Support Team Teaching Assistant/ 1:1 Teaching Assistant

NJC Scale 3-4 (£25,614 - £26,016pa FTE) Actual salary £21,673 - £22,013 + SEN of £1590 pa.

ROYAL SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND, LIVERPOOL

Judged by OFSTED as Strong in all areas, we are a non-profit, non-maintained special school based in Wavertree Liverpool. We educate and care for pupils with special, visual, sensory, and complex needs aged 2-19.  We also offer an after-school club, parental support, and intervention support for our pupils. We have a strong multi-disciplinary team including occupational therapy, habilitation, physio, nursing, speech and language, music therapy and other specialists. All of our staff are highly trained including qualified teachers of the visually impaired, multi-sensory impaired, habilitation and other specialisms. Our facilities, specialist environment and grounds are carefully adapted to meet the needs of our pupils and young adults. All this ensures a focus on independence, with a team around the child approach.

Support Team TA

We are recruiting for a newly developed ‘Support Team’. We are looking for teaching assistants with energy, enthusiasm and passion to support pupils across the school to be able to access and engage in their daily timetable. This will include supporting pupils in accessing our multi-sensory curriculum, meeting their individual care needs and developing their personal, social, communicative and independent living skills. You will be expected to carry out physical tasks such as supporting with personal care, postural care, feeding, and changing. You will be asked to push wheelchairs. You will be supporting with the swimming timetable in and out of the pool. There will be a designated timetable which will allow you to support and follow a range of plans provided by the multidisciplinary team throughout the day for a range of pupils. There may be times when you support classes with trips and offsite visits.

You will be provided with suitable training to support you in fulfilling this role. Some training might include TeamTeach, sensory & SALT strategies, moving and handling and emotional regulation.

You should be qualified to at least NVQ level 3 in a relevant field. Ideally, you will have had experience of working with children with VI, sensory processing, complex and medical needs.

We are looking for team players with a can-do attitude, patience, perseverance and a drive to make a difference. If you have a sense of humour, a positive and flexible outlook and are able to work independently and as part of our team we would love to hear from you.

1:1 Teaching Assistant

You should be qualified to at least NVQ level 3 in a relevant field. You will have had experience of working in an SEN school environment with children with VI, and sensory processing needs. A strong understanding of the curriculum and how to apply this in supporting the class teacher during multi-sensory lessons is required. An awareness of the EQUALS semi-formal curriculum and the pre-key stage standards is desirable.

Working under the direction of the class teacher. You will support a KS3 ambulant, verbal pupil, in their academic learning, in accessing the multi-sensory curriculum, as well as in developing their personal, social and communication skills. You will be expected to carry out physical tasks such as supporting with personal care and encouraging/supporting independent walking and supporting with their therapeutic and sensory diet as appropriate. This role will also include high-level motivational strategies and sensory support, including regular movement breaks in and outside of the classroom. Weekly swimming sessions are expected. Knowledge of positive behavior support approaches would be desirable. You will be provided with suitable training to support the individual and their targets/outcomes, this will be identified during the interview process, but may include TeamTeach and ASD Awareness.

We are looking for team players with a can-do attitude, patience, perseverance and a drive to make a difference. If you have a sense of humour, a positive outlook and are able to work independently and as part of our team we would love to hear from you.

For a full application pack, please email [email protected]. Please note we do NOT accept CVs.

Benefits we offer:

• Fixed hours are Monday – Friday 8.30am until 4.30pm (1.30pm on Fridays)
• Free DBS
• Free training provided
• Pension Scheme (7.5% employer contribution)
• Refer a friend Scheme (Currently £500)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Medicash
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme
• Christmas Club
• Occupational Sick Pay
• Blue Light Card

Safeguarding

The Charity considers safeguarding as its highest priority and fosters an active safeguarding culture. The post will be subject to a range of pre-employment checks, including collection of 3 references, online checks and an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Closing date: Monday 12th October

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract

Pay: £25,614.00-£26,016.00 per year

Work Location: In person