General Teaching Assistant

Hookstone Chase Primary School, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 7DJ

11 days remaining to apply

Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
15 December 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
2 December 2024

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern: Part time: 30 hours per week (term-time only plus 3 training days), 8.45am until 3.15pm Monday to Friday
Contract type: Fixed term - 6 months
Full-time equivalent salary: £24,027 - £25,183
Actual salary: £16,552 - £17,348
Pay scale: Grade C/D scale point 3 – 6

What skills and experience we're looking for

Hookstone Chase Community Primary is looking to appoint a confident, effective and highly motivated General Teaching Assistant to work alongside our teaching team, supporting pupils before and during school.This is a fixed-term role until 18th July 2024, working 30 hours per week (term-time only plus 3 training days), 8.45am until 3.15pm Monday to Friday.

Successful candidates will need to demonstrate kindness, care and patience, have a good sense of humour and be an excellent communicator. Resilience and a sense of responsibility in terms of providing the highest level of care and support for pupils and colleagues are essential. Good organisational skills and creativity to support the children are required.

You will be a creative individual, with a passion for primary education and child development. If you want to make a difference and are committed to improving life chances for children we look forward to hearing from you.

We can offer a commitment to your professional development, the opportunity to work in partnership with colleagues from primary and secondary schools across the MAT and the chance to be a part of something truly special. If you want to make a difference and are committed to improving life chances for children, we would love to work with you.

What the school offers its staff

Benefits

Employee Assistance Programme.
Cycle to Work Scheme.
Excellent CPD opportunities.
Maternity, Shared Parental, Paternity, and Adoption pay.
Onsite canteen.
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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.