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Home Based Teaching and Rehabilitation Assistant ("TARA")
St Luke's CofE Academy Endon, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST9 9EB3 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
23 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
8 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time (Can be done as a job share): Monday to Friday 8.30am until 4pm
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31650-£43607 (negotiable based on experience)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Skills, Knowledge and Experience
- Ability to absorb complex information and training provided by the case manager and therapists and to demonstrate accurate implementation of instruction and guidelines.
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Knowledge of the needs of children with anxiety / emotional challenges
Child-centred and committed to supporting the best outcomes for pupils.
- Knowledge of the needs of children with SEND / ABI
- Effective team working skills
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills
- Always behaving within the good practice guidelines and standards of consent outlined in the school handbook and other national guidance.
- Maintaining accurate records.
- For more information please see Job description and person specification in the "other documents" section
What the school offers its staff
A unique role has become available to support our client, a young girl with complex learning needs who requires a home based educational and therapy programme as she moves into year 6 and then throughout Key Stage 3 and 4. The role is suited to an experienced Teaching Assistant or a Teacher who wishes to pursue a one-to-one post within the field of Special Educational Needs.
Our client is delightful and highly motivated and requires a bespoke package of teaching and learning, and support to develop her communication and social interaction, within an integrated therapy pro gramme.
The postholder will be supported and trained by a highly skilled team of therapists and professionals, to enable them to deliver a learning programme matched to the client’s needs. It involves planning and delivering day to day learning and therapy interventions both in a home-based classroom and in the community.
Further details about the role
Post Title: Home Based Teaching and Rehabilitation Assistant (TARA)
Salary Scale: Salary is dependent on experience and qualifications.
Responsibilities: To work in partnership with the multidisciplinary team to deliver a bespoke curriculum designed specifically for the client.
Responsible to: Employer (Financial Trust) with line management from Education Advisor and Case Manager.
Location: Endon, Stoke on Trent
A unique role has become available to support our client, a young girl with complex learning needs who requires a home based educational and therapy programme as she moves into year 6 and then throughout Key Stage 3 and 4. The role is suited to an experienced Teaching Assistant or a Teacher who wishes to pursue a one-to-one post within the field of Special Educational Needs.
Our client is delightful and highly motivated and requires a bespoke package of teaching and learning, and support to develop her communication and social interaction, within an integrated therapy pro gramme.
The postholder will be supported and trained by a highly skilled team of therapists and professionals, to enable them to deliver a learning programme matched to the client’s needs. It involves planning and delivering day to day learning and therapy interventions both in a home-based classroom and in the community.
The successful candidate will be employed by the client on behalf of the governing body of the school. You will be subject to immediate supervision and direction of the Headteacher of the school while the client remains in the school setting and at home will be supervised by the Employer, Education Advisor and Case Manager. Please note as part of the requirements of the role will be transporting the client to and from community-based activities.
You will be expected to work Monday – Friday 8:30am until 4pm (times to be confirmed). A level of flexibility will be required to allow the successful candidate to attend training and/ or meetings.
The offer of employment for this post will be subject to satisfactory references, completion of an Enhanced DBS check and completion of a 6 monthly probationary period.
Closing date: Wednesday 23rd April 2025
Interview date: Thursday 8th May 2025 at St Lukes C of E School in Endon
We are open to full time or job share applications.
Does this sound like it would suit you and if you wish to request an informal chat please email: judith.james@ecmslimited.co.uk
Please send completed application form to: office@ecmslimited.co.uk
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to office@ecmslimited.co.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St Luke's CofE Academy Endon
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 5 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 211 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Luke's CofE Academy Endon website
- Email address
- Judith.james@ecmslimited.co.uk
St Luke’s CE Academy is a unique, dynamic and research-based primary school with a devoted team determined to offer the highest standards of education and personal development to the children in our care. To give you a flavour of our school, here are a few quotes from our recent Ofsted report which rated us outstanding in all areas (October 2024):
Parents are extremely appreciative of all the school’s work. One comment is typical of many when they stated, ‘the teachers work their socks off to make sure the children feel supported and encouraged and always go the extra mile’
Staff are unanimously proud of the school and appreciate all its work to support their workload and well-being.
At St Luke’s CE Academy, we are proud to be part of Staffordshire University Academy Trust. We are situated in the village of Endon on the outskirts of the Staffordshire Moorlands. Our school is a warm and friendly school which focuses on learning and seeks to find and refine the talents in everyone …. “Helping Lights Shine for All” Luke 11:33.
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