Ysgol Aberconwy – Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship

Location: Morfa Dr, Conwy LL32 8ED

Subject: Apprenticeship

Hours: 31 hours per week

Contract: Fixed Term

Salary Type: Monthly

Salary: £180 per week

Interview date: 18/07/2022 & 24/07/2022

Start date: 05/09/2022

As a teaching assistant you would support teachers and help children with their educational and social development, both in and out of the classroom.

Job roles will include:

• Working within a Secondary school full-time as a Teaching Assistant
• Supporting pupils with additional learning needs (ALN)
• Supporting pupils with their numeracy
• Supporting pupils with their literacy
• Supporting pupils with their ICT skills
• Be involved in creating displays and preparing resources
• Helping children who need extra support to complete tasks
• Understand the safeguarding and behaviour policy and their role within these policies
• Working with children aged 11 to 16 years
• Supporting a teacher in various roles within the classroom
• Ability to conduct yourself in a professional manner at all times whilst working in schools

Essential Criteria:

• An eagerness to learn more about becoming a Teaching Assistant
• A passion for working with children
• Possess relevant qualities including patience and communication
• Ability to show professionalism at all times

Desirable personal qualities:

• Any previous experience working with children
• Any previous experience with additional learning needs (ALN)
• Strong English & Mathematics
• Communicational skills relevant to both children and adults
• Competent skills in numeracy, literacy and ICT
• Ability to self-manage and organise own time
• Personal qualities
• Reliable
• Smart appearance
• Professional attitude
• A level of maturity with working in a school environment will be required
• Ambitious and hard working
• Desire to be a positive role model to young people

Training to be provided:

• The Apprenticeship includes both on-the- job learning and off-the-job training which leads to nationally recognised qualifications

Qualifications:

• Minimum A*-C GCSE (or equivalent) in English and Maths

Apprenticeship to be undertaken:

• Level 2/3 Supporting, Teaching and Learning