Nursery Teaching Assistant

Zest Education is recruiting for a Nursery Teaching Assistant to work at a primary school academy in Cannock.

This role is due to start after Easter and will ideally be until the end of the academic year.

This is a relatively new school, sitting at the heart of a newly established community where they put children at the heart of all decision making. They understand how important it is for children to feel happy and secure for them to thrive and provide a nurturing environment where they feel safe trying new things, and where it is okay to make mistakes that they can then learn from.

The role will see you working afternoons only is for a little girl with autism who is non-verbal. She will require personal care for toileting. She is mobile but tires easily. As it’s just afternoons, she will only be having a small snack in the middle of the session.

You must have:

• the ability to work with children 1:1 as required, including children with additional needs
• the ability to work in the whole class or smaller group environment
• good interpersonal skills
• the ability to be flexible and creative
• the ability to be calm and positive
• an understanding of how children learn and develop both academically and emotionally
• an understanding of differing children’s needs particularly linked autism

Your responsibilities will include:

• supporting a pupil with a highly personalised and bespoke curriculum with opportunities for sensory, play-based learning to meet complex needs and promote resilience with learning.
• working with the pupil on an individual, group or class basis as required by the class teacher.
• supporting in the classroom with other pupils when the 1:1 child doesn’t require support.
• aiding the pupil to access the national curriculum with adaptations where required and encourage their independence as a learner.
• motivating and encouraging the pupil and other pupils to behave well in and around school.

The school can offer you:

• a hardworking and supportive staff team.
• a welcoming and supportive Governing Body.
• a highly supportive Strategic Leadership Team.
• excellent coaching and opportunities for professional and career development.
• a vibrant, warm, friendly working environment.

If you are interested in this position or want to find out more, email Jo at Joanne@zesteducation.co.uk or ‘apply for job’ at the top of the page to submit your details.

Zest Education are an REC audited agency and are dedicated to safeguarding children. All candidates must hold an enhanced DBS (or allow us to process one for you) and be registered to the DBS Update Service, be able to provide references to cover the last two years and successfully pass all other necessary safeguarding checks prior to clearance for work.

Salary is dependent on experience, training, or qualifications. The minimum experience, training, or qualifications required for this position are recent school-based experience (within the last 5 years within a school that teaches the British Curriculum) and/or care-based experience within the last 5 years.

The role advertised is for temporary supply work.

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