Learning Partner LP6

Belmont School, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 3AT

12 days remaining to apply

Start date details
TBC
Closing date
4 December 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
21 November 2024

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Part time
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: £21,858.00 - £23,731.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 6 points 15-20 - £15.08 per hour - 32.5 hours per week TTO plus INSET

Learning Partner LP6 job summary

About Us

Are you looking for a fulfilling, worthwhile and secure job? Would you like to have a job that makes a real difference? Come and join the team at Belmont School, Cheltenham, part of the SAND Academy Trust, a Trust in Gloucestershire offering exceptional education in our seven schools.

About you

The successful applicant should have a passion for working with pupils who have special educational needs and disabilities and be qualified to level 3 in a relevant qualification. You may be working in a similar role, such as a Senior Care Assistant. You will be responsible for supporting teaching staff with their responsibility for the development and education of pupils, some of whom may have a wide range of special needs.

The Role

We are looking to appoint a Learning Partner/Senior Teaching Assistant to join our dedicated and friendly team. The main purpose of the Learning Partner is to support teaching and learning within classes. The role requires enthusiasm, hard work and a passion for supporting high quality learning to maximise a pupil's potential.

The Schools and the Trust

We are passionate that every child deserves the very best education. As a partnership we will: improve outcomes, opportunities and life chances for children and young people, offer more / wider support for their families and share and develop staff expertise.

Our Benefits

By joining our team, we can offer you, generous annual leave allowance, generous pension scheme (LGPS), Employee Assistance Program & Counselling, Occupational Health Service, Continuing Professional Development and Staff Get Staff Referral Scheme. Applications for flexible working or job share will be considered on an individual basis.

Additional Information

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. As part of our Safe Recruitment Practice, we will need a completed application form before any offers, and all staff will require safeguarding/pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS, satisfactory health clearance and evidence of Right to Work in the UK. Please ensure that you have read and understood the information within the Candidate Information pack and understood our Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders which can be found on our careers page.

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.