Personal Care Assistant
Crowdys Hill School, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN2 7HJ23 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1 September 2025
Closing date
18 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
24 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,700.00 Annually (Actual) Salary paid pro rata for 33.75 hours per week plus holiday, over 12 months
Personal Care Assistant job summary
Do you have experience of providing personal care to children and or young adults?
Do you currently work in a social care setting but are tired of the unsociable hours and shift work?
Are you looking to work within a school setting?
Crowdys Hill School caters for over 320 students with complex learning and medical needs from the ages of 4-19. The role will include providing personal care to some of our students including, pad changing and other physical support needs such as assisting with hoisting, moving and handling, carrying out diabetic blood checks and issuing medicines.
As a personal care assistant, it is essential that you are able to provide support to maintain the student’s dignity and Independence at all times, have an encouraging nature and be able to maintain positive relationships with students and staff.
We are keen to speak to people who have experience of working in a care role but would also consider those that are enthusiastic and keen to learn new skills. Training will be provided for all aspects of this role.
If you would like further details on this role or would like a tour please contact Trudy Topp at the school.
If this sounds like the job for you, then we can offer:
- Friendly and supportive colleagues.
- Supportive school, committed to achieving exceptionally high standards.
- An interesting, diverse and exciting career.
- A strong ethos and a commitment to collaborative working.
- A commitment to safeguarding and the promotion of the welfare of children and young people.
- A sense of achievement at the end of a day.
- Ongoing training in all areas of the role.
- Variety to work across all ages of pupils.
- Opportunities to continue with training in relevant areas of interest.
- You will be a Swindon Borough Council employee, under their pension scheme.
- You will have access to other SBC employees discount schemes.
- Free on-site parking.
- After 6 months successful probation you will be eligible to join our free health care scheme run by Vitality.
Applications will be reviewed as we receive them so please apply early.
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 are not accepted.
About Crowdys Hill School
- School type
- Special school, ages 4 to 19
- School size
- 306 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Crowdys Hill School website
School location
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