Teaching Assistant to Maths Faculty
Full or Part time, term time only plus 5 teacher training days
Grade 3 £21,189-£22,369 pro rata to hours worked.
To start as soon as possible
Are you motivated by knowing the things you do well will make a difference to young people? If so, we could have just the job for you!
We are looking to appoint a teaching assistant to support our Maths faculty; this role is known as a Maths Student Support Mentor (SSM) at Caludon. You would be a key worker, working closely with the Maths faculty, inspiring and enthusing students to achieve their termly targets in Maths.
You will need a real passion for Maths and have already worked in a professional capacity with young people so that you will have an affinity for how to plan literacy sessions for both our most vulnerable students and one group of up to 20 students.
You will be approachable, enthusiastic, motivated, resilient, and able to support our students encouraging them to become independent learners.
This is a unique opportunity to provide specialist Maths support utilising your skills, to be involved in faculty meetings, whilst also observing high quality teaching when you assist in the classroom. If you are looking to enter teaching, this position would offer invaluable school-based experience prior to applying for a PGCE or School Direct opportunity in Maths.
Caludon Castle has a great deal to be proud of. We are an oversubscribed, high performing school with ICT-rich, state of the art premises. Our specialism in Leadership, Teaching School status and Castle Phoenix Trust profile, mean that we have exceptional facilities, motivated students and staff, and a host of exciting opportunities. We offer a range of benefits, which includes cycle to work, access to the on-site gym and swimming pool, free parking, an employee discount scheme and a commitment to staff wellbeing and recognition initiatives through our wellbeing committee and people strategy.
If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date for applications, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.
These posts are exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The Trust is committed to safeguarding, promoting the welfare of children and young people and creating a culture of vigilance and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and vigilance.
Safeguarding
Staff are accountable for the way in which they exercise authority, manage risk, use resources and protect students, who they are responsible for or in contact with, from discrimination and avoidable harm. All staff, where paid or voluntary, have a duty to keep young people safe and to protect them from harm. When an individual accepts a role that involves working with children and young people they need to understand acknowledge that the responsibilities and trust are inherent to that role. There will be a requirement that staff observe their obligations in accordance with the Trust’s safeguarding procedure and report any concerns in accordance with the procedure to the appropriate person.