Lead Specialist Teaching Assistant

Lead Specialist TA

32.5 hours per week term time only – 2 year contract in first instance

Salary Scale S02 – Points 26 - 28 (£30,500 - £31,926 gross pa)

Starting Salary will be Scale S02 Point 26 (£30,500 gross pa)

Woodbridge Park is on a journey to outstanding and we need outstanding people to join us.  We are a multi-site Alternative Provision for children and young people with complex needs and we provide a vital service to the families and schools of Hounslow.  We are proud of our service and we need inspirational, patient trailblazers who believe that every child matters and who will never give up on our amazing pupils.

As our service provision continues to expand to meet emerging needs, we are now looking to grow our team of experienced Teaching Assistants to add value across our various centres.  We need kind-hearted, compassionate people who want to commit to changing lives for the better. 

We can offer a varied professional experience, thanks to our many diverse sites – no two days are the same.  We can also offer outstanding professional development with a dedicated training programme and planned investment in staff development.  We place a high regard and focus on staff wellbeing having recently been awarded the NEU Workload Charter Status and we offer all staff six early finish days per school year to support their wellbeing.

We are looking for a Lead Specialist Teaching Assistant with a range of skills, in particular to promote and develop the literacy levels of all students and to work individually with targeted students with weak literacy skills and assess and monitor progress in literacy, maintaining databases and implementing various programmes.

The post is 5 days per week, term time only and 32.5 hours per week.  Previous experience is essential of working with students in a supporting role.  Candidates will have strong behaviour management skills and ASD experience and current certificates or a willingness to train in Team Teach and First Aid.  Candidates will be expected to work across sites within the Borough of Hounslow.

Candidates will be able to inspire and motivate our students to get the very best meaningful outcomes and show a commitment to raising the achievement levels and self-esteem of disaffected young people

OFSTED November 2023 judged WPES as a GOOD school.

HOW TO APPLY:

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification and the attached Application Form. Completed application forms should be emailed to office@woodbridgepark.hounslow.sch.uk

Closing Date Friday 17^th January 2025 at 3pm

Woodbridge Park Education Service is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and wellbeing of all children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  Successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.  Shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search.