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Personal Care Assistant

Elms Bank, Bury, Lancashire, M45 8PJ

This job expired on 5 December 2022 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  2 January 2023

• Closing date

  5 December 2022 at 9am

• Date listed

  17 November 2022

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Part time: 25 hours per week, term time only
• Contract type: Permanent
• Actual salary: 12,020

What skills and experience we're looking for

The successful candidate will, on occasion, support pupils’ learning and provide general support to the teacher in the management of pupils and the classroom. As a Personal Care Assistant, you will offer lunchtime support to the pupils, following eating programmes written by the Speech and Language therapists. Personal Care Assistants are also to assist with pupils who need support to change for hydrotherapy.

What the school offers its staff

Elms Bank is a school with a real sense of community! We are delighted to be part of a family of schools within the Oak Learning Partnership. Oak Learning Partnership is passionate about inclusion and improving the life chances of all children within the Trust. As a school in the Trust, we pride ourselves on being a welcoming school with a strong emphasis on pastoral care, alongside a rigorous academic education tailored to the needs of the individual.

Further details about the role

The successful candidate will, on occasion, support pupils’ learning and provide general support to the teacher in the management of pupils and the classroom. As a Personal Care Assistant, you will offer lunchtime support to the pupils, following eating programmes written by the Speech and Language therapists. Personal Care Assistants are also to assist with pupils who need support to change for hydrotherapy.

It is desirable that the successful candidate will have experience of attending to the personal care needs of vulnerable children or adults.

Several of our support staff have gone on to develop their career and are now working as Teaching Assistants in the classroom. This is an ideal opportunity for any interested parties wishing to start a career in special education.

Please ensure that you meet the person specification before applying as applicants must have the relevant qualifications and experience and be willing to undertake training relevant to the post.

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 Elms Bank

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• School size: 307 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Elms Bank website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@oaklp.co.uk
• Phone number: 01615530030
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/elms-bank (opens in new tab)

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