Teaching Assistant, Cardiff

Teaching Assistant Full time  Minimum £65 per day Foundation Phase support One of our partner Primary school was looking to appoint a Teaching Assistants to work full time starting 21st September 2020. In this role you will be expected to support one of the class teachers in Foundation phase with the daily running of the class and take pupils in small groups to help them with their academic work and catch up tuition after pupils being out of school for 6 months due to covid. You will help pupils outside the classroom to help raise attainment levels in Maths and English and also support children with their reading in guided reading session to help raise their reading levels. Alongside academic support you will need to encourage positive behaviour in and outside the classroom by understanding positive behaviour strategies, being a role model to the pupils and building a strong rapport. Additionally, you will need to create resources to aid pupils in their academic work and create display boards to showcase high quality work. The role will be for the whole academic year 20/21 for the right candidate. What the school are looking for: Someone who is patient and nurturing Someone who can understand positive behaviour strategies. Someone who can use their own initiative when supporting the class teacher. Ideally someone who has experience working in foundation phase. The minimum daily rate is £65 per day based on a 6.5 hour working day.  If you'd like to be considered for this role please note you will need a child workforce DBS on the update service (or willing to process a new one), register with the Education Workforce Council and provide two professional or character references.  If you think this is the perfect role for you, please apply now with an updated copy of your CV.  All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see (url removed)/faqs for details. All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date. Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided. For details of our privacy policy, please see (url removed)/privacy-notice