Teaching Assistant - James Brindley Academy

Benefits of working for James Brindley Academy include;

• Employee Assistance Programme, which offers a 24-hour helpline for advice regarding legal, financial, medical, consumer, work and family matters, in addition to counselling
• Wellbeing champions allocated to each James Brindley Centre, who are committed to supporting all employees to improve their physical and mental wellbeing
• a benefits portal which has various offers including a cycle to work scheme, a low-cost health plan, childcare voucher scheme and dining discounts
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• free parking, near to Birmingham City Centre, which can be used evenings and weekends

‘Think Differently’ to inspire young people to overcome all barriers and achieve their dreams. This is the Vision Statement of James Brindley Academy.

• do you want to have a positive impact on some of the most vulnerable children’s lives in Birmingham?
• do you want to work in an organisation that recognises the benefits of a good work/life balance for their workforce?
• do you want to work in an organisation that invests heavily in CPD and allocates additional training days to develop their staff?

 If you have answered ‘yes’ to all these questions, join our team! James Brindley is looking to appoint an enthusiastic Teaching Assistant who has experience in working with young people with varying SEMH needs from KS2 up to GCSE level and beyond.

In order to support the activities of the individual young person/small groups, you should have experience of assisting young people in a classroom environment as well as be able to implement agreed behaviour management strategies consistently and effectively. A good standard of education including Math and English GCSE at C (or equivalent) and NVQ Level 2/3 for Teaching Assistants are essential.

This is an excellent time to join James Brindley as the Academy continues to implement a strategic vision developed by young people, staff, and other stakeholders. Join us to ‘Think Differently’ to inspire young people to overcome all barriers and achieve their dreams.  James Brindley is a stand-alone Academy based in a wide variety of locations across the City of Birmingham. During a school year, we educate over 3,000 young people for periods ranging from a few days in hospital to several years in one of our teaching centres. Many of our young people have complex medical needs and many have been out of education for a significant period prior to joining us. We offer a full-time curriculum to young people from EYFS to KS5 and our aim is always to enable them to ‘close the gap’ and to exceed expected progress during the time they are with us.

Please download job description and person specification

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If your application is shortlisted, you will be contacted via email within 2 to 3 weeks of the closing date. Please ensure you check your junk/spam inboxes.

Completed applications are to be submitted to vacancies@jamesbrindley.org.uk

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