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  • Closing date

    11 October 2024 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    3 October 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£29,093.00 - £31,586.00 Annually (FTE)

Higher Level Teaching Assistant with SEND Specialities job summary

Alderman Cogan Primary Academy

Higher Level Teaching Assistant - SEND

35 Hours a week over 5 days - fixed term until 31/08/25

£29,093 - £31,586 pro rata

Actual salary £23,815 - £25,856

About the Trust

Ebor Academy Trust is a family of schools located across North and East Yorkshire, York and the Humber region. We think of ourselves as being one school across many sites, working collaboratively to deliver high quality, rich and engaging education in our diverse communities. Our aims are to enable all our learners to flourish and to open doors for their very best futures.

We genuinely seek to live by our values of Excellence, Belonging, Opportunity and Respect; these underpin how we work and how we relate to each other. We have high ambitions for our learners and staff and aim to deliver this through a culture of continuous development, support, kindness and understanding. We are a friendly trust that puts people first.

About the role

Alderman Cogan Primary Academy have an exciting opportunity to recruit a Higher Level Teaching Assistant with SEND specialism, they are looking for someone who can take a lead role in co-ordinating inclusion support for pupils with high needs and disabilities who require provision in our setting's nurture space. This is to work 8.00am until 4.00pm, covering Monday to Friday during the schools term time. This is a fixed term position until August 2025 in the first instance.

You will have a calm and positive disposition, the ability to break down activities into small step teaching and will nurture, inspire, challenge and motivate pupils.

Implementing clear boundaries and routines, you will use behaviour management in all areas around school.

Job requirements

We wish to recruit highly committed Higher Level Teaching Assistant who has the knowledge and experience of working with children who have special educational needs.

You should have the ability to communicate effectively with our children their families and staff. Within this role you will also be working with and alongside a wide range of different professionals all with the common goal of ensuring the best care and education is given to our children.

You will have positive behaviour management skills, and be flexible and able to work on your own initiative.

You should have experience of working with children who have profound and multiple learning disabilities or Autism, ideally, but not necessarily in an educational setting. A relevant qualification would also be welcomed.

You will be enthusiastic and passionate about child development, play and interactions with knowledge on how you can develop this further to enhance children’s experiences.

Working with us

All new starters with the Trust receive a thorough induction programme, followed by a programme of training which is targeted to the role. But it doesn’t stop there, all staff receive development on an ongoing basis and we actively encourage career development through a range of continuous professional development and longer programmes of learning, including apprenticeships.

We offer generous terms and conditions of employment. All our staff have access to a comprehensive Wellbeing Programme to help you and your family stay healthy. This includes access to free private GP and nurse appointments, exercise advice and classes, plus a variety of specialist clinics as well as counselling services. We also offer significant discounts on many high street shops, online retailers and travel agents, not to mention free car parking at all our schools, an enviable pension scheme, sick pay and family friendly policies.

The Trust is striving to be an inclusive and diverse organisation, where everyone feels able to be themselves and experiences a strong sense of belonging. The Trust wholeheartedly supports the principle of equality and diversity in employment and opposes all forms of unfair or unlawful discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sex. We encourage and support the recruitment, retention and career development of people from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds and seek to develop a community of staff that accurately represents society as a whole. All applications for employment with the Trust will be considered against the criteria outlined in the person specification for the position advertised.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We follow safer recruitment practices and appointments are subject to, amongst other things, an enhanced DBS check. This also means that all applicants need to complete the online form in full as we are not able to accept CVs. Please see the Trust’s Recruitment Policy for further information.

Closing date: Friday 11th October 2024 at 12.00noon

Interview date: To be confirmed

For enquiries please contact Sam Oliver, Head of School, s.oliver@ebor.academy or Rebecca Northage, School Business Partner, r.northage@ebor.academy

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 Alderman Cogan's Church of England Primary Academy

School type
Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
419 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11

School location

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