Healthcare Assistant

Forest Oak School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B36 0UE

Deadline is tomorrow

Job start date
4 September 2024
Closing date
1 July 2024 at 9am
Date listed
20 June 2024

Job details

Job role: Other support roles
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Part time, term time: Monday to Friday 6.5 hours per day
Contract type: Fixed term - 2 years
Actual salary: £17044 to £17616

What skills and experience we're looking for

Healthcare Assistant

Salary: B Band - £22,737 - £23,500

Pro-rata - Actual Salary £17,044 - £17,616

Post: Healthcare Assistant

32.5 hours per week - Term Time only

2 Year Fixed term to 31 August 2026

To start 2 September 2024

Governors are seeking to appoint a Healthcare Assistant. The role will entail supporting pupils with personal care and hygiene; and maintaining the hygiene of specialist equipment. You will also provide supervision of pupils at breaktimes and assist with lunchtime feeds.

Forest Oak School is:

for pupils with MLD, aged 4-18 years
an outstanding school (Ofsted 2011, 2014 & 2019)

Essential/ Desirable:

NNEB/ NVQ 2 /BTEC or other relevant childcare qualification desirable
GCSE Maths & English Pass essential
SEN experience desirable

Would you like to be part of the team? If so, email or post your completed application form to school.

Jill Lambert

Forest Oak School

Windward Way

Birmingham

B36 0UE

Tel: 0121 717 1040

Email: office@forest-ok.solihull.sch.uk

Closing date: 9 a.m. 1 July 2024

Interviews: TBC

Solihull Council has a responsibility for, and a commitment to, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

What the school offers its staff

We are offering a school community:

where pupils enjoy learning and value their relationships with us
where staff are passionate about enabling all pupils to achieve beyond expectation
where together we make a creative, dynamic team, proud to overcome challenges and celebrate each individual’s achievements
campus with two other schools, in a very well resourced building

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.