ALL VACANCIES AT LADY JOANNA THORNHILL (ENDOWED) PRIMARY SCHOOL ARE ADVERTISED ON THE KENT TEACH WEBSITE AND CAN BE FOUND FOLLOWING THE LINK: Kent Teach portal

1:1 Support Teaching Assistant for pupils with High Needs Funding

Payscale:               Kent Range 3

Hours per week:  31.25

Term time only plus 5 development days per year

Fixed term until 31/8/2024

We are looking to appoint highly a motivated Teaching Assistant to join our talented and supportive team. You should be a positive and enthusiastic person who loves working with children and helping them to strive for their best. 

We would really like to meet you if you if you are passionate about working with children and have the ability to inspire learning and support development. 

You should have a high standard of general education with good numeracy and literacy skills.  You will be able to communicate effectively with children and adults, have a flexible attitude, good sense of humour and be friendly and approachable. Experience of working with children, good time management and the ability to work flexibly using your own initiative are essential.  You will have some experience of working directly with children with autism, ADHD and/or PDA and be able to demonstrate a good understanding of the strategies and approaches that are known to best support children with these additional needs (*exceptional candidates who lack this experience but can demonstrate their strong capacity to work with children with additional needs are still encouraged to apply).

The main focus of the role is to provide 1:1 support to pupils in receipt of high needs funding, but your responsibilities may include:-

• Supporting children in achieving the lesson objective in English, Maths and across all areas of the    curriculum
• Leading 1:1 and group intervention programmes
• Feeding back to the class teacher, maintaining records of progress and behaviour
• Working with children to support any social, emotional, behavioural, personal care or medical needs
• Liaising with parents and external professionals 
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Children will be at the heart of your work. You must be able to demonstrate that you understand the importance of educating the whole child, that you want the very best for them and are prepared to put their needs first.

Prospective applicants are more than welcome to visit our school.  To this end, interested parties should contact the school direct on 01233 812781 to register.

We particularly welcome applications from ethnic minority applicants, as they are under-represented within our school workforce. 

This is a rolling advertisement and the School reserves the right to close applications, should we find a suitable applicant prior to the closing date being met.

We do not use Agencies for our recruitment process.

ASC/ADHD Specialist Support Assistant 

Pay Scale:                Kent Range 4

Hours per week:     32.5

Term time only plus 5 development days per year

Fixed term until 31/8/2024 

We are looking to appoint a highly motivated professional to take on the role ASC/ADHD Specialist Support Assistant (SSA), to join our talented and supportive team. You should be a positive and enthusiastic person who loves working with children and helps them to strive for their best.   

This is a new role for our school and we are looking for someone highly skilled to complement our Inclusion Team. Whilst we would like someone who is experienced and highly skilled in ASC/ADHD - what really matters is the mindset. We want someone who has high expectations of all children and views learners as individuals. You will be an adept problem-solver, seeking solutions to overcome challenges and improve the learning experiences of all children with autism and other special educational needs.

Your numeracy and literacy skills will be strong enough to improve children's standards. You will be able to communicate effectively with children and adults, have a flexible attitude, good sense of humour and be friendly and approachable. All relevant training will be given to the right candidate. 

This role will require you to work one-to-one with selected pupils and because of your expertise, others will be able to observe you in practice and learn from your work.

We will consider part-time applications to form a post share opportunity.

If you are interested in the role, please contact Alex Devlin with an expression of interest, outlining how your experience, knowledge and skills meet the person specification. a.devlin@ladyj.kent.sch.uk

Prospective applicants are more than welcome to visit our school.  To this end, interested parties should contact the school direct on 01233 812781 to register.

We particularly welcome applications from ethnic minority applicants, as they are under-represented within our school workforce. 

This is a rolling advertisement and the School reserves the right to close applications, should we find a suitable applicant prior to the closing date being met.

We do not use Agencies for our recruitment process.