Senior Teaching Assistant - Booker Park School

As a Senior Teaching Assistant the successful candidate will work under the guidance of teaching and senior staff and within an agreed system of supervision, to implement agreed work programmes with individuals/groups, in or out of the classroom. with the class teacher in lesson planning, evaluating and adjusting lesson/work plans as appropriate.

You will assist with the development and implementation of individual education and personal care plans, attending to personal hygiene needs and administering medicines.

You will be required to lead whole classes in the absence of both the Teacher and Assistant Teacher within the class. We offer comprehensive training from our many in house experts, a full induction programme and numerous career paths as you progress., The Vale Federation of Schools is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to provide two satisfactory references, undertake
pre employment checks including a health check and have a cleared Enhanced Disclosure & Barring check. An online search (including social media checks) will be carried out for all shortlisted candidates as part of our recruitment process.

We are an equal opportunities employer and operate safe recruitment practices including online checks. The successful candidate will need to have an enhanced DBS clearance.

Maybe you are ready to extend your current knowledge and experience of working with children who have special educational and complex needs., Ideal candidates for this role will have a minimum of three years' experience of working with children and young people who have a range of special educational and complex needs either in a special school or similar setting, or maybe through a different job role.

You will be able to liaise with other professionals in order to carry out recommendations required and also work on your own initiative.

A good working knowledge of ICT to be able to effectively support learning and a commitment to training is expected.

Resilience, common sense and a commitment to working as part of a team are also key attributes.

Booker Park is a member of the Vale Federation of Special Schools, together with the secondary and post-16 school Stocklake Park. With 239 pupils on roll, Booker Park caters for primary aged children with a broad diversity of complex needs including profound and multiple, severe and moderate learning difficulties. Almost half of the pupils have an additional diagnosis of an autistic spectrum condition. We are fortunate enough to have wonderful facilities including two large halls, a computer suite, hydrotherapy pool, soft play room, an observational mirror room, dark room and sensory theatre. We have purpose built outdoor spaces including a MUGA (multi use games area), climbing castle, pirate ship and sensory path which are available to all pupils. We are close to bus and train links and on-site parking is available for all staff.