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Job Description: Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship
Are you passionate about working with children and young people with a range of learning difficulties, developmental disabilities, or behavioural challenges? Rivertree Free School are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated individual, to work closely with teachers to provide tailored support to their students.
What you'll do at work
Rivertree Free School is a purpose-built specialist school in the heart of Kempston, designed to provide exceptional education and care for children and young people with complex learning needs, autism, sensory needs, and communication challenges. When fully open, they support up to 200 pupils from Early Years to Post-16 in a setting built specifically around their needs.
This role is ideal for someone looking to begin a career in special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) education, while gaining valuable practical experience and recognised qualifications.
Responsibilities:
- Working under the guidance of the Headteacher and teaching staff, the apprentice will develop the skills and knowledge required to support pupils with a range of learning difficulties, developmental disabilities, and behavioural challenges.
- Assisting pupils in accessing learning opportunities within the classroom.
- Supporting both individual students and small groups with planned activities and educational programmes.
- Helping create a positive and inclusive learning environment.
- Ensuring pupils' safety and wellbeing during lessons, break times, transport arrangements, educational visits, and other school activities.
- Implementing behaviour support strategies and communication programmes under the direction of teaching staff.
- Supporting pupils with aspects of their personal and social development.
- Contributing to monitoring and recording pupil progress.
- Preparing educational resources and creating classroom displays.
- Supporting wider school activities.
- Maintaining confidentiality and professionalism when working with pupils and their families.
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Where you'll work
Manor Drive
Kempston
MK42 7AB
Training Details
Training provider
BEDFORD COLLEGE
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
Level 3 Teaching Assistant.
Essential qualifications
- GCSE in:
- Maths (grade 4)
- English (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Ability to use initiative
- Enthusiastic
- Good People Skills
- Willingness to learn
Other requirements
- Candidates must attend an initial interview with a member of the Bedford College Apprenticeship Recruitment Team, if they meet the initial criteria as part of the recruitment process.
- Only Candidates who have fully completed the application will be considered.
- The closing date is subject to change without prior notice.
- The successful candidates will be required to have an enhanced DBS check.
- Upon offer, The Bedford Inclusive Learning Trust, will also require the completion of their own application form, including details of your full employment history in date order, starting with the most recent.
- You will be required to list all employment, career breaks, and periods of unemployment, education, and voluntary work since leaving secondary education; without any gaps.
- Please note that holidays cannot be taken during term time.
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About this employer
Greys Education Centre, Secondary Provision provides full-time education placements for pupils permanently excluded from school from Years 7-11 on a short-term basis. Pupils also attend short-term referral placements working in partnership with Bedford Borough Schools. Pupils at Greys Education Centre benefit from accessing the full core curriculum.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Successful completion of this apprenticeship will provide a strong foundation for a stable and rewarding career within the education sector. As you gain experience and develop your skills, there may be opportunities to progress into more senior learning support or specialist SEND roles. The knowledge and qualifications achieved through the apprenticeship could also support future progression into teacher training and a career as a fully qualified teacher.
Contact Information
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BEDFORD COLLEGE
Ramona Stevens
jobenquiries@justapply.co.uk
01234 291000
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000041452.
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