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  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    15 October 2021 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    1 October 2021

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Contract type

Fixed term - 31/08/2022

Full-time equivalent salary

£23,541 – £25,991

Actual salary

£17,668 - £19,507

Learning Partner (LP6) job summary

We are looking to appoint a fixed term Learning Partner to join our dedicated and friendly team to provide cover across the school. The successful applicant should have a passion for working with pupils who have special educational needs and disabilities, which include severe learning difficulties; physical difficulties; profound and multiple learning difficulties; severe autism and challenging behaviours. The main purpose of the Learning Partner is to support teaching and learning within classes.

The post is part time, working 32.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday), from 8.45am until 3.45pm (term time only including INSET days). The requirements of the posts are:-
• a passion and enthusiasm for teaching and learning
• experience of working with children with special educational needs
• flexibility and a willingness to work with pupils of any age
• an ability to inspire and encourage pupils to achieve and aim high
• an effective team player
• relevent level 3 qualification (Teaching Assistant, Social Care, Nursery Nurse, NNEB)

Support staff are expected to take all holidays when the school is not in session.

The post is fixed term until 31st August 2022 and subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks and the successful completion of a 6-month probation period.

The closing date and time for all applications is 12:00 noon on Friday 15th October and the interview date is Friday 22nd October. We regret that to reduce administration costs, you will only be contacted if you are selected for an interview, therefore, applicants who have not heard of the progress of their application within 2 weeks of the closing date should assume that they have not been shortlisted.

For more information about the school please visit www.themilestoneschool.co.uk.

For more information about the Trust, and to download an Information Pack and application form, please visit www.sandmat.uk/vacancies/.

Completed application forms should be emailed to applications@sandmat.uk quoting the post reference number in the subject line.

SAND Academies Trust is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. All positions are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks including enhanced DBS clearance and Right to Work in the UK. For more information on Safer Recruitment please see the Information for Applicants pack.

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 Milestone School

School type
Academy, ages 2 to 16
School size
329 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 16

The Milestone School is part of SAND Academies Trust and is an outstanding school for pupils with a range of special needs, aged 3-16, based in Gloucester.

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