Education Health Care Assistant (EHCA)

Trent View College, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, DN17 1DS

31 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  27 April 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  27 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £19,640.69 Annually (Actual) 31 hours per week term time + 5 INSET days - Grade 5, FTE £27,254

Education Health Care Assistant (EHCA) job summary

ABOUT US

Trent View College is a newly built post 16 special educational needs college. Trent View College aims to equip young people with essential skills for life, building on and enhancing their College journey. Removing barriers to learning, we are a fully inclusive College, where individual differences are celebrated and aspirations are supported. Our aim is to develop inquisitive, aspirational and resilient young people who are fully equipped to engage and contribute to their own communities.

Trent View College Our college is proud to offer a supportive team, high quality personalised training and an opportunity to work with amazing students as outlined in our values - Pride, Aspire, Resilience and Nurture.

Purpose of the Post

To assist in the planning, teaching and assessing the differentiated curriculum. To support in developing, implementing and evaluating individual education health care plans and Positive Intervention Plans (PIP), under the general direction of the teacher and where appropriate school nurse.

Key Areas

Support for Students

• Enables students on personalised learning programmes to access the differentiated curriculum in the mainstream school, early years setting or in adult service provision

• Supervise pupils in planned activities when the teacher is temporarily absent, in accordance with instructions/directions

• Assists students with personal care/health needs and daily living skills, which could include invasive procedures such as tube feeding as described in the health care plan

• When trained administers medication (including prescribed antibiotics) following clearly defined LA/school procedures and follows basic first aid procedures as necessary. Supports all educational and therapeutic assessments

• Deliver clinical interventions as outlined in the Education Health Care Plan when appropriately trained under the direction of the school nurse

Support for the Teacher

• Contributes to the development, implementation and evaluation of Personalised Learning Maps (PLM) and Positive Intervention Plans (PIP) that are devised by the teacher

• Help promote student good behaviour and discipline through positive interactions with students and participates fully in strategies agreed as part of any students PIP, including physical interventions

• Implements speech and language development activities, sensory differences intervention, physical development and mobility activities including physiotherapy and hydrotherapy

Support for the Curriculum

• Help individual students or groups of students to access the differentiated curriculum, including assisting with the planning and evaluation of learning activities

• Assist with general administration and supports classroom management, including creating learning materials

• Monitor and arrange orderly and secure storage as supplied

• Operate and maintain everyday equipment in accordance with instructions, undertaking simple repairs and reporting damage

Support for the College

• Contribute to the overall ethos, work and aims of the college

• Supervise students in small groups or one to one learning activities in school away from the main teaching area or in the community, following appropriate risk assessment

• Supervises students at play/leisure breaks, at times of transition between lessons and activities, and on arrival at school and before departure

• Maintain student records including issues of concern, behaviour, medication records and overall student progress

• Shares with the teacher, colleagues and supporting professionals and parents, issues of concern and positive feedback about the students’ welfare and achievements

• Establish constructive relationships and communicate with other professionals to support the progress of students

• Attend relevant meetings and training as required

  SALARY / HOURS

  Starting salary for a Grade 5 EHCA is £19,640.69 actual annual salary. Working 31 hours per week Mon-Fri (08:45am - 3:15pm Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri and 08:45am - 4:15pm Thursday) term time only + 5 inset days + amazing benefits working for Wellspring Academy Trust https://wellspringacademytrust.co.uk/careers/why-join-us/

  For more information please refer to the job description attached.

  If you are interested in this excellent opportunity simply click APPLY NOW. If you have additional questions then please reach out to Jodie Hutchison, Office Manager: j.hutchison@trentviewcollege.co.uk. If you are unsure if you meet all the criteria but have an interest in this opportunity then please do submit your application.

  We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion - We want our people to reflect our diverse communities and create a safe space in which everyone belongs. We welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds and especially those from under-represented groups including those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.

  Wellspring Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils. All posts are offered subject to enhanced DBS checks. As this role involves working with children and vulnerable adults in regulated activity, please note that it is an offence to apply for the role if barred from engaging in regulated activity with children and vulnerable adults.
  References will be requested and an online search carried out for shortlisted candidates, prior to attendance at interview. Further pre-employment checks, including prohibition from teaching, childcare disqualification and section 128 checks, if deemed relevant for the role, will be completed for the successful candidate upon acceptance of the post.
  If you are currently living overseas or have lived / worked overseas in the last five years please be aware that you will be required to provide an overseas criminal records check from the country/countries you have resided in, if you are the preferred candidate for the post.

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 school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Trent View College

• School type: Free School, ages 16 to 19
• School size: 45 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 16 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Trent View College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/trent-view-college

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