Job details Job role Teaching assistant Visa sponsorship
Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
Part time
Contract type
Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
£24,027.00 - £25,183.00 Annually (FTE)Actual salary pro rata = £16,883-£17,696 p.a.
SEND Teaching Assistant - 30 Hours job summary This vacancy is for 30 hours per week - 8:30am-:3:30pm Monday - Friday.
Interviews will take place on Thursday 16th January AM
Are you dedicated to ensuring school works for all children and resilient enough to keep going, even when it's difficult?
Then we have a role available for supporting a child on a 1-1 basis with social, emotional and mental health difficulties to succeed in education.
You will require patience, flexibility and be committed to helping children develop as independent and confident individuals.
It would be desirable, but not essential, that you have experience in this type of role.
We can offer the successful candidate:
A positive and caring working environment A friendly, dedicated, and supportive staff team A well-resourced working environment A strong commitment to CPD with quality mentoring and development support A healthcare plan which includes private medical care as well as well-being care, physiotherapy, stress counselling and lifestyle health screening days
The Inclusive Multi Academy Trust which was established in 2016 with a vision to Inspire and nurture our children and their community to be the very best that they can be.
The Trust consists of three schools; Beechfield, Cherry Tree and Laurance Haines.
Our nurturing Trust ethos places a strong emphasis of the development and wellbeing of staff.
The successful candidates will have excellent communication skills and will be able to work closely with the class teacher, the SENCo, the SEN team and external advisors.
You should be keen to learn, be able to work on your own initiative, and carry out advice consistently.
The successful candidates will have a GCSE or equivalent in English and Maths (C or above) and a high standard of written and spoken English.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding children and young people.
All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a Criminal Record Declaration Form prior to interview.
When recruiting and selecting staff, the Trust is required to comply with all relevant employment legislation to ensure we are recruiting within the law as well as complying with the Trust's Equality Policy.
The Selection Criteria document is critical in the process and sets out the requirements which the person appointed should have in order to perform the duties of the post satisfactorily and against which applicants will be assessed.
The selection criteria will be used throughout the recruitment process as an objective test of assessing candidates at shortlisting, test and interview stages.
Shortlisting will be completed by assessing against the advertised person specification.
Our interviews will always include relevant questions relating to child protection and/or safeguarding, and will usually involve a child centred task.
Prospective candidates are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible as the school reserves the right to close the advert early should we feel able to appoint an appropriate candidate.
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.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
Visas cannot be sponsored.