Level 3 Teaching Assistant based at Spring Brook Upper School


Company:	Teaching Vacancies
Salary:	Not specified
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Oldham, M35 0DQ
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	12 Oct 2026
Closing date:	23 Oct 2026

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Summary

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Sound experience of supporting young people who present with challenging behaviour and complex needs, preferably within an SEMH setting

• Experience of supporting young people to overcome barriers to their personal, social or learning development from a pastoral perspective

• Experience of intervening to support students incrisisor traumaby using eitheremotionalor educational support

• A nurturing and empathetic approach to behaviour management

• The physical and emotional resilience to support pupils with SEMH, understanding that all behaviour is a form of communication

• Experience of supporting teaching and learning activities for students and providing support for the class teacher in the preparation and organisational processes involved in the day to day running of a lesson.

• Experience of delivering bespoke interventions to individuals or small groups of learners

• Experience of providing cover in the short-term absence of the class teacher

• Experience of monitoring and assessing student progress and engagement; and providing regular feedback to stakeholders

• Experience of working in partnership with classroom teachers to differentiate appropriate interventions for students in relation to the curriculum

• Experience of supervising students over lunch and break times as directed

• The ability to build relationshipswithstudents,families andkey partnersaround thestudents.

• The ability to work as part of a team using own initiative when needed

What the school offers its staff

Occupational pension scheme, occupational sickness scheme, TOIL / Flexi scheme/ Health benefit scheme

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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