Description
Join the team at Rhodes Wood Hospital School as a Teaching Assistant and support the delivery of education to residents with eating disorders. You will work at Rhodes Wood Hospital School in Hatfield with an onsite school, providing educational services to young people in care with a full multidisciplinary team.
As a Teaching Assistant, you will provide on-hand support to teachers designing and delivering classroom lessons. This includes assisting in lesson preparation, ensuring the classroom has all required materials, and supporting pupils to engage in the syllabus.
You'll think creatively and build a strong rapport with the cohort, encouraging engagement and supporting their learning, behaviour, and social skills progression. A range of training opportunities are available to help your career grow and achieve your aspirations.
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Education-related qualifications
- Previous experience of working with children in a school setting
- Excellent literacy, numeracy, and ICT skills
- Hobbies/interests/skills contributing to a wide curriculum offering
- Experience working with young people with SEMH needs and/or SEN
- Ability to identify and implement interventions to ensure students engage in lessons and make progress
- Resilience, flexibility, and adaptability in approach to meet individual needs
- Empathy and ability to engage easily with young people, offering professional support
Benefits:
- Annual base salary of £27,000
- Equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays), plus birthday off and option to buy additional annual leave
- Career development and training
- Access to Rewards & Benefits platform Ely-Vate
- Wellbeing support and activities
- Access to Blue Light Card
- Life Assurance
- Stream for instant access to earned wages
- 24/7 GP service and second medical opinion
- Enhanced Maternity Package
- Pension contribution
- Free meals and parking