Teaching Assistant

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council Work Location: Oakfield Secondary Provision based at our: Shepshed site LE12 9DB, Loughborough site LE11 3DU, Glenfield site LE3 8BQ or our Hinckley site LE10 0PR. Salary: £26,832 - £28,146 per annum (pro rata for part-time) (Pay award pending) Working Hours: 35 hrs per week 8.30am –3.30pm -Term time Contract Type: Fixed Term until July 2027 Closing Date: 3rd September 2026 Interview Date(s): 11th September 2026 About the Role Do you have the skills and passion to make a difference to children and young people with SEND, through supporting and developing the staff who work with them? If so, we want you for our year-long project to work with classroom support staff across Leicestershire. We are building a team with expertise in-class support for pupils with additional needs. Our aim is to provide further training, supervision and oversight to support staff in mainstream schools by extending our educational psychology offer to provide increased levels of support to staff who are supporting children and young people with complex needs. This support may involve delivering training, observation, consultation outside of the classroom. Your role will be to support all parts of this process, whether that be through direct support to staff who are implementing new approaches, or supporting pupils in the classroom to enable staff to access our offer during the school day. You will be part of the Oakfield Short-Stay School workforce but the majority of your time will be spent working in a team, out in schools working with staff with oversight from the Educational Psychology Service. An enhanced with barred list DBS check is required for this post. For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders, please see our policy statement. About You To apply for this post, you must be able to evidence in your application how you meet the following criteria: NVQ 3 in Supporting Teaching and Learning, or equivalent, OR Able to demonstrate the ability to meet the STL Level 3 National Occupational Standards relevant to this post. and ability to demonstrate competency in literacy and numeracy equivalent to level 2 Experience of supporting planning, evaluation and delivery of learning activities for children and young people in a formal setting. Knowledge of child protection and health and safety procedures and their application in a school setting. Good interpersonal skills and Empathy with children and young people. Ability to effectively manage pupil behaviour in accordance with school policy and procedure. Have Empathy with children and young people. Ability to work effectively as part of a team In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and to delivering accessible and inclusive services which meet the needs of all of our residents. You will be asked to demonstrate your understanding of these commitments as part of the selection process. Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability. We are a Disability Confident Employer.