Personal Care Assistant
Lime Academy Orton, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 5SD29 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
18 October 2025 at 12:59am
Date listed
17 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £7,253.03 - £7,484.57 Annually (Actual) NJC points 4-6, 12 hours a week, 39 weeks (term time only plus 1 week inset)
Personal Care Assistant job summary
About Lime Trust
Lime Trust is a Multi Academy Trust formed of 9 schools over 11 locations across Luton, Peterborough and the London Boroughs of Havering and Waltham Forest. We have grown to include four primary schools, four all-through special schools and one secondary special school; with 2500+ pupils and over 750 employees. In our academies we strive to ensure that:
- Learners are safe and enjoy learning
- Everyone feels included, respected, and valued
- An ambitious curriculum develops our learners for the challenges of life and adulthood
- Employee potential is recognised and invested in
The Trust’s vision is Putting Learners First. Our values of Respect, Equity, Self-worth, Partnership, Enjoyment, Communication and Trust are core to all we do.
We passionately believe in promoting the well-being of our teams and have a wide range of benefits and systems to support our staff, you can read more about this in the attached recruitment brochure.
Overview of the role:
This is a unique and exciting opportunity to join our growing Trust and to help create an exceptional learning experience for our learners by supporting them with their personal care needs.
The successful candidate’s duties and responsibilities will be to support with all personal care needs, including toileting, dressing, feeding, medical needs, postural management and supporting with therapy programmes. We strive to ensure our learners reach their full potential to allow them to actively participate in the wider community and to prepare them for adult life.
This can be a challenging environment, therefore determination and resilience are key characteristics for the post.
Visits to our schools are warmly welcomed. Please contact the school office on 01733 391800 to discuss the role further or to arrange a visit.
Applications will be reviewed as submitted and candidates could be called for interview prior to the closing date.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo Child Protection screening, including checks with past employers and an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS check). References will be taken up before appointment.
Further information about the job
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
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Lime Academy Orton
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 19
- School size
- 153 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Lime Academy Orton website
School location
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