At a Glance
- Tasks: Deliver high-level support to drive academic success for students, particularly at GCSE level.
- Company: Join a dedicated team focused on empowering students in a supportive environment.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development opportunities, and a chance to make a real difference.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for career growth and impactful student interactions.
- Why this job: Be a mentor and help students overcome challenges while enhancing their literacy and numeracy skills.
- Qualifications: Must meet HLTA standards or have equivalent experience with knowledge of learning difficulties.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
Are you a highly qualified and experienced professional ready to deliver targeted, high-level support that drives academic attainment, particularly at GCSE level? Join us as a Specialist Teaching Assistant for Temenos, the KS3 alternative provision, utilizing your expertise in subjects like Maths, English, or dyslexia to mentor students.
This senior role involves managing complex student caseloads, providing specialist knowledge on adaptations, leading statutory reviews, and ensuring bespoke intervention programmes deliver measurable academic progress. You will enable the students to develop their literacy and numeracy skills whilst also filling gaps in their wider curriculum knowledge through skillful and creative teaching. After a successful placement, you will support students to re-integrate back into mainstream and a new cohort will arrive.
You will manage a student caseload, providing crucial specialist advice on adaptations and resources needed to support their educational attainment. A key aspect is the responsibility for meticulously tracking and monitoring EHCP life skill targets and academic outcomes. You will lead Person Centred Reviews/EHCP Reviews, deliver intensive intervention programmes to groups, and complete essential welfare documents like risk assessments and individual health care plans.
Furthermore, you will play a central role in leading the administration and provision of Exam Access Arrangements and testing, ensuring compliance, and supporting inclusion rooms like the Bridge and PLC.
It is essential that candidates meet the Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) standards or possess equivalent qualification or demonstrable experience. Candidates must be knowledgeable of the needs of students with learning difficulties and disabilities and the SEND Code of Practice.
Required skills include the ability to write comprehensive reports, risk assessments, and Individual Health Care Plans, coupled with proven experience using data to measure and monitor progress and attainment. Efficient and effective organisational skills are mandatory.
Specialist Teaching Assistant (Temenos) employer: Outwood Academy Ormesby
Join a dynamic and supportive educational environment as a Specialist Teaching Assistant at Temenos, where your expertise will directly impact students' academic journeys. We pride ourselves on fostering a collaborative work culture that values professional development, offering numerous opportunities for growth and advancement within the education sector. Located in a vibrant community, our institution is dedicated to inclusivity and innovation, ensuring that every employee feels valued and empowered to make a difference.
