Senior Teaching Aide, Orchard Hill College -Hillingdon Region

We are looking for a Senior Teaching Aide (STA) to join our busy team, where our committed workforce is dedicated to empowering and enabling students to achieve. As STA you will support the Lecturer to plan lessons, providing and delivering excellent support for teaching and learning activities for individuals and groups. You will be required to deputise for the Lecturer, which will involve preparing, planning and implementing a range of educational activities. You will also be required to ensure that an effective level of support and care is on offer to encourage and enable students to participate fully in activities.

Key Responsibilities

(see Job Description for full list)

• To engage with students during lesson and break times, promoting their independence

and communication as directed by the class Lecturer. (Listed here)

• To support the lecturer to plan lessons, providing and delivering excellent support for

teaching and learning activities for individuals and groups. (Listed here)

To deputise for the lecturer, and in their absence plan and deliver learning activities.

• To prepare and deliver lessons up to 350 hours per year of acting up to cover lecturers’ non-contact and/or running of programmes, ensuring high quality of provision. Including assessing, recording and reporting on development, progress and attainment linked to individual EHCP’s.
• Demonstrate commitment to collaborative and cooperative working by effectively managing Learning Support Assistants in the absence of the lecturer / when running a session.

Key Requirements

(see Person Specification for full list)

• You must hold level 2 Maths and English qualifications or be willing to enrol on our internal functional skills course within your first year of employment and complete the course within 2 years.
• Experience of working with or caring for children or adults who have barriers to learning and/or special educational needs
• Proficient use of

ICT such as

some Microsoft Office Packages and basic understanding of tablet use (iPads). (Qualifications/Experience Listed here)

• Able to communicate (receive and transmit) with students and staff using a variety of media, spoken, sign, written, gestural and intuitive.
• Able to take responsibility for individual and small groups of students, with a range of needs, including behaviours of concern, in different settings.

Orchard Hill College is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and we offer many benefits to attract and keep our staff, contributing towards maintaining and improving wellbeing, and encouraging our required behaviours, achievements, values, and skills. Below is just a selection of the benefits available to our employees:

Rewards & Benefits

• Pathways for progression within the trust, ensuring you can grow and thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment.
• Pension Scheme - you will be enrolled in either the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), both offering life cover and financial protection for your family.
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes (Cycle Scheme, Employee Car Lease Scheme and Home Electronics Scheme)
• Employee Wellbeing - We support employee wellbeing with access to counselling, mental health support, generous leave, flexible working, and enhanced parental leave including Employee Assistance Programme, MyGym Discounts, Corporate Eyecare Scheme
• Employee Discounts (Blue Light Card, Costco Membership, Discounts for Teachers, and more)
• Other (Season Ticket Loan and Employee Referral Scheme)

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