Are you looking for a new challenge? Would you like to work as part of a team in a role where you can make a difference to the l.....
Are you looking for a new challenge? Would you like to work as part of a team in a role where you can make a difference to the lives of children and young people? An Exciting Opportunity to join Swindon Academy; the most improved school in Swindon Role:
SEMH Learning Support Assistant Location: Swindon Salary: £21,100 per annum Contract type: 37.5 hours a week, term time only Swindon Academy are looking for an ambitious and hard-working individual to join a busy team within primary phase. The purpose of the role is to work in partnership with class teachers to support learning in line with the national curriculum, codes of practice and academy policies and procedures. You will also provide small group interventions using specific programmes as directed. The main duties will involve: To work under the guidance of the SENCO to support the social and emotional needs of the pupilsTo provide specific support to the children and the school through the provision of assistance to teachers and support staff in the practical organisation of interventionnsTo promote the inclusion of all pupils ensuring they have equal access to opportunities to learn and developEstablish and maintain constructive relationships with parents and carersTo be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within the schoolImplement planned learning activities/teaching programmes as agreed with the teacher, adjusting activities according to students’ needs and responses as appropriateUnderstand specific learning needs and provide differentiated support to students individually and within a groupSupport pupils with activities which develop literacy and numeracy skillsPromote positive pupil behaviour in line with academy policies for culture for learningMonitor and record pupil responses and learning achievements, resolving all but the most complex problems independently Our ideal candidate will have: excellent communication skills and be able to build good relationships with young people and adults an ability to deal with students and staff so that they feel they have been dealt with consistently and fairlyan ability to convey authority and earn students respect, with the ability to make good decisions really fast.the ability to show initiative whilst knowing when to take advicegood judgement over matters of confidentiality and integrity in dealing with sensitive information about studentsstrong IT skills with the ability to positively respond to training in the use of school IT packages.Other requirements:educated to A Level or Level 3 Teaching Assistantsound literacy and numeracy, GCSE in English and Maths at Grade C or abovesome previous experience of working with young people is desirablesome understanding of how students learn or teaching experience is desirableWhy choose usAt Swindon Academy, we pride ourselves on a team of staff who are supportive, friendly and dedicated to providing the very best teaching and learning for our students. Staff across the academy set a culture of high expectations and continuous improvement for students which, in turn, is reflected in the emphasis we place on continuing professional development (CPD) for our staff.We have made significant, sustained progress at GCSE and are proud to be the top performing school in Swindon for progress over the last six years. Swindon Academy was the first all-though academy to open in the UK and has over 1,900 pupils from the age of 2 to 19. The school is situated in purpose-built £25 million premises, benefiting from excellent, state-of-the-art facilities and situated within the beautiful county of Wiltshire, within commuting distance for Bristol, Bath and Oxford. After a visit from Ofsted in June 2022, the academy continues to be a ‘Good’ school in all aspects of the inspection framework. Inspectors who visited the school noted that, “Warm, caring relationships are at the heart of the way that staff work with pupils.United LearningSwindon Academy is part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England. Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resources, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance. As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’.