Teaching Assistants

Teaching and Learning Assistants - Park School, Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon
Part time or full time hours available
Required to start 1st September 2024.
We are seeking to appoint teaching assistants, term time only, to support and enhance learning at in and around the beautiful grounds at Park School.
Looking to hear from experienced staff qualified to level 4, with HLTA opportunities for the right candidates.
Working with us involves being part of a wonderful team of practitioners who adapt to support children’s learning in a wide range of settings, environments, and formats. At Park School learning is child centred and our team support children 1:1, in small groups, and within whole class situations to help support the needs of all our learners.
Are you someone who easily tunes in to the needs of children? Are you playful but professional? Are you a great communicator with a passion for establishing kind, compassionate and productive relationships? Are you wanting to be part of something special? Good at seeing children as unique individuals and adapting to meet their needs? Love the outdoors? Want to work in a primary education setting where children flourish?
Opportunities are coming for us to extend our team moving forwards and we are interested to hear from applicants with interests in full time and part time opportunities at our wonderful school.
Be a part of something really special here at Park School
• Creativity, playfulness, and a love for learning
• The ability to guide and nurture children, while enabling them to learn through their own curiosity and sense of adventure
• A passion for helping children learn about the natural environment
• Experience of supporting children with literacy and numeracy
• An understanding, and experience of supporting children with special educational needs and disabilities
• Adaptability, resilience, good communication skills including computer literacy
• A connection to our school principles of self-care, people care and planet care.
What we can offer:
The opportunity to enjoy working with positive, happy children, working alongside hard-working and dedicated colleagues, in a caring, compassionate school community located in the beautiful setting of the Dartington Hall Estate.
The opportunity to work in an inspiring alternative, independent school which seeks to provide a learning environment which values the uniqueness of every child, values the development of positive relationships between people and seeks to foster a love and nurturing for and of the natural environment.
• Pension Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Counselling and Wellbeing support
• Occupational Health Services
• Professional Development & Training
• Free refreshments in workplaces
• Free parking
Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service and check against the ISA Barred List for children.
Closing Date: 3rd June 2024