Senior Specialist Teaching Assistant - Full-time - Special Needs Position

Whitehill Primary School, Gravesend

• Ref:KCC886-3900-72S
• Posted:06/09/2019
• Pay:TDET Range 5 (depending on experience)
• Start Date:As soon as possible
• App Close Date:22/09/2019 at 23:45
• Interviews:Wednesday 25th September, 2019

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Senior Specialist Teaching Assistant

37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (Term time only + 1 week)

Are you a Teaching Assistant who wants to develop their skills to further specialise supporting children with social communication difficulties including ASD? Do you want to work in a school which believes in nurturing and achievement for all, including staff?  Would you enjoy opportunities and internal/external development?  Do you want to be part of our supportive team? 

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Whitehill Primary School seeks to appoint a Senior Specialist Teaching Assistant to support the work of the SEN team and provide specialist support to individual support to pupils with high levels of SEN.

The role will also involve liaising with class teachers, TAs, parents/carers and other stakeholders. The ideal candidates will hold relevant qualifications, including Maths and English GCSE and demonstrate high levels of skill and experience in working with children with a variety of SEN including social and communication difficulties including ASD. A full job description is attached to this advert.

The ideal candidate will also have excellent communication skills, both written and oral and have good ICT skills to support planning and delivery. The Senior Specialist Teaching Assistant will report to the Deputy Headteacher Inclusion and will be involved in the strategic planning in relation to SEN and inclusion across the school.

This appointment will start as soon as possible.  Salary is subject to experience, but will be within The Decus Educational Trust (TDET) Range 5: £15,755.59 -£17,033.92 per annum (equivalent to £18,611-£20,121 per annum for a full-time, all year round post).

Find out more about our school at:

www.whitehillprimary.kent.sch.uk

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If you would like to know more about this role, please contact the DHT for Inclusion, Jane Patterson on 01474 352973 or jpatterson@whitehillprimary.kent.sch.uk

Visits to the school are actively encouraged.  To arrange a visit please contact Lianne Pond, PA to the Headteacher, on 01474352973 or lpond@whitehillprimary.kent.sch.uk. 

Initial applications can be made on line or on downloaded application forms.  Downloaded application forms should be emailed to jlumley@whitehillprimary.kent.sch.uk. 

Please do not apply if you have made a previous application for this post.

Closing date: Sunday 22nd September, 2019 (23:45)

Interviews: Wednesday 25^th September, 2019

Information about the school

Whitehill is a strong and thriving community, united together and determined to see all succeed and be happy in their lives. We are very proud of the safe and nurturing environment that we have created at Whitehill.

We aspire for all to develop and all to achieve. We foster the development of confidence. We facilitate ambition in all aspects of life. We support independence in decision making.

Whitehill is an academy in the Aletheia Academies Trust. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers, governors and Trustees to share this commitment.

All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check along with other relevant employment checks, including overseas criminal background checks where applicable.  Our policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders can be found on our website. All new employees, volunteers, governors and Trustees will be required to undertake safeguarding training on induction which will be regularly updated in line with statutory guidance.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Jennifer Lumley
• Address:Sun Lane, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 5HN
• Telephone: (01474) 352973
• Email: lumleyj@decustrust.com

Documents

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• Job Description