Teaching Assistant

Job Title: Teaching Assistant

Reference No(s): VA TA 1024

Closing Date: Friday 29th November 2024

Location: Venture Academy, Henley in Arden

Salary: £22,667.60 - £22,998.15 (B18-21) Plus Special School Allowance £750 per yr 35 Hours (TTO) = £19,388.51 - £19,671.24 Actual – Monday to Friday

Part time hours available upon request

Start Date: TBC

Interview Date: TBC

About Us

Venture Academy based in Henley-in-Arden joined MacIntyre Academies Trust in September 2020 catering for pupils in years 5-11 (ages 9-16) who may have Social, Emotional and Mental Health Difficulties and/or Diagnoses of Autism or an associated condition.

MacIntyre Academies' mission is to become a leading Special Academy Trust that provides outstanding outcome-focused state education by promoting high aspirations, empowering parents as partners and successfully equipping every child for adult life. We currently have 4 Academies, 3 in Warwickshire and 1 in Oxford.

MacIntyre Academies benefits greatly from its sponsor MacIntyre, which over the last 50 years, has developed a strong reputation nationally, as a high quality, person centred organisation.

The Role

We are looking for an inspirational and creative Teaching Assistant to join us - this a really exciting opportunity to be part of something very special.

You will be responsible for supporting the teaching and learning in a class of up to 8 students, working alongside a class teacher and a HLTA. If you have Autism, BESD or AP experience that will be an advantage but is not required. Our current TAs come from a range of experiences.

You will care passionately about each child as an individual, be able to observe and listen and then respond to advice. You will be able to implement strategies for raising achievement across the curriculum and be committed to your further professional development. You will be non-judgemental, resilient and unconditionally accepting.

You will be confident and happy to work with children of any age or ability. All our children are currently verbal, able bodied and literate. They need support to make the most of their talents and abilities. Venture Academy is committed to the professional development of all; roles can be tailored to allow strengths to be shown as well as areas for development or professional interest to be experienced and understood.

You will also work closely with internal and external stakeholders to successfully contribute to the delivery of the vision, ethos, aims and objectives of the academy; in turn, enabling successful learning and achievement by young people and sustained improvement in their spiritual, moral, social, cultural, mental and physical well-being in preparation for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life.

We know that children and young people with autism, social and emotional or mental health needs have to be presented with learning that is motivating and reinforcing and we want to recruit flexible and creative staff who understand how learning can impact on the overall wellbeing of children and young people and enable them to succeed. We will work very closely with parents/carers and families to ensure that they also feel supported and are confident that their child is getting the best that an academy can offer.

Benefits – Our people are the heart of our success 

 § A competitive salary  

§ Discretionary Special School Allowance £750 per annum (pro rata role dependent) 

§ Excellent local government pension scheme 

§ Family Friendly policies 

§ Wellbeing, Bereavement and Menopause policies 

§ Enhanced Sick Pay 

§ Wellbeing initiatives in your setting 

§ Full induction 

§ Training and development and the support of a trained line manager and dedicated senior leaders 

§ Access to further professional development  

§ Cycle to Work Scheme 

§ Annual MAT Life Day to take for that special occasion 

§ Annual Flu Jabs 

§ Free eye tests through Specsavers 

§ An Employee Assistance Programme to Support your health and wellbeing an access to various perks including discounts Tesco, Cineworld, Go Ape and many more 

§ Death in Service 

§ Long Service Recognition 

§ Recommend a Friend Scheme - £100 Voucher 

§ Trained Mental Health First Aiders 

§ Enhanced DBS Certificate (Paid for by MacIntyre Academies) 

§  Self service portal to facilitate leave and amend personal information 

§ We have an active employee engagement programme which includes Termly ‘You are Awesome’ awards, an annual Employee Big Thank you Day, Annual CPD Trust wide conference. 

§ Access to Blue Light Card/ Discounts for Teachers which offers thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street for social care staff/ Teachers and support staff 

MacIntyre Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All positions will require an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and registration with the DBS Update Service together with all other relevant recruitment checks including obtaining references. This post includes engaging in regulated activity relevant to children and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act, 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide: DBS filtering guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Referees will be asked to assess suitability of candidates to work with vulnerable adults, children or young people and will be verbally verified. Individual Safeguarding Policies for our Academies can be found on our website under ‘Essential Information’ and candidates will be asked about this as part of the recruitment process.

In line with the update to KSCIE 2022 MacIntyre Academies will carry out an online search of the candidate once the shortlisting process has been completed as part of their due diligence. This may involve a google search of the candidate’s name, looking at the top three search results over the past three years. If any incidents or issues are identified that are publicly available online this will be explored with the candidate at interview stage.

*Salaries are based on Full-Time-Equivalent and are pro-rata for part time roles. Salaries are dependent on experience with option of additional hours through the extended school provision.