Communication Assistant
Shenstone School, Crayford, Kent, DA1 4DZ24 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
20 August 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
22 July 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 5 days per week (30 hours) (9:00 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.) 39 weeks per year (term time + training days)
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Bexley 07 (£16.00 per hour) £21,718 (Actual) £30,033 (full time equivalent)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for an enthusiastic, engaging, empathetic and resilient candidate. You will be required to work as part of our communication team helping and supporting pupils.
What the school offers its staff
If you are looking for a challenge and are able to use specialised techniques and procedures to support and encourage our amazing pupils with their speech and language skills so that they are able to achieve their full potential in our specialist school setting, then we would welcome your application.
Commitment to safeguarding
Shenstone is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Offers of employment will be subject to the full Safer Recruitment process, including an enhanced DBS check and barring service check. We will also undertake an online search as part of our diligence.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below
About Shenstone School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 19
- School size
- 191 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Shenstone School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- HR@tkat.org
Shenstone is an all-through school for children and young people with Severe Learning Difficulties (SLD). We work across three sites within Bexley. Two sites are primary (Sidcup and Crayford), and the third site is our growing secondary provision (located in Thamesmead for 2024/25 before moving to a purpose-built new site in Belvedere in September 2025). Exciting times are ahead for everyone at Shenstone School.
Our staff are passionate about providing our students with the best learning opportunities. Working in partnership with parents and carers, we successfully foster and develop a positive attitude in our young people and support them to have opportunities that will allow them to achieve beyond their expectations. The support and guidance students receive from staff give them the confidence to learn independently and strive to achieve their most aspirational outcomes. The school positions itself as a centre of excellence for its students, parents/carers, staff, local authorities and the wider community.
We aim to ensure that all students have the maximum opportunity to participate fully in society to enhance their life chances. We pride ourselves on ensuring that learning remains purposeful but is equally fun. We are committed to supporting the emotional health and well-being of all our students, staff and parents/carers, and we stand by our motto of “Together we engage, thrive and achieve”.
We are very proud of Shenstone School and our achievements, which include autism accreditation through the National Autistic Society, The Wellbeing Award for Schools, Outstandingly Happy School status, Move Centre of Excellence Award, National Online Safety Certified School status, and we are also an accredited Arts Award Centre. We continue to expand with new ideas and initiatives to maintain and improve services for students and staff.
Staff at Shenstone School can access the following benefits: excellent induction and probation processes, comprehensive in-house training, competitive pension scheme, employee counselling services, vaccination programmes, on-site mental health first aid team and various other well-being and social activities.
Arranging a visit to Shenstone School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email HR@tkat.org.
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