Job Description

Location:

Houlton School

Job title:

Teaching Assistant (TA2)

Salary:

Term Time + 5 days NJC07 - NJC11 26,403.00 - 28,142.00 FTE pro rata Actual salary: 22,888.73 to 24,396.26

Start date:

ASAP

Key relationships:

All staff, pupils and families who are part of the Houlton Family

Job purpose:

To support the Inclusion Team and teaching staff in establishing a positive learning culture which ensures high standards of achievement, progress and personal development in pupils. To provide in-class support to pupils in liaison with the class teacher and according to the schedule published by the HOF, Inclusion Team and Pupil Experience Leader. To work with the Vice Principal, Inclusion Team and subject teachers to plan and lead specific interventions with identified pupils and/or groups in academic, pastoral and restorative practice. To support SEND pupils and work collaboratively with the Houlton Inclusion Team to ensure each child is making good progress and that need is being met. To support embedding the core values of Houlton School. To support all pupils to engage with learning.

Responsible to:

Head of Faculty: Inclusion

Responsible for:

To be responsible for supporting identified individuals and groups both academically and pastorally To collaborate with the Inclusion Team and teaching staff and liaise with parents as appropriate To be on call when needed to support children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties To provide support for identified pupils in class To oversee behaviour and progress of pupils with EHC plans as directed by the SENDCo To support the Inclusion Team to remove welfare barriers to learning through individual and small group intervention, enabling pupils to make at least expected progress To support SEND learners to make good progress To deal with issues in a positive manner, communicating actions to staff and parents as appropriate To lead and manage the CFC and develop the centre in a manner that creates a supportive learning environment To work as part of the team of Pastoral Support Assistants, sharing duties and information as appropriate To actively use SIMS, CPOMS and Edulink to ensure that incidents and actions are meticulously logged To liaise with outside agencies and attend meetings as appropriate To attend meetings and reviews as necessary, contacting parents as required To be alert to safeguarding issues, log and pass on concerns as appropriate, deal confidentially and sensitively with parents and students undergoing difficulties To collate accounts and collation of information in response to incidents of challenging behaviour To form positive relationships with children and their families To support staff with restorative practice processes To undertake training commensurate with the post To respect confidentiality at all times To understand and apply school policies in relation to health, safety welfare and Child Protection To ensure that all duties and services provided are in accordance with School's Equal Opportunities Policy To enforce expectations with regard to uniform, attendance, punctuality and respectful behaviour

Management Information

To maintain appropriate records and to provide relevant accurate and up-to-date information for MIS, registers, etc. To complete the relevant documentation to assist in the tracking of pupils. To support the SENDCo in making appropriate referrals.

Marketing and Liaison

To take part in marketing and liaison activities such as Open Evenings, Parents Evenings, Review days and liaison events with partner schools. To contribute to the development of effective subject links with external agencies. To promote a positive image of Houlton School through dealings with outside bodies.

Management of Resources

To contribute to the process of the ordering and allocation of equipment and materials. To co-operate with other staff to ensure a sharing and effective usage of resources to the benefit of the school, team and the pupils.

Staff, Performance Management and Professional Development

We are committed to ongoing CPD and offer a variety of formal and informal support to all staff no matter what their role.

Premises and Administration

To ensure that the team's learning environment is safe, well maintained and attractive and in keeping with the School Health and Safety policy, reporting any concerns directly to the Site Manager.

Other Specific Duties

To play a full part in the life of the school community, to support its distinctive mission and ethos and to encourage staff and pupils to follow this example. To promote actively the school's corporate policies. To continue personal development as agreed. To comply with the school's Health and Safety Policy and undertake risk assessments as appropriate. To undertake any other duty as specified by STPCD not mentioned in the above.
Whilst every effort has been made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post, each individual task undertaken may not be identified.

Post holders will be expected to comply with any reasonable request from a manager to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description.

Post holders are expected to be courteous to colleagues and provide a welcoming environment to visitors and telephone callers.

The school will endeavour to make any necessary reasonable adjustments to the job and the working environment to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled job applicants or continued employment for any employee who develops a disabling condition.

This job description is current at the date shown, but following consultation with you, may be changed by leadership to reflect or anticipate changes in the job which are commensurate with the salary and job title.

The post holder will have a shared responsibility for the safeguarding of all children and young people. The post holder has an implicit duty to promote the welfare of all staff, children and young people and to be committed to promoting diversity and inclusion.

Work Remotely

No
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 22,888.73-24,396.26 per year

Benefits:

Cycle to work scheme Health & wellbeing programme On-site parking
Ability to commute/relocate:

Rugby CV23: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Work Location: In person