Care Team Assistant
Thomas Wolsey Ormiston Academy, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 6SG15 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1 September 2024
Closing date
31 July 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
16 July 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £22,366.00 Annually (FTE)
Care Team Assistant job summary
THOMAS WOLSEY ORMISTON ACADEMY
SEN Personal Care Assistant
Salary: Grade 1 point 2 £22,366 pro rata (approx £11,699 per annum)
Job term: Fixed Term from 1.9.2024 to 31.8.2025
Appointment: 39 weeks (term time only plus one week) , Monday - Friday 10 am – 2.30 pm, 22.5 hrs per week
Place of work: Thomas Wolsey Ormiston Academy, IP1 6SG
Closing date: Midnight Wednesday 31 July, 2024
Are you committed, enthusiastic, with good communication and teamwork skills?
Do you have experience of working with young people with special needs?
Do you have the aspiration and desire to make a difference?
Can you provide exceptional care, guidance and support, so that pupils thrive and make excellent progress in their personal development?
We are looking to appoint a Personal Care Assistant and the main duties include:
providing personal care
supervising children and encouraging them in positive play and behaviours
supporting children with other care needs such as feeding and positioning
Ideally you will have experience of working with children in a similar role, although training can be given. We offer excellent support to our staff ensuring that all staff get the additional support and training that they need and opportunities to build upon their experience.
Our school caters for children from 3 to 16 with complex physical, medical and sensory needs. We have an evolving school population of 100+ pupils with ever more complex needs. Our special school is in purpose built accommodation, has an outstanding reputation for the personal development or our pupils and holds inclusion at its heart. We were rated Good (Ofsted November 2021).
There are over one hundred multi-disciplinary staff on site, working to meet our children's educational, health, physical and emotional development.
To access the online application form and more information please visit oatcareers.co.uk.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, which provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions, can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974
All successful appointments will be subject to suitability checks in accordance with KCSIE, including identity, Right to Work, qualifications, online searches, prohibition check, two references and enhanced DBS check including Children’s Barred List.
Thomas Wolsey Ormiston Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Ormiston Academies Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Flexible working opportunities will be considered.
The closing date is Wednesday 31st July 2024, early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should a suitable candidate be found.
If you have any questions about the role, please contact sharon.newman@thomaswolseyoa.co.uk or emily.webster@thomaswolseyoa.co.uk.
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
Using the application form
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
About Thomas Wolsey Ormiston Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 16
- School size
- 104 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
SEND School, ages 3 - 16
School location
Similar jobs nearby
Residential Activities and Child Care Officer (RACCO)
Priory School
Mount Road, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7BH
Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed