Join our dynamic school community as a Teaching Assistant! We have two roles available within our SEN Hub

At Co-op Academy Hillside, we are committed to providing a nurturing and stimulating learning environment where every child can reach their full potential. We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Teaching Assistant to join our team and play a key role in supporting our students and colleagues. If you are passionate about education and enjoy working with children, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

At Co-op Academy Hillside, we are looking for ambitious and hard-working individuals to join a busy team within primary phase. The purpose of the role is to work in partnership with class teachers to support learning in line with the national curriculum, codes of practice and academy policies and procedures. You will also provide small group interventions using specific programmes as directed.

The main duties will involve:  

•  To work under the guidance of the class teacher to support teaching and learning in the classroom
•  To run small group interventions to close gaps or to meet specific SEND/SEMH needs
•  To assist the teacher in creating and maintaining a purposeful, orderly and supportive learning environment
•  To promote the inclusion of all pupils ensuring they have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop
•  To be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within school
•  Promote positive pupil behaviour in line with academy policies for culture for learning
•  Monitor and record pupil responses and learning achievements, resolving all but the most complex problems independently

Our ideal candidate will have: 

• excellent communication skills and be able to build good relationships with young people and adults
• the ability to show initiative whilst knowing when to take advice
• Committment to inclusion, high standards of achievement, pastoral care and safeguarding.
• good judgement over matters of confidentiality and integrity in dealing with sensitive information about students
• strong IT skills with the ability to positively respond to training in the use of school IT packages.
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Why us?

• At Co-op Academy Hillside, we can offer a welcoming, vibrant and inclusive learning community with continued professional development and a creative and caring atmosphere with a strong commitment to the education of the whole child. We are a thriving and expanding community and we're looking for passionate and dedicated individuals to help us build on this success and become part of our growing team.

All our values are based upon the values of the Co-op Group, which will inform our behaviours.

Self-help: We do not expect to be spoon fed – we will try to do things for ourselves in the right way and at the right time.

Self-responsibility: Everyone should act in a responsible way around the academy site and in the local community. We take responsibility for our own learning; we want to become independent learners.

Equality: We are proud to be part of a very multicultural academy, with students from all over the world; it is important that we treat each other with respect and accept that others may be different from ourselves. We should all of us have equal chances to succeed.

Equity: We want to look for the best in each other. Rewarding others fairly to encourage all types of achievement.

Democracy: We will contribute our ideas to make the academy a success.

Solidarity: We can achieve more by working together, rather than as individuals.

Our Values

Being part of the Co-operative Group, we are both guided and driven by the Co-op values which are embedded in everything that we do within our Academy - We strive to demonstrate the following ethical values in everything we do - they are our ‘Ways of Being’:

Succeed together

Do what matters most

Be yourself, always

Show you care

So, if you believe in our values, we would love to hear from you! 

We offer a wide range of benefits and rewards to recognise the part you play in our success:

Benefits include:

Our employee benefits package includes:

• You’ll get being a Co-op member, you’ll get a Co-op colleague discount card. This gives you a 10% discount in our Co-op Food stores.
• Co-operative flexible benefits (discounted line rental and broadband package, family care advice and cycle to work scheme)
• Discounted gym membership and leisure activities which includes discounts on Merlin Entertainments (Sea Life, Legoland etc), Virgin Experience Days, SuperBreak and many more!
• Co-operative Credit Union: save directly from your salary and receive a competitive dividend. Borrowers can benefit from very competitive interest rates & terms (in comparison with other high street lenders)
• Co-op Funeralcare benefit
• Season ticket and rental deposit loans

And More! 

For more information about the Co-op Academies Trust, please visit: www.coopacademies.co.uk

The Trust is also committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnerships.