About the role
Our teaching assistants make all the difference to our children and our teachers. Do you have the skills to join us? We are looking for a caring and supportive individual who will work with our teachers and SENCo to support taching and learning.
The Opportunity
- Supervise activities for small groups or 1:1, enabling all children to overcome their barriers to learning.
- Support the teaching team to establish appropriate learning for our children
- Work with our teachers to offer a differiated curriculum when needed
- Assist with break time and lunchtime supervision including facilitating games and activities.
We are looking for a self-motivated and hard-working individual to join our highly skilled team of professionals. A good standard of written and spoken English are essentail.
The successful candidate will:
- Be confident and open to work with children including those with SEND
- Be a committed practitioner with high expectations of our children and of themselves
- Be hardworking, a team player and have a sense of humour
- Be able to follow professional advice and implement appropriate strategies to support learning
- Have a good command of English and basic level of maths skills in order to support pupils
- Be able to work on their own initiative and manage and organise their time effectively
- Show commitment to the safeguarding of children
Previous experience working with children is essential.
Hours: Mon-Weds, 8:40-3:20pm, to include a lunch duty. Term time only.
Applicants are welcome to visit the school, please contact the school (admin@windermere.herts.sch.uk) to arrange a visit with either the SENCo or the Head.
Windermere Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments to this post are subject to satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check as well as other pre-appointment checks.
Applications will only be accepted using the official HfL application form.
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