Educational Teaching Assistant - Moor End Academy

Schools
Secondary Schools
Moor End Academy
30 hours per week term time only, fixed term Part time hours also available.
Numerous
Huddersfield and surrounding areas
Temporary
Up to July 2024
Grade 6
£15,416.47

Kirklees Council are advertising this role on behalf of  Moor End Academy 

There is more than one post available. Part Time/Job Share considered.

These ETA posts will be based within the Additionally Resourced Provision for Visual Impairment (ARP - VI). We are looking for a candidate with experience of working in schools and the desire to develop their skills in the field of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, specifically Visual Impairment. If needed, all training would be provided through internal and external specialist training as well as the opportunity to work alongside experienced ETAs and Qualified Teachers of Visual Impairment (QTVIs) within the Provision to develop your skills and knowledge of VI.

Moor End Academy hosts the Kirklees Additionally Resourced Provision for Visual Impairment (Secondary). The Provision has capacity for 14 places, for those students who have a severe visual impairment or who are blind. There is a high demand for places and the Provision is currently oversubscribed. The team also support over 80 students with visual impairments (VI) in mainstream schools across Kirklees through specialist outreach work.

Students with VI within the Provision and from across the Authority are taught and supported by a combination of QTVIs, specialist VI ETAs, braille and large print technicians, habilitation officers and family support workers.

Students in the Provision are educated with a person-centred and proactive approach to inclusion and are part of the whole Academy community. The Provision offers bespoke curriculum approaches, individually matched to student needs. Students follow one of two pathways – mainstream alongside sighted peers or the achieve pathway, where students follow a primary based curriculum. ETAs are a key part of promoting access for students on both pathways.

In mainstream the majority of students with VI typically attend 90% of mainstream lessons, alongside their peers, being taught by subject specialist teachers from across the Academy. As an ETA, you would support students in lessons to reduce barriers and promote their access and independence in learning for example through large print, braille and specialist technology. Full training in specialist resources and equipment will be provided.

Alternatively some students work within the Academy’s Achieve Group. This nurture group follows a Primary based curriculum to provide an accessible, holistic curriculum for a small group of students. Students accessing this group require a high level of differentiation and resourcing to enable them to be successful in their learning and ETAs are a pivotal part of this provision.

Alongside the mainstream curriculum, all students with VI learn and develop through the additional curriculum that gives them skills to compensate for the barriers that their VI creates. There is a clear focus on preparation for adulthood and comprehensive support for transition to the next phase of education and life. This can include: habilitation, braille, specialist IT skills, independent living, advocacy and curriculum support in areas of need. Students also have access to adapted extra-curricular and leisure opportunities.

We are always looking to evolve and work in partnership with curriculum areas to share expertise, skills, experience and instill confidence in all staff across the Academy. We have an open access policy for parents and careers and encourage parental engagement for all activities at the Academy; extra-curricular trips, events and external education experiences such as visits to the Theatre, Colleges and Universities.

As an ETA, you would be a crucial part of our team providing in-class, small group and one to one support across our curriculum areas and age groups. Within the classroom, ETAs work alongside subject teachers and the QTVIs to maximise the access, inclusion and progress of students with VI.

At times, you would support students outside the classroom, within the VI Provision to consolidate learning, develop skills within the additional curriculum, social skills and activities for preparation for adulthood and independence.

The successful candidate will join a large team of staff working at this Outstanding Academy in our Specialist Provision team who provide support for children and young people with Visual Impairments, their families and designated local mainstream schools.

Moor End Academy is a very exciting school where the Resourced Provision is embedded into Academy life. If you want to develop your skills and knowledge of visual impairment and be part of highly rewarding, vibrant, successful and creative team who are not afraid to take risks, then we’d love to hear from you!

To apply for this role please click or copy and paste the following link:

https://mynewterm.com/jobs/137500/EDV-2023-MEA-15234

Why join Moor End Academy?

Here at Moor End Academy we are committed to developing all staff within their roles and creating opportunities for further career progression.  The Academy uses Smartclinic as our cover insurer and included in this is a number of wellbeing benefits for all members of staff. These benefits include a stress counselling service, physiotherapy service, cancer support service and a 24 hour GP Helpline. Wellbeing Benefits including annual flu vaccinations, fresh fruit for staff, staff exercise classes and much more!

Closing date for applications: 9am on 7th June 2023

Successful applicants will be required to undertake a Criminal Record Check via the DBS. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

 

07 June 2023, 9:00 AM

This vacancy is closed to applications.