Vacancy: Alternation Provision Level 1 Teaching Assistant
Start date: September 2026
Contract details: fixed term
Hours: 32.50
Grade: Grade 2 FTE £25,185 Actual Salary £19,096
About Us
Wee are a Multi Academy Trust comprising of six secondary schools and one primary school with over 750 employees and over 5,500 students, based in Dudley, West Midlands.
At Invictus we are values driven and as such believe ‘anything is possible’. Our estate supports learners to share the same ethos; young people who are most vulnerable are supported to flourish and experience success.
We are seeking a teaching assistant to support young people both pastorally and academically. This is a fixed term post with potential for a permanent position. If you are resilient, hardworking, and organised we would welcome your application to join the ‘dream team’.
Working under guidance of the Learning Manager the successful candidate will provide both academic and pastoral support to students to overcome barriers to learning in order to achieve excellent outcomes.
Regular duties would include:
- Supervising the activities of individuals or groups of young people within the provision.
- Supporting students with sensory and/or physical impairment/medical conditions as defined in individual EHCPs.
- Supporting students with non‑specific learning difficulties.
- Supporting students with behavioural, emotional and social development needs (e.g., implementation of behaviour management policies, promotion of school policies relating to pupil behaviour).
- Supporting students with communication and interaction difficulties.
- Assisting students in the use of resources including IT.
- Maintaining students’ interests and motivation.
- Supporting individuals and group work assigned by the Learning Manager.
- Raising core skills.
- Supporting student passports, including co‑production and reviews.
- Being aware of pupils’ barriers to learning, achievements, progress and reporting to the Learning Manager as agreed.
- Supervising and providing particular support for students, including those with special needs ensuring their safety and access to learning activities.
- Establishing a constructive relationship with students and interacting according to individual needs.
- Providing feedback to students in relation to progress and achievement.
- Undertaking routine marking in line with school policy.
- Designing and producing displays with minimal supervision.
- Contributing information to pupil records (e.g., assessment information).
- Working with parents to enhance students’ learning.
- Liaising with parents as appropriate.
- Supporting out‑of‑hours school learning activities and personal development experiences within established guidelines.
Qualifications & Experience
A good standard of Maths and English, preferably GCSE’s at grade C/4 and above. Evidence of relevant ongoing CPD would be advantageous.
Understanding of the value of taking a restorative approach to behaviour management; avoiding punitive measures.
It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025, and as part of our recruitment process, the Trust will carry out an online search on all shortlisted candidates. This is to help identify any incidents or concerns that are publicly available which may pose a safeguarding risk or bring the Trust into disrepute. Any such findings will be shared with the recruitment manager and may be discussed at interview.
We are deeply committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All required pre‑employment checks will be undertaken, and offers of employment are subject to satisfactory outcomes. These include an enhanced DBS check with Children’s Barred List information, identity checks, online checks, and verification of professional qualifications and references. Further details are available in Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2025.
This role involves regulated activity and is therefore subject to:
- An Enhanced DBS Check including the Children’s Barred List Verification through the DfE’s Check a Teacher’s Record (for applicable roles)
It is a criminal offence to apply for this role if you are barred from working with children.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, as amended). Certain convictions or cautions are considered ‘protected’ and need not be disclosed. Guidance on disclosure is available on the Ministry of Justice website: Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
For information on the filtering of cautions and convictions, visit the DBS Filtering Guidance.
As a Trust, we are committed to ensuring that during all stages of recruitment and selection, no applicant is disadvantaged or discriminated against based on any protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.
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