Health Care Assistant

Riverside Bridge School, Barking, Essex, IG11 0FU

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  1 May 2026 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  16 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £27,237.00 Annually (FTE) Outer London Support Scale 5.12

Health Care Assistant job summary

The Health Care Assistant (HCA) plays a vital role in supporting pupils with complex Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) within a specialist school setting. This role focuses on the coordination, organisation and safe delivery of medical and personal care, ensuring that pupils’ health, dignity and wellbeing are consistently upheld throughout the school day.

Working closely with the Senior Leadership Team, specialist nursing team, therapists and class staff, the HCA oversees medical intake processes, maintains accurate care plans, coordinates first aid systems and supports the delivery of intimate care. The role also involves liaising with families, monitoring medical documentation and ensuring staff are appropriately trained and confident in implementing care procedures.

This is a non-clinical, coordination-focused position requiring strong organisational skills, attention to detail and the ability to work sensitively within a complex SEND environment. The successful candidate will be committed to safeguarding, effective communication and delivering care with professionalism, respect and compassion.

Please see attached job description for more information.

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.

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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.

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 Riverside Bridge School

• School type: Free School, ages 4 to 16
• School size: 249 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Riverside Bridge School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/riverside-bridge-school

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