Education Support Assistant
Parkwood Hall Co-Operative Academy, Swanley, Kent, BR8 8DRThis job expired on 10 July 2022 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2022
Closing date
10 July 2022 at 11:59pm
Date listed
15 October 2021
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 32 hours per week, term time only for 39 weeks per year including INSET days
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £19,938-£20,324
Actual salary
- Actual Term Time Salary: Scale 3 - 4 Points 5-11 £15,185.92 - £17,101.74 Including Outer Fringe Allowance £492.78
Education Support Assistant job summary
The successful candidate will join a school where we invest in our staff and create skilled class teams. This is an ideal starting point for a career in special education and is a chance to work both in class and on the residential areas in this rewarding environment. These are new posts, created in response to the increased number of our students that need help with personal care and other physical support. You will be required to work with the students to assist with personal care, dining and ensuring that they are able to take an active part in all educational activities.
Experience of working with children or young people is desirable but a ‘can do attitude’ and positive approach are essential. It is highly desirable that applicants hold a relevant qualification at NVQ level 3 otherwise you will be expected to begin working towards such a qualification within 3 months of starting work at Parkwood Hall School.
Further information about the job
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 Parkwood Hall Co-Operative Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 8 to 19
- School size
- 135 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 8 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Parkwood Hall Co-Operative Academy website
- Email address
- contact@parkwoodhall.co.uk
Parkwood Hall is day school for pupils aged 8-19 years with moderate to severe learning difficulties, and other diverse and complex needs. The pupils here are an inspiration to us all.
It’s an exciting time at Parkwood Hall and you would be joining at a transformational time for the academy. Under a new leadership team, Parkwood Hall has undergone radical changes to its behaviour ethos, and curriculum design and implementation.
Parkwood Hall aims to provide an inclusive learning environment which challenges pupils to achieve success and to thrive. Our co-operative values are important to us, especially honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others. They underpin the way we do things here at Parkwood Hall. We are committed to providing a learning environment and learning pathway that enables all our pupils to achieve the best they can be and help prepare them for adult life so they can live as independent a life as possible.
We have a highly skilled team of professionals including teachers and teaching assistants, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, Positive Support Behaviour practitioners, school nurses and residential staff.
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