Teaching Assistants - Term Time - Special Needs Position

Foreland Fields School, Ramsgate

Ref:KCC886-7040-216S
Posted:14/10/2021
Pay:Kent Range 3 plus SEN Allowance
Start Date:Immediate
App Close Date:29/10/2021 at 12:00
Interviews:3rd November 2021

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Are you looking for a new challenge? Are you passionate about supporting children and young people with their development and learning? Are you keen to develop new skills? Come and join our fantastic team at Foreland Fields School!

We are looking to welcome some term time Teaching Assistants to our school. These posts are for 30.75 hours per week and will be temporary until the end of this academic year, the first instance. However, there are frequently opportunities for successful Teaching Assistants to extend their contracts.

Our pupils and students have a wide range of needs, including difficulties with communication, learning, physical and sensory development as well as medical and care needs. All pupils and students have either severe or profound learning difficulties and many also have a diagnosis of autism. Classes are needs led and pupils and students follow personalised learning journeys along different curriculum pathways, depending on their individual needs.

Whilst experience of working in a special school would be an advantage, it is not essential. We provide all staff with a full week of induction training, which includes Moving and Handling, Makaton, Pool Evacuation, Behaviour and Safeguarding Training. We are committed to providing aspirational outcomes for all our students and we will provide regular specialist training for all staff, throughout their careers at Foreland Fields School. Essential training for Teaching Assistants takes place on alternate Thursdays between 2pm and 4.45pm and all staff are required to attend these as well as 5 INSET days per year.

Candidates must be qualified to at least GCSE Grade C or above in both English and maths or equivalent Level 2 Qualification so as to undertake essential record keeping. A relevant qualification, such as NVQ Supporting Teaching and Learning and having BSL (British Sign Language) would be desirable, but not essential. Candidates are welcome to contact Sarah Thorp (Deputy Headteacher) by telephone (01843 863891) if they would like to learn more about this exciting opportunity.

Information about the school

Foreland Fields School is a Day Special School for pupils with Profound, Severe and Complex Needs (PSCN), many of whom also have Autistic Spectrum Disorder.

We provide for 200+ pupils aged 3-19 in five departments, Nursery, Infants, Juniors (KS2) Secondary (KS3) and KS4/6th Form. In addition, we have satellite classes at Garlinge Primary School, Hartsdown Academy and East Kent College.

We encourage all of our employees to further their career development and we respect initiative and ambition. We are committed to performance management, staff training and coaching. The successful candidate will embrace the special ethos of the School, and the role will provide an opportunity to take Foreland Fields School into this next exciting phase and beyond.

Foreland Fields School is committed to the safeguarding and well-being of children therefore all successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check and references. We will also complete an online search on all shortlisted candidates.

Job Contact Information

Name:Sarah Thorp
Address:Newlands Lane, Ramsgate, Kent, CT12 6RH
Telephone: 01843 863891
Email: sarahthorp@foreland.kent.sch.uk

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