High Needs Teaching Assistant 30 hours per week
The Commonweal School, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN1 4JEThis job expired on 8 August 2022 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2022
Closing date
8 August 2022 at 9am
Date listed
25 July 2022
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 30 hours per week, term time only (including training days)
Contract type
- Fixed term - Contract until 21st July 2023
Full-time equivalent salary
- £20,559 fte
Actual salary
- £14,271 per annum
High Needs Teaching Assistant 30 hours per week job summary
We are looking for an experienced Teaching Assistant to join the school. You will provide support to a specific student who was born with Goldenhar Syndrome, without a right eye or ear and with butterfly vertebrae. The student has been diagnosed with congenital Horizontal Nystagmus, an involuntary movement of the eye that affects visual acuity and needs support to access materials and resources within the classroom. The student has also been diagnosed with ASC, the successful candidate needs to be aware of this and have experience in managing students with ASC. The successful candidate will be trained on using a tracheotomy, as well as trained on Connect & Learn to support access to the curriculum and independence. The student uses this device in lessons.
The successful candidate will be expected to support other students throughout the school when the named student isn’t in school for any reason e.g. study leave/absences.
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 The Commonweal School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1392 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Commonweal School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@commonweal.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01793 612727
Good organisational skills, flexible working practices and patience are also essential. Confidence and sensitivity are essential in providing often intimate personal care, management of personal care plans and delivery of medication – training will be provided for successful applicants.
Commonweal School is a forward looking single status academy striving for academic excellence. We seek to provide a high level of support and professional development for all staff. We are committed to realising our aim, which is to be known as a provider of high quality education for all our students, achieved by focusing on teaching and learning and the performing arts. We have two Specialist Resource Provisions, one for Physical Disabilities and one for Specific Learning Difficulties, both of which are an integral part of Commonweal life.
From September 2014 our new Sixth Form provision has enhanced and extended the school’s excellent curriculum, creating significant opportunities for up to 300 students to achieve their potential. Based in a purpose built three storey centre it offers an outstanding environment in which our students can succeed and grow, within a warm, caring and creative atmosphere.
Arranging a visit to The Commonweal School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@commonweal.co.uk.
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