EXPIRED

Care assistant

Allenton Primary School, Derby, Derbyshire, DE24 9BB

This job expired on 8 December 2025 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  5 January 2026

• Closing date

  8 December 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  26 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £4460.34- £4531.12

Care assistant job summary

Care Assistant (Fixed-Term)

Allenton Community Primary School Part of Transform Trust

Start date: 5th  January 2026 (or sooner by negotiation)

Contract: Fixed-term for one term initially (linked to funding), with potential extension to Summer 2026

Hours: 7.5 hours per week (daily lunchtime hours 11.30am -1.00pm)

Grade: Transform Trust Grade C (points 5–6)

About the Role

Allenton Primary School is seeking a compassionate, reliable and enthusiastic Care Assistant to join our team for the Spring Term 2026. This role will support the personal and care needs of a child with complex SEND during the lunchtime period, and may involve supporting other pupils where necessary.

The post is funding-linked, as reflected in the Recruitment Authorisation Form, and is initially offered for one term. Extension into the summer term may be possible if further funding is secured and the role continues to be required. 

Our school vision places children at the heart of everything we do. We are proud of our values of Resilience, Reflectiveness, Resourcefulness and Reciprocity, and we are looking for someone who embodies these qualities in their work with children.

Key Responsibilities

As a Care Assistant, your duties will include:

• Supporting personal hygiene, toileting and continence needs
• Assisting with eating, drinking and lunchtime routines
• Providing physical and practical help (e.g., mobility, dressing, organisation)
• Supporting communication, social interaction and the development of independence
• Maintaining appropriate records of care
• Working collaboratively with teachers, TAs, the SENCO and external professionals
• Using initiative and problem-solving skills to ensure pupils are supported safely and sensitively
• Adhering to safeguarding, health and safety and school/Trust policies

Full details are in the Job Description and Person Specification. 

We Are Looking For Someone Who:

• Shows resourcefulness when helping children overcome barriers
• Is resilient and calm when supporting pupils with complex needs
• Is reflective, willing to learn and committed to improving practice
• Works with reciprocity, building positive and supportive relationships
• Has experience (or a strong interest) in supporting pupils with SEND
• Can offer compassionate, dignified intimate care
• Communicates well with children, colleagues and families
• Works effectively as part of a caring, committed team

What We Offer

• A nurturing and supportive school community
• A commitment to professional development
• A role where your work genuinely transforms pupils' daily experience
• A team united by strong shared values

Safeguarding Statement

Allenton Primary School and Transform Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are subject to enhanced DBS checks and robust safer recruitment procedures.

How to Apply

Please submit:

• A completed application form on SAM Recruit
• Including a personal statement that explains your experience and suitability for the role

Closing date: Monday 8th December at 12pm

Interviews: w/c 8th December

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.

This job post has expired.

About Allenton Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 300 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Allenton Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/allenton-primary-school

Alongside consistent teaching practice we feel that having an active partnership with parents is vital to our children’s learning. Our shared vision is that children receive quality life experiences within school and the surrounding community, with a curriculum based on practical L2L activities, promoting life skills. We best prepare our children for life and the next step in their education by ensuring they are: aspirational, resilient, independent, confident, have a love of learning and who are securely numerate and literate. Our aspiration is that we foster and promote life-long learning where children value themselves, the community they live in and the school they learned in.

School location

Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed

Find more school jobs in Derby and Derbyshire and Derby