Care Assistant

Djanogly Sherwood Academy, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG7 7AR

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  29 August 2024

• Closing date

  7 July 2024 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  18 June 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £19,389.00 - £21,266.00 Annually (Actual) Salary based on term time only working (39 weeks) £22,111-24,251 FTE per annum

Care Assistant job summary

The Djanogly Learning Trust has an exciting opportunity for an exceptional Care Assistant to join our team based at Djanogly Sherwood Academy This is a tremendous opportunity to make a difference and to be part of a dynamic and innovative staff team.

We are looking for someone who can:

• Work under the direct supervision of colleagues to meet needs of individuals or small groups
• Support pupils’ learning activities including additional learning needs and development
  
• Support pupils’ physical and care needs to overcome potential barriers to learning
  
• Support pupils’ individual learning needs and development, e.g. cognitive and learning skills
  
• Give immediate feedback to pupils and support colleagues in marking work
  
• Support teachers and teaching assistants in assessing pupil progress and attainment
  
• Undertake personal care and support of pupils
  
• Contribute to the health and well-being of pupils
  
• Establish and maintain relationships with individual pupils and groups
  
• Use planning from colleagues to regulate own workload

What we can offer you:

• A culture of trust, where all contributions are recognised and respected
• A skilled senior leadership team with a strong ethos of mutual support and challenge
• Children who engage well and want to learn
• An embedded whole trust commitment to professional development
• A skilled and experienced central service team who proactively support our academies, enabling educationalists to focus on our core purpose – teaching and learning
• A real commitment to work-life balance – we remember we are human beings first and educators second
• Great Trust benefits including: free parking, company paid healthcare, travel discounts and excellent training and development opportunities

Visits to the academy are encouraged! If you wish to arrange a visit, discover more about this exciting opportunity, need any further information or you would like to have an informal discussion, please contact us to arrange a convenient date.

For further details about the Academy and Djanogly Learning Trust, please view our careers pages on MyNewTerm

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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About Djanogly Sherwood Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 350 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Djanogly Sherwood Academy website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/djanogly-sherwood-academy (opens in new tab)

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