Nurture Teaching Assistant - Full-time

Lansdowne Primary School, Sittingbourne

• Ref:KCC886-2055-124S
• Posted:13/05/2019
• Pay:KR3
• Start Date:Jun 2019
• App Close Date:02/06/2019 at 15:00
• Interviews:TBD

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We are looking for an experienced, well organised and resilient teaching assistant to support pupils with Behaviour Emotional & Social Needs as part of the school's Nurture Team. The ideal person will have a proven track record of managing a full range of challenging behaviours and a working knowledge of Boxall Nurture group strategies.

30 hours per week, 43 paid weeks (term time + 5 weeks holiday)

The successful candidate will be working in a nurture group classroom and specialist resource provision in addition to supporting pupils in the mainstream classes. The post will involve:

• Delivering well-being interventions
• Continual assessment of social, emotional and mental health needs
• Effective and regular liaison with other professionals
• Supporting transitions from the nurture group and specialist resource provision to the mainstream classrooms
• Delivering lessons under the guidance of the SENCo and class teacher

We are fully committed to ensuring that pupils within this area of special need are integrated as fully as possible into our schools and that they feel as highly valued as all other pupils.

This can be an extremely challenging position, but equally very rewarding. The successful applicant will be joining a well established, forward thinking and supportive team of professionals.

Our school and all its personnel are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children.  This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service. Please note that references may be requested prior to interview, at least one reference must be from your most recent employer.

If you wish to make the transition from a university graduate to qualified teacher, The Stour Academy Trust can offer suitable candidates the ability to complete the Straight To Teaching programme, fully paid by the Trust. Find out more here.

For more information about Lansdowne Primary School please visit the website and facebook page:

www.lansdowne.kent.sch.uk

www.facebook.com/lansdowneprimaryschool

www.stouracademytrust.org.uk

Information about the school

Lansdowne Primary School is a large 2FE Primary School in Sittingbourne, Kent. The school was rated as Outstanding in four out of the five Ofsted inspection categories (Early Years, Behaviour and Attitude, Personal Development and Leadership and Management) with a Good rating overall in December 2022.

The school is a member of The Stour Academy Trust, a forwarding thinking Multi Academy Trust of primary schools that are transforming that way that children learn in order to better prepare them for the 21st century.

For more information, please visit the school’s website: www.lansdowne.kent.sch.uk

For more information about The Stour Academy Trust, please visit the Trust website: www.thestouracademytrust.org.uk

Job Contact Information

• Name:HR Department
• Address:Gladstone Drive, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 3BH
• Telephone: (01795) 423752
• Email: lansdowne@stouracademytrust.org.uk

Fax: (01795) 423752