Teaching Assistant - #1747625

Summary

We are looking for an experienced Teaching Assistant to join our existing team in supporting our students at Harris Boys' Academy East Dulwich.

Main Areas of Responsibility

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Supporting students on the SEND / AEN Register
• Helping students access support and understand the causes and consequences of their behaviours, and to modify their behaviours to gain greater academic success
• Working closely with all academy staff to ensure that information is shared as appropriate to improve directly studnets' academic success
• Staffing the learning support department, supporting students who need timetabled time for academic study
• Knowing and understanding the learning needs of all students
• Liaising with staff to ensure that students can make maximum progress
• Supporting the learning and social development of students, including planning and delivering support sessions to small groups and 1:1
• Where appropriate, meeting with other external professionals to meet the needs of individual students
  
  

Qualifications & Experience

We would like to hear from you if you have:

• At least 3 x A-Levels or Level 3 qualifications and a good pass in GCSE English and Maths
• A basic understanding of the emotional and physical development of adolescent young men and boys
• Basic knowledge of strategies that can improve self- esteem and self-efficacy to ensure students can grow in their well-being and achievements
• Ability to deal sensitively with difficult or stressful situations in a professional manner whilst managing and prioritising your own caseload
• Ability to work in a creative and flexible way and be solution focused to any issues arising
• Ability to work under pressure and meet agreed deadlines and timescales, whilst holding others accountable for agreed deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal and social skills which will be used to manage complex situations in achieving successful outcomes for the student
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team to ensure that corporate objectives are achieved
• Ability to be able to evidence the impact that you have had on student outcomes through your monitoring, support and intervention
• Ability to manage time effectively, be punctual and adhere to the SEN department and academy codes of professional practice
• Ability to communicate issues and strategies to academy staff in a professional and sensitive manner and to act as the coordinator between external agency, family and academy support
• To be open and willing to be trained to further develop your knowledge and experience of this role
  
  

For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.

Professional Development & Benefits

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.

Safeguarding Notice

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

Equal Opportunities

The Harris Federation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

We value the diversity of our staff and students, and everyone at the Harris Federation is equally valued and respected. We aim to be an inclusive employer that reflects the communities we serve. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment.

About Us

We encourage our students to be critical thinkers and promote these skills throughout the curriculum. A student at Harris Boys' Academy will learn how to engage critically with foreign affairs, religion and society, issues of citizenship and the media, so they acquire the skills, and recognise the value of, thinking for yourself and thinking in a well-reasoned manner.

We are very lucky to have an amazing staff team who work together, and a body of professionals who are striving to be the very best they can be. Our staff are on board, want to change futures and want to be better at what they do. Our students buy into this idea and when you have these two points together, you can make wonderful things happen. This is shown through our outcomes and if you speak to the boys and the parents of this school community.