Kitchen Assistants - Hope Wood Academy

Hope Wood Academy, Durham, SR8 3LP

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Upon completion of recruitment clearances

• Closing date

  27 March 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  5 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time (Can be done as a job share)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Hourly rate: £12.26 Per Hour

What skills and experience we're looking for

An individual with a passion for working in the catering service of a multi-academy trust

An enthusiastic and positive approach

Commitment to own professional development Consistently high expectations and aspirations for our young people and yourself

Someone with strong attention to detail, thoroughness and a high level of integrity

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Complete commitment to the core values of Ascent

What the school offers its staff

An exciting opportunity to develop within this role

Comprehensive induction programme

Opportunity to work in settings which value multi-disciplinary ways of working

An opportunity to work with highly-skilled professionals who love what they do

A comprehensive wellbeing and support package for staff

This is an exceptional opportunity to make a difference within a positive and exciting environment. If you share our community’s ethos of diversity and collaboration, then we would be delighted to hear from you.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

About Hope Wood Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 19
• School size: 227 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hope Wood Academy website
• Email address: kismith@ascenttrust.org
• Phone number: 07741310336
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hope-wood-academy

Welcome to Hope Wood Academy. The academy meets the needs of students aged 2-19 years with the range of special needs. I believe our greatest resource is our dedicated team of professionals who strive to provide the very best in education and well-being for all of our pupils. Our teaching staff, support staff and multi-disciplinary professionals are all trained in understanding and meeting the needs of students who have complex needs. We work with a wide range of external agencies to ensure our students and their families are well supported. We pride ourselves on getting to know our students and families very well to enhance their learning experience.

We have a broad and balanced curriculum offer that includes the National Curriculum, therapeutic input, and extra-curricular activity. The Academy is well-supported by a number of multi-disciplinary professionals offering speech and language therapy, physiotherapy and occupational therapy.

We offer a range of curriculum pathways including accredited outcomes appropriate to individual pupil starting points and their aspirations for adulthood. The personal and social curriculum is underpinned by a range of accredited qualifications and/or experiences that develop independence skills, work based skills and community participation.

We are very proud of our Academy’s positive ethos, one that values diversity and provides equal opportunity. We have high expectations for each individual, and are committed to developing each student’s strengths and growing areas of need.

We welcome and value open and honest feedback about the academy and work with a range of stake holders to ensure the best possible experience for all students.

Hope Wood Academy is part of Ascent Multi-Academy Trust which is a partnership of five North East special schools. This partnership benefits students through shared resources, expertise and curriculum access.

We welcome new students, parents and visitors to the Academy. Please get in touch to see for yourselves the opportunities we provide.

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