Teaching Assistant SEND

Salary:
Bucks Pay Range 2 (Actual salary £19,684 - £21,332 per annum)

Contract Term:
Term time only, 5 days per week

Working Hours:

33.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (Permanent)

Working Days:
Mon, Wed & Fri 8:30am - 3:30pm and Tues & Thur 8:30am - 4:00pm

Would you like a job which fits within the school day?

Would you enjoy helping young people achieve their potential?

Do you want to work as part of a caring, flexible team?

Working as a Teaching Assistant could be the perfect opportunity for you. We offer a high degree of flexibility, including adaptable working days and the option to work term-time only. This is a highly rewarding role where you can make a genuine and lasting difference to the lives of individual students.

We are seeking enthusiastic and dedicated individuals to join our committed team of Teaching Assistants, supporting our young people to achieve their full potential. You will become part of our specialist SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) team, working collaboratively to provide tailored support that meets the individual needs of each student.

Students with SEND are at the heart of our academy, and this role is pivotal in ensuring that some of our most vulnerable learners are fully supported to thrive and succeed. Support may be delivered within lessons or through targeted 1:1 interventions focused on specific areas of need.

Experience of working with young people and having the following skills will be beneficial:

• A passion for the importance of learning
• Enthusiasm for working with young people to help them succeed, especially those students with SEND needs
• The ability to inspire students
• GCSE (or equivalent) English and Maths
• Further education relating to learning & development needs for SEND students

Your responsibilities will include:

• Working collaboratively with subject teachers to ensure students’ progress in individual subjects
• Acting as a positive role model both socially and academically
• Helping to foster and develop positive relationships with staff and peers
• Being flexible to meet the dynamic needs of the SEND department on a daily basis
• Identifying personal training needs and attending appropriate internal and external training
• Being involved in maintaining records, undertaking assessment and evaluating identified students’ needs
• Ensuring inclusive practice and equality of opportunity for all

We recognise the vital importance of support staff at The Misbourne. Professional development is a priority and we provide opportunities for skill development and further responsibility. Would you like to make a difference to the outcomes and life chances of young people? If so, you could become part of our dedicated team.

The Misbourne is an 11-18 mixed school single-academy trust in the picturesque village of Great Missenden in the heart of the Chilterns. We have over 1100 students on roll, including a successful and growing Sixth Form. We are proudly non-selective and inclusive, ensuring that we live and breathe our values: we are a community that values learning, promotes kindness and strives for excellence in all we do.

We are the Lead School for Careers in Bucks.

Our staff tell us they genuinely feel like part of a team; a team who are striving to help each student flourish both academically and personally. As our greatest asset, we place great emphasis on staff wellbeing evidenced in our Wellbeing Charter.

• Pupils told inspectors that the clear and fair behaviour system helps them to behave well
• Relationships between staff and pupils are strong
• Pupils’ conduct around the school is orderly and calm
• Pastoral care puts the child at the heart of everything the school does

• Students who are a pleasure to work with
• An experienced, friendly and collaborative team of staff
• Great training and development opportunities
• A centralised behaviour system with visible and supportive leadership
• Mental Health first aiders on site
• Convenient on-site parking
• An annual personal ‘Headspace Day’, taken in term time
• A two-week October half-term
• A generous pension scheme
• Free access to our own fully-fitted gym…