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Gosberton House Academy
Gosberton House Academy is an outstanding specialist school for primary-aged pupils with Autism and additional learning needs. You should have an interest in primary education and be caring and enthusiastic. Duties include supporting the development of self-help skills, teaching and learning, resource prep and social learning activities.
What you'll do at work
- Learn from experienced and dedicated colleagues
- Support children with a range of complex needs
- Celebrate the achievements of the children
- Prepare resources as requested by classroom staff
- Be aware of your responsibilities in line with school policies, including safeguarding, health and safety and communication policies
- Monitor and maintain a safe and secure learning environment in line with the academy's expectations
- Work as part of a whole-school team to ensure that the children throughout school are given every opportunity to succeed academically, socially and emotionally
- Develop positive relationships with colleagues and children
- Use ICT resources to support pupils' learning
- Have a caring, encouraging and positive attitude towards your tasks
- Support the children during educational visits off-site
Where you'll work
Gosberton House Academy
Westhorpe Road
Gosberton
Spalding
PE11 4EW
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Training provider
UNIVERSITY ACADEMY HOLBEACH
Training course
Teaching assistant (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply strategies to support and encourage the development of independent learners.
- Adapt communication strategies for the audience and context.
- Apply behaviour management strategies in line with organisational policy.
- Adapt resources to support all learners.
- Communicate with teachers to ensure clarity of the TA’s role.
- Apply teaching strategies to deliver learning activities or interventions.
- Build relationships with learners, teachers, other professionals and stakeholders.
- Comply with legislation, guidance, and procedures for Prevent, safeguarding and health & safety.
- Support the well-being and mental health of learners.
- Observe, record, and report on learners in line with organisational procedures.
- Apply methods of formative assessment.
- Use up to date technology safely, to support learning.
- Encourage safe use of technology by learners.
- Adapt teaching strategies to support all learners (for example, scaffolding, open questioning).
- Identify and respond to pastoral and academic behaviours in learners.
- Provide feedback to learners.
Training schedule
Teaching Assistant Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard
- The training will be based at Gosberton House Academy with the assessor visiting you on site every 4-6 weeks
- Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification upon successful completion of the apprenticeship
- Functional Skills in English and maths if required
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Essential qualifications
- GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
According to our children, GHA is “brilliant”, and our staff say they work at GHA primarily because of the children- seeing them learn, celebrating their achievements with them and supporting them to meet their goals.
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Roles
Roles as learning support assistants, teaching assistants or senior teaching assistants
Contact
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
UNIVERSITY ACADEMY HOLBEACH
Maddy Austen
apprenticeships@uah.org.uk
01406 423042
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000039834.
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