Level 3 Teaching Assistant

About this role

We are looking to appoint a Level 3 Teaching
Assistant to join the team at St Catherine’s for 3 days per week, from 08.30 to
15.45 daily (20.25 hours per week) on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. This position is offered as a one year
contract initially and will commence as soon as possible.

You will need to have a
Level 3 qualification or a similar amount of experience and should have carried
out a Level 3 TA role before and must have previous experience of covering classes
on an ad-hoc basis. You must have sound
knowledge of how children learn and a number of strategies to encourage
learning. You will need to be sensitive
to the special needs of individual children and be able to work as part of a
team. Previous experience of working
with special needs children on a one to one basis and running intervention
groups would be useful. You need to be willing to work across all the age
phases here at St Catherine’s (Nursery to KS2).
You will need to be comfortable to cover classes for teacher absence
across EYFS and Key Stages 1 and 2.
Candidates will need to demonstrate initiative and enthusiasm and have
excellent literacy and numeracy skills.