Care Team Assistant

Thomas Ashton School, Hyde, Cheshire, SK14 4SS

10 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  9 July 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  29 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 32 hours 30 minutes per week - Permanent & Fixed Term opportunities available
• Contract type: Permanent
• Actual salary: £19,937 - £21,337
• Additional allowances:

  SEN - £1,539 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Provide support to behaviour, attendance, and safeguarding systems on-site, following guidance from senior staff.
• Assist pastoral staff in their work with students, offering practical support as directed.
• Support communication with students, parents, staff, and external agencies when required.
• Build positive and trusting relationships with SEMH students and their families under the guidance of teaching and pastoral leads.
• Contribute to developing understanding of behaviour approaches, including zones of regulation, restorative practice, and trauma awareness, through ongoing training and team support.
• Demonstrate and promote Unconditional Positive Regard in daily interactions with students.
• Experience of supporting intervention activities for learners, including those who may be reluctant to engage, under the direction of teaching staff.
• A commitment to supporting young people to re-engage with learning and develop their skills and confidence.
• Ability to provide additional support to help pupils engage in the classroom and wider school activities.
• Experience of working with school-aged children, including those who may display challenging behaviour or SEMH needs, ideally within an educational or similar setting.
• A nurturing, calm, and empathetic approach to supporting behaviour.
• The resilience to support students with a range of needs, maintaining a patient and non-judgemental approach.
• An understanding of positive classroom practice and behaviour for learning, and the ability to reinforce this under staff guidance.
• The ability to support teaching and learning for individuals or small groups within an SEMH setting.
• A basic understanding of behaviour support plans and strategies, with the ability to follow and implement guidance provided.
• The ability to model appropriate social behaviour and support pupils’ general welfare in and out of the classroom.
• The ability to work effectively as part of a team, using initiative within agreed boundaries.
• Willingness to engage in ongoing professional development.

What the school offers its staff

Occupational sickness scheme, local government pension scheme, TOIL scheme, Staff healthcare scheme

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.

Applying for the job

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Privacy-Notice-MAT.pdf - 183 KB (opens in new tab)

Verification of right to work in UK MAT 2021.pdf - 262 KB (opens in new tab)

Thomas Ashton - Care Team Assistant - JD-PS.docx - 196 KB (opens in new tab)

Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form.docx - 883 KB (opens in new tab)

About Thomas Ashton School

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 14
• School size: 83 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 14
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Thomas Ashton School website
• Email address: info@thomasashton.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/thomas-ashton-school-hyde

Arranging a visit to Thomas Ashton School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email info@thomasashton.org.

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