Teaching Assistant

The Governors are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated Teaching Assistant to support groups of pupils and/ or individuals with their learning. The successful applicants will have very high expectations in terms of supporting pupils in order for them to reach their true potential. You will work alongside and support the class teacher making effective use of resources to achieve the highest standards of learning and achievement for the pupil. The hours will be 8.30am - 3.30pm Monday to Friday including half hour lunchtime duty. Responsibilities include:

• delivering RWI to a group of pupils
• delivering RWI interventions & other planned interventions
• facilitating the pupil's learning to encourage independence
• implementing the school's behaviour policy to support the pupils
• providing detailed and regular feedback to teachers on the pupil's progress and achievement
• helping to make appropriate resources to support the pupils
• establishing supportive relationships with the pupils
  
  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