Senior Teaching Assistant

1. The Senior Teaching Assistants will join an exciting new team who work directly with children and young people.
2. We are looking for highly organised, motivated and passionate individuals who can join our dynamic, forward thinking team to improve outcomes for the vulnerable children and young people.
3. This post has a requirement for registration with the Education Workforce Council (EWC).

About the job

The Senior Teaching Assistants will join an exciting new team who work directly with children and young people. The team develop and deliver a needs based programme to support the wellbeing and engagement of learners and enhance the package offered by the teachers in the team. The successful candidate will need to have a non-judgemental approach, demonstrating empathy and understanding as they will be working one to one or with small groups of children, young people and their families who may be experiencing challenge and trauma.

What We Are Looking For From You

The successful candidate will need to have experience of working with children and young people in a multi-agency environment. A background working with learners with additional learning needs (ALN) including emotional health and wellbeing, and their families, will be required. A comprehensive understanding of safeguarding is essential as is good interpersonal skills, a good standard of written communication and competent IT skills.

We are looking for highly organised, motivated and passionate individuals who can join our dynamic, forward thinking team to improve outcomes for the vulnerable children and young people.

The ability to travel across Cardiff throughout the day is essential. The ability to drive a minibus is desirable.

Please note: This is a part-time role for 32.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year. The advertised salary is based on a full-time position and will be adjusted on a pro-rata basis. The actual salary for this role will range from £19,776 to £22,668 per annum, depending on hours worked.

This post has a requirement for registration with the Education Workforce Council (EWC).

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Safeguarding and Child Protection are key priorities for the Council. We aim to support children and vulnerable adults to ensure they are as safe as they can possibly be. Our services and schools are committed to ensuring the safety and protection of all children and vulnerable adults, and will take action to safeguard their well-being, and acknowledge that children and vulnerable adults have a right to protection. This is supported in the general ethos of the Council and all schools.