Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Job description

We're on a mission to give our colleagues an amazing work/life balance! Job Title: Higher Level Teaching Assistant Salary: Up to £25,000.00 per annum Location: New Barn School, Newbury, Berkshire Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday Contract: Permanent, Term Time Only  UK applicants only. As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for a Higher Level Teaching Assistant to join our close-knit team at New Barn School, part of Acorn Education About the role: To see job description, please click here -  * To form part of the senior support lead team and assist teachers in offering mentoring support, training and guidance to other Teaching Assistants * To lead and model positive behaviour management with proactive and solution focussed approaches. * To contribute to the preparation and planning of lessons including developing resources and opportunities for young peoples to learn in school and out-of-school contexts in accordance with lesson plans and in response to young people need. * To prepare and deliver lessons, under the direction of the teacher, including covering for teacher absence. * To share the school’s responsibility to support and promote the learning, personal development, safeguarding and well-being of all young people. * To ensure recording and reporting across the school is completed to a high standard. Responsibilities

• Having a range of strategies to support, cascade and establish a purposeful learning environment and promote good behaviour.
• Leading, promoting and modelling the ethos/work/aims of the school.
• Promoting a positive environment within the school.
• Assisting with the development and implementation the young peoples’ risk assessments and support plans.
• Establishing constructive relationships and communicating with other agencies/professionals, in liaison with the teacher, to support achievement and progress of young people.
• Attending and participating in regular meetings.
• Recognising own strengths and areas of expertise and using these to advise and support others.
• Providing appropriate guidance and general supervision to less experienced staff who may be undertaking duties/tasks as part of their personal development.
• Supporting in welcoming new staff; through supervision assisting them to understand and adhere to the school’s ethos and policies.
• Establishing productive working relationships with young people and staff team; acting as a role model and setting high expectations for behaviour and learning.
• Having responsibility for keeping and updating records as agreed with colleagues and contributing to the reviews of systems /records as requested.
• Liaising sensitively and effectively with parents/carers and participating in feedback sessions/meetings with parents either alongside teachers or as directed.
• Providing and demonstrating the skills and capability to self-reflect and work in a solution focused method whilst debriefing and supporting a staff team.
• Ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all young people is paramount to everything we do.
• Supporting the staff team to effectively record and report within the current framework and guidance.
• Undertakes other duties as assigned by the senior leadership team.

About The School New Barn School offers a broad, balanced and relevant curriculum to boys and girls, aged 6 – 19 years who have Social, Emotional and Mental Health complexities. New Barn School takes full advantage of its beautiful settings and fosters a love for using the outdoor curriculum including forest school, farm experiences and horse riding. The School is within a commutable distance of Swindon, Oxford, Andover, Basingstoke and Reading and other surrounding towns and villages. Our services offer a stable, secure and supportive environment, in which the pupils and young people we care for can develop the skills and confidence necessary to help them fulfil their potential. Acorn Education is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education for vulnerable pupils. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care. We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running. Why join Acorn Education? Benefits Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover
• Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS. #1 *** ​