Teaching Assistant SEND Apprenticeship - Broughton Hall High School
About the employer:
Broughton Hall High School is an all-girls', Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form located in the West Derby area of Liverpool, England. It shares sixth form facilities with the neighbouring boys' school Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School.
Overview of role:
To be part of the learning support service, supporting the inclusion of pupils with Special Educational Needs Disabilities (SEND) through the academic, personal and behavioural elements of school life, adapting and delivering support to meet individual needs.
To provide timetabled support and guidance to SEND students with a range of complex needs and advance students learning in a range of classroom settings, providing ongoing support outside the classroom with one-to-ones and group sessions and specialist enrichment programmes.
Key details:
- Hours: Monday to Friday (Shifts TBC), 35 hours per week
- Term-time only (39 weeks per year)
- Wage: £8 per hour. This will increase to the NMW for your age for those 19yrs+ (https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates)
- Location: Yew Tree Lane, West Derby, Liverpool, L12 9HJ
Apprenticeship details:
- Qualification: Level 3 Teaching Assistant Qualification
- Duration of course: 16 months
- Training Provider: LMP Education (Rated No 1 Training Provider in the UK!)
- All learning delivered online/ remotely alongside role.
Full Duties and Responsibilities:
- To assist the SENDCo and team to develop ambitious and stretching targets for students with a range of needs.
- To work with the SEND team and teachers to implement Learning Support Plans/ Pupil Passports and develop resources for students who have Special Educational Needs (SEN), an Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), English as a second language (EAL), speech or language impairments (SLCN) or behaviours that interfere with learning and/ or relationships (SEMH).
- To contribute to Annual Reviews, Learning Support Plans and other reporting to outside stakeholders as required.
- To support learning and personal development through one-to-one and small-group teaching, and other supportive relationships.
- To deliver individual and group intervention programmes which provide a range of strategies that will motivate, challenge and empower further learning and will help students to make positive changes.
- Support students to manage transitions in their lives.
- Respond to the needs of pupils who have experienced trauma.
- To observe, record and feedback information on student performance
Skills & Personal Qualities:
- Good organizational skills, ability to show initiative
- Good communication skills
- Good ICT skills
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to reflect
- Ability to demonstrate patience with firmness
- Ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Emotional resilience in working in a range of challenging situations
- Willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviors that flow from the Oasis ethos
Qualifications Requirements:
- GCSE or equivalent (Functional skills) English (Grade 4) essential
- GCSE or equivalent (Functional skills) Maths (Grade 4) essential
Next steps & Pre-employment checks:
- Permitting you’re eligible for the role) Please expect to receive contact from our LMP Education Recruitment team, to discuss your application further.
- Additionally, please be aware that upon a successful offer of employment, DBS checks and references will be obtained as part of your enrolment.
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