Creative Arts Secondary SEN Classroom Teaching Assistant
Required for: September (possibility for start in July)
Contract: Full-time – Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm
Pay: Competitive salary with professional development pathways and opportunities.
Reporting to: Middle Leadership Team
Role Purpose
We are looking for someone with a background in Creative Arts or a keen interest in studies and skills related to Creative Arts to support our Project-Based Learning approach at Gesher. This individual will have opportunities for additional responsibilities in developing a Creative Arts pathway at Gesher. We seek someone who is excited about the chance to showcase their skills in this area and support the development of students’ Creative Arts abilities while enhancing the current offerings and utilising the skills, passions, and interests of the students to aid their next steps.
As a Teaching Assistant at Gesher, you will work collaboratively with teaching staff to deliver an inclusive, engaging, and nurturing educational experience rooted in our relational ethos and commitment to Project-Based Learning (PBL). You will support the holistic development of the individual pupil both in and outside the classroom, helping them grow as confident, independent learners and active members of the school community.
About our school
Gesher School is a unique all-through school providing a specialist, meaningful and functional learning environment for young people with special educational needs. This includes language, communication and social pragmatic difficulties. We have a specialism in autism spectrum challenges (ASC).
Young people are at the core of Gesher School, where we nurture a sense of belonging and community. Our school provides a joyful, safe, friendly, and stimulating environment in which young people are encouraged to learn, interact, and have fun. We believe that all young people have the potential to succeed, but that every child is unique and requires a tailored, youth-centred approach to learning.
The Gesher approach is warm, friendly and nurturing. Emotional health and resilience, developing young people’s independence and learning, is at the core of our vision.
As the Teaching Assistant of the post holder will:
- Work under the instruction and guidance of teaching staff to implement agreed programmes of work with the individual pupil, in or out of the classroom
- To provide care and support for the pupil, to ensure their safety and well-being
To encourage enjoyment, enthusiasm, and independence in learning - To foster the growth of confident, caring students who demonstrate a sense of responsibility and pride in themselves and their school.
- To assist in the provision of a welcoming, stimulating environment
- To assist in the smooth running of the school
- Access a wide range of CPD throughout the school to support growth and self-development that can be applied in the day to day context and beyond.
At Gesher we provide:
- Opportunities that enable young people to thrive as we want our children to be ambitious about achieving their full potential
- A collaborative learning team around every young person to support each young person’s learning needs and maximise meaningful learning opportunities
- A therapeutic team that works together with families to nurture and support young people’s emotional, social, and academic development
- A partnership with families to improve the lives and life chances of young people with SEND by ensuring that they are healthy, stay safe, enjoy and achieve, make a
For further information, please visit www.gesherschool.com.
To apply, please complete an application form that can be found here: https://www.gesherschool.com/vacancies/.
Please, complete and return your application by May 16th to [email protected]. CVs will not be accepted.
Interviews will be organised on a rolling basis. This ad may be withdrawn as a suitable candidate is identified.
Diversity is a core value of Gesher School. We believe the power of diversity enriches all of us by exposing us to a range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design and deliver solutions. As such, we actively encourage people from a variety of backgrounds to apply for roles at our school.
Gesher School is committed to safeguarding young people and staff. Successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
