General Teaching Assistant - SEND
Childhaven Community Nursery School, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 1UBThis job expired on 4 March 2024
Job start date
8 April 2024
Closing date
4 March 2024 at 9am
Date listed
9 February 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: **NOW various hours available during our nursery day ** Max hours of 31hr 15min per week initially, 8:30am – 3:30pm, Monday to Friday, Term time only
Contract type
- Fixed term - Fixed term, until 31st July 2025
Pay scale
- Grade CD, £11.79 - £12.38 per hour, £22,737 - £23,893 per annum full time equivalent, £14,963 - £15,475 per annum actual estimate, Plus SEN allowance
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you currently looking for an opportunity to make a positive impact on the early educational experience of children?
About Childhaven
Here at Childhaven Community Nursery School we provide a vibrant, welcoming, and inspirational setting and serve the communities around the Scarborough Town. We are one of only 3 maintained nursery schools in North Yorkshire and we offer children a unique start to their education. Children aged between 2 and 4 play and learn together in our wonderful Victorian building and garden. We have also been designated a DFE Early Years Stronger Practice Hub and we share our practice with other settings across the region.
Our learning environment and education provision that is offered to our 95 children on roll is second to none and our teaching assistants play an important part in school life. Our team ethos helps make our school welcoming, calm and purposeful.
We are in our busiest term of the year and an increase in pupil numbers means that we are looking to appoint a motivated Teaching Assistant to join our school.
You will work with individual and groups of children as part of our staff team. We are continuously developing our specialist practice in supporting children with a wide range of additional needs and we pride ourselves in having the highest expectations for all children. You will have a varied and exciting role helping some of our most vulnerable children to reach their full potential.
Our Opportunity
We encourage interest and applications from candidates who are interested in and would thrive in working within nursery education which offers reward, challenge and where no two days are the same. We are looking for someone with a genuine passion for working with very young children, and a special interest in working with children who have additional needs. We are working hard to develop our nurture provision for some our most vulnerable children and we are looking to strengthen our team who work flexibly with all children who are on roll.
The successful candidates will ideally hold English and Maths GCSE level ‘C’ or above or equivalent.
Early Years qualification and experience working with children with SEND essential.
You will:
- Ideally have previous experience in this type of role or with children and young people
- Be able to support in the delivery of high-quality learning experiences for all children, including those with SEND
- Have high expectations of learning and behaviour and inspire and motivate our children
- Be supportive, nurturing and understanding with high expectations
- Be one of our play people
- Seek to make learning exciting and a positive experience
- Work well as part of a large team
- Demonstrate good communication skills both orally and written
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you
- A warm, happy school where we value everyone and have a philosophy of kindness and support for each other. Our approach is not always conventional but has the impact our children need- and deserve
- Happy, enthusiastic and well-behaved children
- A school with exciting and attractive learning environments and where no two days are the same
- A school who puts nurture for staff and children at the forefront
- A place where children’s dreams come true
- A forward-thinking school who will be committed to your own professional development and provide you with many opportunities to advance in your Early Years career.
If you think you would enjoy a job where every day brings you joy, please get in touch with us!
Further details about the role
Please apply via NYC Jobs
An email will be sent to candidates with the outcome of the shortlisting process.
We do not accept CV’s.
Please get in touch if you require the form to be sent in a different format.
We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We have a robust child protection policy and all staff will receive training relevant to their role at induction and throughout employment at the school. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Please note this post is in regulated activity and exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS criminal records and barred list check for work with children. An online search may be undertaken as part of the recruitment process on information available in the public domain. Candidates should disclose anything that may be relevant in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.
North Yorkshire Council (NYC) advertise vacancies and process applications on behalf of schools and external organisations (third parties) in North Yorkshire. NYC are not responsible for the recruitment/employment practices of third parties and accept no liability in relation to the vacancy and any subsequent recruitment/employment processes. Further information on how we process your data can be foundhere.
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 Childhaven Community Nursery School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 5
- Education phase
- Nursery
- School size
- 79 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 5
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- NYES.Resourcing@northyorks.gov.uk
Here at Childhaven Community Nursery School we provide a vibrant, welcoming, and inspirational setting and serve the communities around the Scarborough Town. We are one of only 3 maintained nursery schools in North Yorkshire and we offer children a unique start to their education. Children aged between 2 and 4 play and learn together in our wonderful Victorian building and garden.
Our learning environment and education provision that is offered to our 95 children on roll is second to none and our teaching assistants play an important part in school life. Our team ethos helps make our school welcoming, calm and purposeful.
Arranging a visit to Childhaven Community Nursery School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email NYES.Resourcing@northyorks.gov.uk.
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