absence with possibility of extension after fixed term.
• Access to a personal vehicle is a requirement of this role.

Catch22 is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post. Any offer of employment will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

At Catch22 we value equality, diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day, working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them, a purpose, and a good place to live.

Catch22 is committed to rigorous safeguarding and safer recruitment practices; ensuring that every individual within the organisation has been safely and appropriately checked.

Please note, we will conduct an online search as part of our due diligence checks for successful candidate(s). This will involve a search of all publicly available information online and in social media.

Catch22’s Commitment to Ban the Box: Catch22 is proud to have “Banned the Box”. This means that we do not ask for candidates to disclose criminal convictions at the application stage. Instead, we invite disclosures at interview stage, and encourage them at the offer stage.