Teaching Assistant in Haywards Heath

At Northlands Wood Primary Academy, we are committed to providing high-quality learning for every child. We are looking to appoint a Teaching Assistant. The successful candidate will:

• Have experience of working with groups of children in EYFS, KS1 or KS2.
• Be able to support pupils to access the curriculum within a mainstream class.
• Be expected to deliver intervention programmes to groups of children.
• Have a passion and motivation for improving the lives of all children.
• Have an optimistic attitude and be flexible to the demands of the job.
• Demonstrate versatility, tact, commitment and the ability to use initiative.
• Be patient and able to stay calm and listen and value children’s views.
• Be able to work as part of a team and be expected to contribute to its development.
• Have the ability to strictly maintain confidentiality.
• Be suitably qualified for the post of Teaching Assistant, i.e. to have good basic literacy and numeracy skills (to GCSE level or above) and be able to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Have experience of some behaviour management techniques.

In return we can offer you:

• Wonderful children who thrive in a high-quality learning culture.
• Skilled and friendly colleagues who strive to do the best for the children in their care.
• A strong ethos of care, respect and concern for each other.

We advise applying promptly for this post as we reserve the right to close and interview early if sufficient suitable applications have been received.

Abilities, Skills and Knowledge

• Knowledge and understanding of the needs of young children.
• Essential knowledge and understanding of child development and the ways in which children learn.
• Essential knowledge and understanding of the roles played by various adults in a child’s education.
• Essential knowledge and understanding of behaviour management strategies.
• Essential knowledge and understanding of questions related to equal opportunities.
• Essential specialism knowledge and understanding of children with challenging behaviour.

Experience

• Experience of working with young children with challenging behaviour.
• Experience as a paid worker in play schemes, crèches, after-school clubs or similar.

Qualifications

• Good basic education to GCSE level (A-C/4-9) in literacy and numeracy, or the equivalent.
• A relevant qualification in Childcare and/or Education.

Ability to:

• Help professional staff to achieve their objectives.
• Assist children on an individual basis, in small group and whole class work.
• Explain tasks simply and clearly and foster independence.
• Supervise children, and adhere to defined behaviour management policies.
• Accept and respond to authority and supervision.
• Work with guidance, but under limited supervision.
• Demonstrate good organisational skills.
• Reflect on and develop professional practice.
• Display work effectively, and make and maintain basic teaching resources.
• Liaise and communicate effectively with others.
• Demonstrate the skills related to working with children with challenging behaviour.
• Monitor, record and make basic assessments about individual progress.
• Suggest alternative ways of helping children if they are unable to understand.
• Describe, in simple terms, the process of behaviour management with children.
• Identify gaps in their own experience that they need help in filling.
• Demonstrate the ability to learn and adapt from past experience.

Sussex Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and to the equality of opportunity. It expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All applicants will be subject to a full disclosure and barring service check before appointment is confirmed, along with other relevant pre-employment checks in line with Safer Recruitment and KCSIE.