TA (Secondary) in Southampton

Grade: Grade 6

Contractual hours: 30 hours a week, term time only

Accountable to: Head of SEND

Purpose of the Job

To assist teachers in providing a learning environment that enables all children to access the curriculum and learn to the best of their ability. To work with and support children with a variety of academic, physical and emotional/behavioural needs on a class, group or individual basis. To work with and support an identified child with specified academic, physical and emotional/behavioural/medical needs on an individual basis if required.

Key Accountabilities

• To work with individuals or groups of children, as directed by the class teacher and the SENCo, to support subjects and learning across the whole curriculum.
• To establish supportive, caring and secure relationships with the child/children, promoting respect, self-esteem and a positive, inclusive whole school ethos.
• To develop knowledge and understanding of specific academic, physical and emotional/behavioural needs of individuals and groups of children and respond to them effectively.
• To assist the class teacher and the Director of Pastoral and Inclusion/SENCo with the planning, development and delivery of suitable programmes of work for pupils (i.e. Individual Education Plans).
• To support class teachers to design, create and produce learning activities, materials and resources to support aspects of the curriculum or particular learning outcomes.
• To help, support and motivate the children, clarifying instructions, encouraging independent learning and behaviour and enabling learning targets and outcomes to be achieved.
• To contribute to monitoring and recording pupils' progress, maintaining records and providing relevant feedback to teachers.
• To follow the behaviour management system that has been adopted by the school.
• To provide welfare support to the children, including administering First Aid (dependent on training) and attending to personal hygiene and identified medical needs as required.

General School Duties

• Setting up classrooms, preparing resources and displays and tidying and clearing away.
• Supervision of children during play times and lunchtimes.
• Supervision of children entering and leaving school premises.

Other Duties

• To support the aims, values, mission and ethos of the school and participate in a team approach to all aspects of school life.
• Attend and contribute to staff meetings and INSET days as required, and identify areas of personal practice and experience to develop.
• Take appropriate responsibility for safeguarding and children's welfare and be aware of confidential issues linked to home/child/teacher/school and keep confidences appropriately.
• Be aware of health and safety issues and act in accordance with the school's Health and Safety Policy.
• The post holder may be expected to carry out duties other than those given in the job description where the level of responsibility is similar and he/she has appropriate qualifications or receives appropriate training to carry out these duties.

Safeguarding

The postholder will be expected to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people in accordance with school policies and statutory guidance.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Statement

St Mark's Church of England School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This role requires an enhanced DBS.