Job Title: Lead Teaching Assistant Le Rocquier
Post requires candidate to be entitled for work: Yes
Salary Range: £37,521.62 to £41,494.95
Contract Type: Permanent
Full time/Part Time: Full Time
Term Time only post: Yes
Advert Closing Date:09/01/2025
By joining the Government of Jersey and wider Jersey Public Services, you'll be proud of what you can achieve – both for yourself and the people of Jersey. You'll enjoy a broader scope that allows you to express yourself, in a smaller setting that means you see the positive results of your impact every day. You'll have a diversity of opportunities that stretch and challenge you, with all the personal and professional support you need. Most of all, in our open, welcoming environment, your voice matters, enabling you to build a rewarding career.
Job Overview
Le Rocquier School is seeking to appoint a TA Grade 6 to work within our Additional Resource Provision for September 2024.
Le Rocquier is a fully inclusive secondary school of 800 students, which serves the east of Jersey. Working in our school community offers immense job satisfaction and reward while being part of our large team of staff. Our exam results continue to improve and are consistently showing excellent value added.
We will offer, a great environment to work, a team of dedicated and sociable staff plus any training you may need.
For an informal chat regarding this role please contact - Iain Nerac - Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator I.Nerac@lrs.sch.je or Paul Dicker Foundation ARC Manager P.Dicker@lrs.sch.je
Job Purpose
The continuing growth of our Additional Resource Provision has created this exciting and rare opportunity to support students with RON. You will join a large inclusion team, including SEND teachers and TAs, to ensure the developmental and educational needs of our students with additional needs are met.
To encourage children to treat each other with respect and to follow the school’s behaviour policy at all times.
To support and develop partnerships with parents, liaising with them, with the support of the teacher in charge Attend to the students’ personal needs, and implement related personal programmes, including social and emotional wellbeing, health, hygiene and welfare matters. Care for sick, distressed, and injured children, carrying out the necessary first aid and take appropriate follow up action as necessary and within school policy. Contribute to specific reports when requested from external agencies i.e. specifically consultants, GPs and parents on students with medical problems.
Provide clerical / administrative support e.g., photocopying, typing, filing, collecting money etc.
To support and develop partnerships with parents, liaising with them, with the support of the teacher in charge and Team Leader, to ensure consistency in approach for the students.
Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection. Share information about pupils with other staff, parents, carers, internal and external agencies, as appropriate. Repot all concerns to an appropriate person.
Qualifications
Numeracy and literacy skills equivalent to Level 2
NVQ level 3 or equivalent in childcare, or diploma in childcare Education at Level 3.
Appropriate First Aid qualification.
Specific intervention keyworker training e.g., live handling and welfare procedures.
Knowledge
Child Protection training.
Awareness of confidentiality and Data Protection principles.
Full working knowledge of relevant policies, codes of practice and awareness of relevant legislation.
Working knowledge of curriculum and other relevant learning programmes / strategies.
Knowledge of child development and learning.
Technical Work Based Skills
Training in the relevant strategies e.g. SEBD literacy and/or in particular curriculum or learning areas e.g. bilingual, sign language level 1, signed English, and signed supported English, Makaton, Spell 1 and 2 and a commitment to further training relevant to this role.
General skills / attributes
Ability to plan effective actions for students who require support to progress their learning or who require specific support to facilitate their accessing of learning opportunities.
The ability to communicate at all levels while exercising a high degree of confidentiality is essential.
Experience
At least 3 years’ experience of working with children & young people.
Experience of working with or caring for children of relevant age.
Experience of supporting students with a low cognitive ability would be an advantage.
Personal Attributes
Ability to plan effective actions for students who require support to progress their learning or who require specific support to facilitate their accessing of learning opportunities.
The understanding of the range of support services, agencies, providers and knowledge of their effective use.
Across the Government of Jersey and public service, the scope of our work means our people enjoy a wider range of opportunities – to work with recognised experts across teams, learn new skills and develop their careers. We actively look to recruit people from different backgrounds, with diverse perspectives. This creates a richer, more varied environment, where you’re exposed to new ideas, new ways of thinking and new opportunities, so you can develop an exciting and rewarding career.
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