Teaching Assistant Level 2 - Lilleshall Primary School

Lilleshall Primary School is a one form entry school located in the beautiful village of Lilleshall. We are a caring and positive teaching staff, dedicated to ensuring children are happy and reach their maximum potential. We are a strong team of teachers and teaching assistants that value each other and are committed to providing a high-quality education for all learners.

We are looking for dynamic, energetic, flexible, and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant who is committed to an inclusive approach. Your role will be to support a child who will be in Year 2 with their adapted curriculum and in their inclusion in the mainstream classroom. You will be committed to providing the best opportunities for our very rewarding but sometimes challenging learner and ensure that he is supported to achieve his full potential.

The successful candidates will demonstrate a sound understanding of the specialist approaches that work best with children who have difficulties associated with communication and interaction and in particular, Autism. They will be able to evidence their knowledge, skills and experience in successfully supporting these children to reach their potential within an educational setting.

A flexible approach, a sense of humour, reliability, punctuality, stamina, resilience, and the ability to work under pressure are essential.

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