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Position: Teaching Assistant ( fixed term contract until August 2025, with possibility to extend) 

Location: Church Fenton, North Yorkshire

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, term time

Salary Details: £20,203.80 per annum

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, inspiring and skilled SEND Teaching Assistant to work in Independent Fenton Grange school.

Who we are:

Cambian Fenton Grange School, an independent DfE-registered school. We provide high quality specialist education for up to 20 students, who have experienced trauma through having been involved in or at high risk of Child Sexual Exploitation. The pupils in our school exhibit a range of challenging behaviours and associated learning and communication difficulties.

What we need from you?

Successful candidates will be part of a large supportive team of like-minded professionals who provide targeted education support. This is a unique opportunity to work collaboratively with trained, qualified professionals from across our team to support a successful educational organisation.

As a Teaching Assistant you will:

Supervise and support students in both the classroom and off site in the community.
Effectively assist the teacher to plan learning activities.
Build and maintain positive professional relationships with staff and young people.
Encourage and motivate students to learn and develop.
Ability to demonstrate good communication skills including the ability to clarify and explain instructions clearly.
Support students in small group and on a 1-2-1 basis.
To enable students to participate in learning activities by providing support, as appropriate for their specific difficulties.
Produce legible, accurate and prompt written reports/records.
To help students access the national curriculum including developing their literacy and numeracy skills.We are looking for a Teaching Assistant who is:

Committed to providing educational guidance and support to our young people.
Positive in assisting teaching staff in the delivery of lessons to young people.
Passionate about improving the lives of others.
A positive and consistent role model to others.
Innovative, engaging enthusiastic and inspirational.
A creative thinker and implementer.
An excellent communicator and team player.
Seeking career development and training.Cambian is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Cambian is committed to Safeguarding and protecting the young people and service users within our care. All candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and reference checks.

Cambian will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the search and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.

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