Teaching Assistant ROLE PROFILE

Hours:

36.75  hours  a  week,  9.00am  –  5.00pm  Monday  to  Thursday  and
9.00am – 4.15pm Friday.

Term time only, 39 weeks per year, which includes five inset days
a year.

Salary:

 £20,664 pa-actual term time only salary,

Probation Period:  Up to 6 month probation period.

Location:

The Quest School, The Hop Farm, Tonbridge. TN12 6PY.

ROLE PROFILE

This is a pivotal role within the school, working with children with autism implementing
learning  and  behaviour  programs  set  by  our  qualified  teachers  and  behaviour
specialists

Working  in  small  teams,  ensuring  the  daily  needs  of  our  pupils  are  met  in  a
professional, competent, safe and fun school environment.

ROLE SPECIFICATION

     Required to:

•  Deliver effective teaching, applying behavioural strategy consistently to pupils with
autism, following programmes set by qualified teachers and behaviour specialists.
This could involve teaching pupils on a 1:1 basis, or teaching small groups of pupils
(typically no more than 2-3 pupils per group).

•  Support pupils with their learning and behaviour during group lessons being taught

by qualified teachers.

•  Prepare and deliver individual or small group sessions for curriculum areas such as

Asdan, for designated pupils, including any related record keeping.

•  Undertake key worker duties for designated pupils; this includes ensuring daily data

is recorded and uploaded as needed.

•  Assist with the preparation of photos, videos and observations for online parent

communication system.

Quest is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all
staff and volunteers to share this commitment.   Our commitment is underpinned by robust processes and
procedures  that  seek  to  maximise  opportunity,  minimise  risk  and  continuously  promote  a  culture  of
safeguarding amongst our workforce.

All  successful  applicants  will  be  required  to  complete  an  enhanced  DBS  check  with  relevant  barring  list
checks.

•  Complete all records, for incidents, policy breaches and safeguarding concerns, in a

timely manner.

•  Manage any challenging behavioural issues when they arise in a safe and

professional manner.  This may include the use of positive handling techniques
(Team Teach training will be provided).

•  Work unsupervised with pupils.

•  Supervise and interact energetically with pupils during lunch and snack breaks and

indoor/outdoor break times.

•  Support pupils with their personal care needs e.g. toileting, dressing, support with
feeding and administering medication, with the support of Senior Tutors and
Supervisors.

•  To supervise and support pupils on activities and trips outside of the school, such as

swimming, gym and woodland walks.

•  Record data clearly and consistently on programmes throughout the day, ensuring
accurate and appropriate data collection systems are followed and used as an
effective assessment for learning tool.

•  Responsible for safeguarding the health and safety of pupils, including maintaining a

physically safe environment and following risk assessments as appropriate.

•  Receive further training in direct work with pupils, provided by Senior Tutors,

Supervisors and specialist Consultants, and implement feedback consistently.

•  Receive additional training across a range of areas, including Statutory, Health &

Safety, Safeguarding.

•  Work effectively as part of the team.

•  Demonstrate a commitment to teaching the pupils of Quest School effectively,

eliminating barriers to learning, and facilitating optimum development.

•  Demonstrate understanding of the needs of the learner group, and specific needs of

individual pupils.

•  Demonstrate commitment to contributing to the daily running of the school and

assisting with daily job lists as directed by Senior Tutors.

•  Take responsibility for specific additional tasks as directed by senior teaching staff,
including preparation, organisation and maintenance of teaching materials and
resources to support pupils’ personalised targets.

Quest is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all
staff and volunteers to share this commitment.   Our commitment is underpinned by robust processes and
procedures  that  seek  to  maximise  opportunity,  minimise  risk  and  continuously  promote  a  culture  of
safeguarding amongst our workforce.

All  successful  applicants  will  be  required  to  complete  an  enhanced  DBS  check  with  relevant  barring  list
checks.

•  Maintain complete confidentiality regarding the individual records of any pupil of

Quest school; this applies to data held either electronically or physically.

•  Co-operate in accordance with all school policies

•  Responsibility and commitment towards safeguarding and promoting the welfare of

children, maintaining a physically safe environment for all pupils.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

A teaching assistant will:

•  Be passionate about making a difference to children’s lives by enabling them to

learn, thrive and achieve.

•  Demonstrate the ability to work as a team player.

•  Demonstrate a high level of motivation and present as a self-starter.

•  Present with a positive disposition.

•  Be energetic, dynamic, creative and enthusiastic.

•  Relish a challenge.

•  Demonstrate reliability and be trustworthy.

•  Show a willingness to develop existing skills further.

•  Quest is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and
young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

•  A full DBS disclosure is essential for this role, therefore candidate must

demonstrate suitability to work with children

SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

•

Ideally be educated to A level standard, or to have achieved relevant vocational
qualifications e.g. NNEB.

•  Experience of working with children with special needs preferred but not

essential.

•  Awareness and understanding of autism.

Quest is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all
staff and volunteers to share this commitment.   Our commitment is underpinned by robust processes and
procedures  that  seek  to  maximise  opportunity,  minimise  risk  and  continuously  promote  a  culture  of
safeguarding amongst our workforce.

All  successful  applicants  will  be  required  to  complete  an  enhanced  DBS  check  with  relevant  barring  list
checks.

•  Experience of working as part of a team.

•  Experience of working in a position that requires the person to show initiative.

•  Good social skills and written and verbal communication skills.

•  General IT skills.

•  Good organisation, planning and prioritisation skills.

•  Physically and emotionally resilient in order to work with children with autism who

may have challenging behavior.

•  Good appreciation of health and safety in the workplace, data protection

principles and equal opportunities.

Quest is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all
staff and volunteers to share this commitment.   Our commitment is underpinned by robust processes and
procedures  that  seek  to  maximise  opportunity,  minimise  risk  and  continuously  promote  a  culture  of
safeguarding amongst our workforce.

All  successful  applicants  will  be  required  to  complete  an  enhanced  DBS  check  with  relevant  barring  list
checks.