Apprentice Teaching Assistant (Early Years) Sefton Council - Farnborough Road Infant School

This role involves working with and supervising individual children and small groups of children under the direction/instruction of teaching staff and/or senior leaders, including children with specific individual learning needs.,

• Establish good working relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and setting high expectations as part of a key worker role.


• Provide consistent support to all pupils, responding appropriately to individual pupil needs.


• Assist with the development and implementation of SEN Support Plans.


• Promote inclusion and acceptance of all pupils.


• Encourage pupils to interact with others and engage in activities led by the teacher.


• Promote self-esteem and independence, employing strategies to recognise and reward achievement within established school procedure.


• To observe and assess children in accordance initially with the curriculum.


Support for the Teacher

• Assist with the display of children's work.


• Establish and maintain an appropriate learning environment under the supervision of the teacher.


• Contribute to lesson planning, evaluating and adjusting plans as appropriate.


• Monitor and evaluate pupils' responses to learning activities through observation and planned recording of achievement against pre-determined learning objectives.


• Provide objective and accurate feedback and reports as required, to the teacher on pupil achievement, progress and other matters, ensuring the availability of appropriate evidence.


• Be responsible for keeping and updating records in agreed format with the teacher, contributing to reviews of systems/records as requested.


• Assess routinely using observation and accurately record achievement/ progress.


• Promote positive values attitudes and good pupil behaviour, deal promptly with conflict and incidents and encouraging pupils to take responsibility for their own behaviour in line with established school policy.


• Liaise sensitively and effectively with parents/carers as agreed with the teacher within role/responsibility and participate in feedback sessions/meetings with parents under teacher's supervision.


• Provide clerical/administration support.
  
  Communication skills, IT skills, Attention to detail, Organisation skills, Customer care skills, Problem solving skills, Number skills, Analytical skills, Team working, Creative, Initiative, Non judgemental, Patience, GCSE or equivalent English (Grade (3-2)(D-E)) Essential

GCSE or equivalent Maths (Grade (3-2)(D-E)) Essential, Early years practitioner

Level 2 (GCSE)

Sefton Council is a local authority within the Liverpool City Region. Sefton is a diverse and exciting borough and is a great place to live and work. As an employer we can offer a diverse range of job roles across a variety of settings. We offer attractive conditions of service which allow for a good work life balance and invest in our staff through our learning and development programme.

You could reduce your training time, or finish your apprenticeship faster, if you have relevant prior learning or experience. This could be relevant:

• training


• qualifications, like an NVQ in a relevant field


• industry or sector experience