Teaching Assistant (Level 2) with SEN Experience
Part Time 18.5 hours per week (pm only)
Fixed Term to August 2025 with a possibility of extending
Pay Range NJC07 - NJC11 (Actual Salary £10,983 - £11,707)
Required as soon as possible
We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly skilled, committed and flexible Level 2 Teaching Assistant, with experience of working with SEN children, to join our friendly and supportive team. Portland Spencer Academy is part of the Spencer Academies Trust and as such benefits from a range of opportunities for further development.
We are looking for someone who:
* Has the desire to work in our inclusive and child-centred school where we believe every child can ASPIRE and succeed.
* An excellent practitioner who has relevant experience and/or qualifications to support children with additional SEN needs.
* An individual who has an understanding and experience of working with children with SEN difficulties in mainstream or specialist settings and responds positively and with patience to the challenges these children face.
* Someone who has high expectations of children’s learning and can motivate children so they can flourish and achieve their potential.
* A person who builds strong relationships with children based on clear boundaries, empathy and fairness with a strong understanding of trauma informed practice.
* Someone who understands our community and our passion for inclusion and who is able to build supportive relationships within a team for the benefit of the children.
* Someone who is reflective and continually seeks to improve their practice.
* An energetic individual who smiles often, challenges positively and drives change for the benefit of all.
* Someone who has patience, resilience and a desire to make a difference.
* An individual who starts each day afresh with positivity and enthusiasm.
* Has relevant qualifications and training i.e. NVQ/CACHE in working with children
* Has excellent literacy, numeracy and ICT skills
At Portland Spencer Academy we ASPIRE in all that we do, ensuring the very best for every child. Our children expect you to:
A lways smile and listen to our ideas
S ucceed in teaching and see potential in us
P raise us when we make good choices
I nspire us and include everyone
R espect us and other members of staff
E veryone should have fun!
Portland Spencer Academy is an Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ school (November 2023) which reflects our whole school community’s desire to deliver our children with the very best education. We pride ourselves on learning which has kindness and creativity at its core, but which sets children up for a lifetime of success.
Read more about our Outstanding Ofsted report here: 10254786-Portland-Spencer-Aca-140550-final-pdf.pdf (portlandspencer.org.uk)
Spencer Academies Trust is an educational charity, Multi-Academy Trust and Sponsor of Academies. We have approaching 18000 children and young people in our academies and employ more than 2500 teachers, leaders and educational support professionals across the East Midlands. We aspire to be a leading regional high performing Trust, with a national reputation for excellence.
We currently have 17 primary academies, 8 secondary academies and 1 primary aged special school in our family of schools. All of our schools benefit from the collaboration and added value that being a member of our Trust offers, and share our values and beliefs. Spencer Trust academies share an ambition to deliver results that compete with the very highest performing schools in the country, and deliver a curriculum for students that is underpinned by breadth, opportunity and quality: one that seeks to give young people the opportunity to develop into well rounded global citizens that believe they can influence positive change in the world.
Mission
Our Mission is to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and young people.
Vision
Spencer Academies Trust is an exceptional Trust, providing an outstanding education for local children.
We Believe:
* All children have a right to a quality education regardless of background or ability, and have an entitlement to the opportunity of a secure progression route in their learning and development.
* Schools are stronger when they work in collaboration with each other, operate within a ‘family’ and are open to a true sense of partnership.
* We grow the effectiveness and sustainability of our schools by developing the people within them, and that through shared and equitable responsibility for quality and outcomes; we achieve more.
Applicants would be expected to share the Trust’s high aspirations and expectations for pupils and staff.
If you would like to discuss the role, or have any queries, please contact Debbie Batterbee: info@portlandspencer.org.uk
The Spencer Academies Trust Safer recruitment policy requires applications for this post must be submitted through our recruitment portal. CV’s cannot be accepted. We are also required to request references prior to interview.
Closing date for applications 7th March 2025 - 9am
Interviews will take place on 12th February 2025
Early application is strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to interview and close the advert ahead of the closing date.
How to Apply
Applications are submitted through our Every Candidate Portal. If you are a new user to our portal, you can click on ‘ Register’to complete your candidate profile. If you already have a candidate profile with us, click on ‘ Sign In’. Both of these routes allow you to feed your candidate information into any of our vacancies and view the status of your application.
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Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children and young people. Therefore, we expect everyone to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre- employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records with Barred List Check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and the completion of Level 2 Safeguarding training. It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children (where the role involves this type of regulated activity).
The Trust and its member academies are committed to promoting equality and diversity in both employment and education provision. We aim to ensure that students, parents, governors, employees, contractors, partners, clients and other stakeholders within the Trust community are treated fairly, and with dignity and respect regardless of Protected Characteristics .
Spencer Academies Trust is a Disability Confident Committed Employer