Teaching Assistant

• Castle Hill Infant and Junior Schools, Ipswich IP1 6QD
• £23,114 per annum pro rata (£11.98 per hour)
• 32.5 hours per week, 38 weeks per year
• Fixed Term contract until 31 August 2024 (with intention to extend)
• Reference: 5019
• Required as soon as possible

Castle Hill Infant and Junior Schools are two established schools, working as one, based in Ipswich.

Castle Hill is a vibrant school community within ASSET Education, creating learners who are equipped for the 21st century. We place great emphasis on developing children’s character, using our bespoke Learning Knights, restorative practices and Trauma Informed UK, in order to prepare them for the challenges that lie ahead in both their education and life.

We are offering an exciting opportunity for a motivated and committed Teaching Assistant to join our team, to start as soon as possible. Experience is welcomed but full training will be given.

You will be:

• a consistently good / outstanding classroom assistant
• committed to achieving high standards
• flexible and able to use your own initiative, understanding a range of duties
• able to work independently and as part of a team
• resilient, hardworking and self-motivated
• able to adapt to suit the needs of individual learners
• able to manage change well, and support children in a variety of situations.

You will:

• be required to provide support in small groups
• be a team player who is solution focused, patient and caring
• have the ability to think on your feet and use your own initiative
• have a good knowledge of or be prepared to learn about sensory strategies and how to use these to support children to self-regulate or be willing to learn
• have an understanding of different communication methods
• provide support for children by implementing an effective range of learning strategies to ensure outstanding learning outcomes for all students
• work closely with the class teacher
• liaise with teaching staff to plan and deliver classroom support.

This post will be reporting directly to one of our Phase Leaders and will be based at Castle Hill.

Closing date: 1pm, 29 January 2024.

Interview date: 2 February 2024.

ASSET Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the job description and will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and children's barred list check, health check, online search and satisfactory references.

Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract

Salary: £23,114.00 per year

Expected hours: 32.5 per week

Benefits:

• Company pension
• On-site parking
• Referral programme

Work Location: In person