Teaching Assistant - Personal Care Support

Role:  Teaching Assistant - Personal Care Support

Hours: Term Time, Monday to Friday. 37.5 hours a week but some flexibility on hours for the right candidate.

Overview

We are seeking a dedicated Teaching Assistant to support a student with a physical disability. The ideal candidate will provide comprehensive assistance, including facilitating classroom activities and ensuring the student's full participation in all educational experiences.

Additionally, the role requires aiding with personal care tasks, such as mobility support, toileting, and other daily needs, ensuring the student’s comfort and dignity.

The candidate should exhibit compassion, patience, and a strong commitment to fostering an inclusive learning environment.

This is initially for one-year, fixed term.

Responsibilities

• Support primarily for a student with any physical disabilities and other SEND needs.
• The principle responsibility of the role is to provide specific one-to-one across all curriculum subject areas.
• The general responsibility is, under the teacher’s guidance, to support the educational, personal, and social development of students with special needs or disability, access or mobility needs, and establish positive relations with students.
• Provide personal care for key SEND students.
• Support the Headmistress and Individual Needs department, and the aims and ethos of the school.
• Establish positive relations with students and parents/carers to assist student progress and attainment and support the ethos of the school.

Knowledge and experience

•  Experience of working with young people for a sustained period.
• A good understanding of effective ways to support SEN and disabled students and a willingness to learn through training.
• Awareness of the responsibilities for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of young people.
• Knowledge of how to respond effectively to the needs of SEND students and daily changes to routine.
• Willingness to provide personal care for students with a physical disability.
• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent (desirable)

Qualities

• Passionate about helping children with SEN and Disabilities.
• Confident, enthusiastic and self-motivated.
• Patient and understanding of the needs of others.
• A flexible approach to daily work schedules and willingness to show flexibility.
• A positive approach to personal development and training.
• Willingness to assist with student supervision on trips or visits.
• Commitment to developing learning opportunities inside and outside the classroom.
• Resourceful, responsible, resilient and able to remain calm under pressure.

What we are offering: 

• A competitive salary, commensurate with the candidate’s experience
• Free lunch and refreshments 
• Additional life insurance cover
• Access to Employee Assistance  
• Extensive professional development training opportunities  
• Free onsite parking and access to travel on the schools extensive coach network 
• Free access to sports facilities and well-being programmes for staff  
• Enrolment into the Schools' pension scheme, with 12% employer contribution, based on 5% individual contribution

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. 

Haberdashers’ Girls' SchooI is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced check. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.