Job Description

Job Title: Teaching Assistant
Reporting to:  Senior Tutor

Grade/Salary:  £23,593.59 per annum inc Holiday
Hours: 35 hours per week, term time only (Monday – Friday 9 - 4.30)

Contract Permanent
Probationary Period: 6-month probationary period
Location: Main Road Nurseries, Stanwell Moor Road, TW19 6BS (Close to T5 Heathrow)

Background of the Role

Green Corridor is a dynamic UK registered Charity, working to improve the lives of 16-25 year
olds with Special Educational Needs (SEN) through our various pathways and functional skills
programmes. We run a section 41 Post-16 provision with about 50 learners on roll.

Summary of the Role

Our successful charity runs pathways which focus on employability and skills for every day
living to help young people, with SEN and learning disabilities to gain confidence and social

support, alongside nationally recognised qualifications.

Green Corridor requires the skills of an enthusiastic and reliable Teaching Assistant, who is able
to work effectively with our learners who each have their own additional needs. The candidate
we require should ideally have experience and/or affinity for working with young adults with

Special Educational Needs. The role would involve supporting learners within their subject area,
and functional skills, encouraging them to reach their full potential.

Equality & Diversity

Green Corridor is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community, a place where

we can all be ourselves and succeed. We invite all those from different backgrounds to apply
for our advertised job posts, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and
civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

Safer Recruitment

We are committed to keeping our learners safe and as such we have robust Safer Recruitment
and Safeguarding policies in place. It is a requirement to complete a full application form, and
we will carry out pre-employment checks including references and an Enhanced DBS check for
both Child and Adult workforces as part of this process.

To apply, please complete the application form and send to
recruitment@greencorridor.org.uk

Specific Duties and Responsibilities of the Role

Supporting Young People

•  To work with the tutor to establish an appropriate learning environment.

•  To work with the tutor on lesson planning, evaluating and adjusting lesson/work plans as

appropriate.

•  To monitor and evaluate learners’ responses to learning activities through observations

and planned recording of achievement against learning objectives.

•  To use specialist skills to support learners’ learning such as PECS, Makaton, symbols and

iPads.

•  To assist with the development, implementation and evaluation of learning programmes

and individual work plans.

•  To prepare and assist in the preparation of the classroom, resources and equipment.
•  To establish productive working relationships with learners acting as a role model and

setting high expectations.

•  Communicating with learners with varying degrees of speech and language difficulties,

using communicative system/equipment where necessary.

•  To  promote  inclusion  and  acceptance  of  all  learners  within  the  classroom  and  across

Green Corridor.

•  To  support  learners  consistently  whilst  recognising  and  responding  to  their  individual

needs

•  To encourage individual learners to interact and work co-operatively with others whilst

engaging in activities.

•  To  promote  independence  and  employ  strategies  to  recognise  and  acknowledge

achievement and self-reliance.

•  To provide feedback to learners in relation to progress and achievement and to provide

accurate, evidenced and objective feedback and reports to the tutor.

•  To  be  responsible  for  keeping  and  updating  records  with  the  tutor  and  other  staff,

contributing to reviews as requested.

•  To liaise with specialists (such as SALT, OT and Physio) and follow their advice for safety,

learning and therapy programmes, as appropriate.

Wellbeing and Safeguarding

•  Meet with parents and carers as part of maintaining positive relationships and the full

implementation of the Green Corridor’s values and ethos

•  To promote Green Corridor’s values, positive attitudes and good learner behaviour,
dealing promptly with conflicts and incidents in line with established policies and
procedures, encouraging learners to take responsibility for their own behaviour

•  To supervise learners on visits, trips and out-of-school activities as required
•  To support breaktime/lunches and lunchtime supervision within employed hours
•  Administer first aid as appropriate
•  To carry out Team Teach/MAPA if required

Professional Development

•  To participate in 30 hours CPD per year specific to the needs of learners and Green
Corridor,  including  working  towards  appropriate  qualifications  needed  to  perform
your role

•  To keep your own individual Professional Development Plan up to date.

Other duties

•  Undertake any other task identified as being necessary to fulfil contract

requirements or the requirements of an individual support.

•  The post holder will be required to undertake other appropriate activities related to
achieving  the  organisations  objectives,  as  determined  by  the  CEO  or  your  line
manager.

Value

Our values are:

•  Openness

- we are receptive to feedback and ideas, and are open,

transparent and honest about everything from application to appointment and

beyond.  We are open about our practices and processes and expect the same from
our staff.

•  Respect – we expect and encourage respectful language about staff and learners.
We are consistent with language and approach to staff and learners.  We expect all

staff to hold each other accountable for this.  Lack of respect of our staff and
learners is not acceptable.

•

Learning – As a learning provider we give learning opportunities for staff and
learners alike.  We encourage learning and growth, this could involve more formal
learning opportunities or opportunities to share knowledge and ideas from each

other.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Desirable

Working with young people with learning difficulties

Working as a 1:1 TA/LSA for a young person with SEN

Mentoring and support experience

Working with groups of young people in holiday / after school

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Experience of working for a charity/voluntary organisation

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Qualifications & Knowledge, Skills & Personal Attributes

Essential

Desirable

Appropriate Prevent and Safeguarding Training

SEN training or qualification

Excellent communication skills, both oral and written

Proactive, self-motivated, can-do attitude

Accreditation or qualification in Special Educational Needs

Ability to obtain an Enhanced DBS clearance for Child and Adult
Workforce

Able to use Makaton, Widget, PECS, Proloqo2go

Clean Driving Licence

(we are not easily accessible by public transport)

IT literate: Microsoft Word, Excel. & PowerPoint

Minimum of Level 2 or equivalent in English and Maths

Level 2 Award in Education and Training or willingness to work
towards

Team Teach/ MAPA training

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