Job description
Teaching Assistant
Location: York, North Yorkshire
Salary: £85 - £110 per day
Start Date: ASAP
GSL Education are seeking a dedicated Teaching Assistant to join our Client Secondary school in York, North Yorkshire, starting as soon as possible.
About the School:
- The school was graded by Ofsted as ‘Good’ in all areas, where all staff have high expectations of their pupils.
- The school was also graded as “Outstanding” by SIAMS.
- Established in the 1800s, the school proudly strives to provide a 21st century education for all their young people.
- The school offers encouraging learning in a Christian environment, where all students are cared for, respected, and given chances to help others.
- Home to state-of-the-art facilities, which promotes the school’s curriculum preparation for an appreciation of life in modern Britain.
- Performing arts, music, dance, and drama, are an essential part of every student's education at both Key Stages 3 and 4.
- The school currently works with students who have a wide range of additional needs, such as dyslexia, physical disabilities, issues with speech, language, and communication, conditions on the autism spectrum, more general learning difficulties, individuals with rare syndromes, impairments to hearing and vision, and attention deficit disorders.
Teaching Assistants Responsibilities:
- Work with students including those with special educational needs.
- Work with the class teachers to support delivery lessons and manage classroom behaviour.
- Support children with challenging behaviour, learning difficulties or emotional and behavioural difficulties.
- Responsibilities will also include helping prepare learning materials, run classroom activities, with plenty of hands-on experience and supervision.
- Promoting a safe, positive, and nurturing learning environment.
- Provide additional support to the teacher in the classroom.
Teaching Assistants Requirements:
- Must hold the Right to Work in the UK.
- Experience working with children or young people in SEMH, behavioural support, or complex needs settings.
- Training in behavior management and de-escalation techniques is desirable.
- Have excellent teamwork, classroom and communication skills.
- Hold a Child only DBS registered to the update service or be willing to apply for one through GSL Education.
Please be advised that this role requires a strong knowledge and understanding of safeguarding and child protection and that successful applicants must satisfy all background safer recruitment checks including an enhanced DBS on the update service.
For more information, or to apply for the position of Teaching Assistant in York, North Yorkshire, please send your CV to Kerry Fowler or call our Hull office today. Alternatively, please visit the GSL Education website to apply online, or submit your up-to-date CV via the application link.