Teaching Assistant - Term Time

Liberty College, Margate

Ref:KCC886-7907-56S
Posted:16/03/2023
Pay:£20,320 - £21,500 (pro rata)
Start Date:September 2023
App Close Date:26/05/2023 at 12:00
Interviews:To be confirmed

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Are you a Teaching Assistant with experience of working with post-16 young people? Do you have a passion to improve the lives of society’s most vulnerable and needy individuals, supporting them to achieve the most in their lives? Would you like to be part of a lively and devoted team?

The Role:

The role of Teaching Assistant is to provide support for learners in preparation for entering the workplace. You will have an active role in assisting learners on training courses to help them progress into education, employment, training or volunteering. You will work alongside our Tutors to deliver employability skills, Functional Skills in maths and English sessions and uphold our core goals.

As a Teaching Assistant, you will support the Tutor and Senior Leadership Team (SLT) in ensuring the courses run effectively and the service provided reflects the ethos of the company. You will support the Tutors and SLT in ensuring directives and policies are reflected and implemented in everyday practice. You will be line managed by the Head of School, but also report to your designated Tutor and/or other members of SLT.

This role is not solely based in the classroom as our groups attend regular team building activities

Requirements:

8:30am – 4:30pm Monday to Friday Term times only. However, this may vary according to the needs of the company.

You must have an outgoing, friendly, and confident personality with a positive attitude and a passion for helping others. Liberty Training values team players who are willing to go above and beyond in the pursuit of our shared vision. Flexibility and a good sense of humour is desirable.

It would also be beneficial to be aware of Educational Health Care Plans (EHCP) and have experience of working with young people who may have had behaviour issues; additional learning requirements, alternative delivery methods and/or ASD.

Safer Recruitment

Shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a Self-Disclosure Form and, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022, will also be subject to an online search.

Liberty College and all its personnel are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The DBS (formally CRB) helps employers makes safer recruitment decisions. A number of roles, especially those involving children or vulnerable adults, require a criminal record check. All job offers are subject to successful Enhanced DBS and barred list checks.

Appointments will be subject to satisfactory recruitment and vetting checks, including two references, one of which must be your current or most recent employer. As part of our safer recruitment policy, we will ask for references prior to interview (subject to consent being given). Our safer recruitment policy can be found on our website and attached below.

We reserve the right to close the advert early so advise early application.

Please note CVs will not be accepted.

Please see additional information on what we can offer you in the documents section.

If you would like an informal conversation about the role, or to arrange a tour of our college then do not hesitate to contact us via email at recruitment@libertygroupltd.co.uk or via telephone on 01843 446 906.

Information about the school

Job Contact Information

Name:Natasha Hollman
Address:Liberty College, Unit L2, Enterprise Road, Westwood Industrial Estate, Margate, Kent, CT9 4JA
Telephone: 01843446906
Email: NatashaH@libertygroupltd.co.uk

Documents

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