Social Media / Website / Teaching Assistant - Term Time

Nexus Foundation Special School, Tonbridge

• Ref:KCC886-7051-619S
• Posted:30/04/2025
• Pay:Kent Scheme A - D depending on experience + SENA
• Start Date:Immediate
• App Close Date:16/05/2025 at 09:00
• Interviews:TBC

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Teaching Assistant / Social Media / Website

Hours: 32.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday, 08:45 - 15:45) 

Why be a Specialist Teaching Assistant? 

Are you passionate about a particular subject and want to encourage students to learn?  Do you wish to make a real difference to children's learning and progress by supporting class teaching, assisting in providing a learning environment that enables all children to learn to the best of their ability, to support all children's well-being and to lead intervention groups? 

Specialist Teaching Assistants will be allocated to the areas where they will be responsible for supporting the class teacher in the teaching and welfare of children to ensure they attain the targets set under their individual educational programmes.  Dealing with pupils’ therapeutic, behavioural and personal care needs. 

The designated Teaching Assistant will also have responsiblility for media, the school website, and social media, creating and managing the school's online presence.

Please see the job description and personal specification for further information

• we are "the school where excellence meets opportunity"
• our children are happy and make every day rewarding
• no two days are the same
• we are expanding with a lot of exciting opportunities for you to develop

We can offer you:

• flexible working hours to help you manage your work life balance
• an annual well-being day off for all staff
• a strong, experienced and supportive team of colleagues, all working towards the shared belief that children thrive when they feel consistently happy and safe at school
• a varied range of development opportunities for staff to learn new skills and progress in their careers
• a dedicated well-being team who work to support staff with day to day issues as well as a fun-packed social calendar for our staff to wind down

Training opportunities: See attached information

Please note:

• In line with KCSIE 2024 guidance, as part of the shortlisting process, Nexus reserves the right to conduct an online search on shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence and to share any pertinent information found concerning a candidate’s suitability to work with children with the Headteacher.
• Nexus School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable.

Information about the school

Nexus : the school where excellence meets opportunity.

Nexus is an ambitious school for children and young people aged 2-19 with profound, severe and complex needs, many of whom have a diagnosis of autism.

With currently 280+ pupils on roll, we continue to expand our provision and pupil numbers providing wonderful opportunities for our teaching and learning with a wide range of staff development routes.

Nexus invests in employing the best staff and in training them to achieve. We strive to engage staff who are self-motivated, professional and ambitious.

Nexus also has a small 32 student satellite provision in Wouldham

Job Contact Information

• Name:Nicki Riddle - Personnel
• Address:Upper Haysden Lane, Tonbridge, Kent, TN11 8AA
• Telephone: 01732 771384
• Email: personnel@nexusschool.org.uk

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• TA L3 SEND flyer HT
• Child Protection Policy
• Social Media TA JD