4 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    1 September 2024

  • Closing date

    31 July 2024 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    19 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 Assistants job summary

THOMAS WOLSEY ORMISTON ACADEMY

SEN Personal Care Assistant

Salary: Grade 1 point 2 £22,366 pro rata (£11.59 per hour)

Job term: Fixed Term from 1.9.2024 to 31.8.2025

Appointment: 39 weeks (term time only plus one week) , 10 am – 2.30 pm daily

Days required: Monday, Thursday, and Friday

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.

Thomas Wolsey is committed to the protection and safety of its pupils. This position is subject to an enhanced DBS check. Previous experience of a role in an educational establishment is essential. We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or religion.

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.

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About Thomas Wolsey Ormiston Academy

School type
Academy, ages 3 to 16
School size
104 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 16

SEND School, ages 3 - 16

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