EYFS Teaching Assistant

We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and caring colleague to join our Early Years team in our Reception class. You will work in collaboration with the Reception teachers and a dedicated team of support staff to support groups of pupils with their learning in order for them to achieve their true potential. We are looking for a colleague who can bring and share good practice at Millbrook.,

• Supporting the class teacher
• Delivering planned learning activities
• Engaging in high-quality play in the continuous provision
• Promoting and developing children's independence
• Recording assessments that capture children's interests and achievements
• Establishing positive supportive relationships with pupils and their families
  
  You will need a good general standard of education including GCSE English and Maths to Grade C or equivalent and an NVQ Level 2 or 3 in early childhood development, supporting teaching and learning or similar. Prior experience of working in a school setting is desirable.
  
  We've implemented a new system from Monday 4th March which will improve your candidate experience!, Telford & Wrekin Council is an award winning council, and we were recognised as Local Authority of the Year 2022 at the Municipal Journal Awards, and the Association for Public Service Excellence Council of the Year in 2021.
At Team Telford we work hard to protect, care and invest to create a better borough and our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Having the right people, with the right skills, in the right roles allows us to deliver the excellent services that residents and businesses on the borough expect from us. Our friendly and passionate teams are trusted by leaders and managers to deliver this ambition. We invest and nurture our workforce and support our employees to develop and thrive. The better we are the bigger difference we make to the people we serve.

In return we also offer a great range of benefits including competitive salaries, flexible working hours and work arrangements, employee discounts, salary sacrifice schemes, a local government pension scheme and generous annual leave entitlement. At Telford & Wrekin Council, we know that having a diverse workforce is key to providing the best possible services to our community. We celebrate having a diverse and inclusive culture where people are able to be themselves at work, and everyone has a voice and we know we are stronger and better connected as a result. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and where our data shows that specific groups are under-represented within our workforce, our adverts will actively encourage applications from these groups. We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities or other health conditions. You can find out more about this and our 'guaranteed interview scheme' here You can also read more about our Recruitment and Selection Policy and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders here and the Transgender & Non-Binary Inclusion Policy commitments here