Personal Care Assistant
Fountaindale School, Mansfield, NG18 5BAThis job expired on 15 January 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
15 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
16 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: 35 hours per week, term time only
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,790 - £25,584
Actual salary
- £20,293 - £20,943
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking to appoint a personal care assistant. We are looking for individuals with enthusiasm and energy who can put children and young people at the centre of their work.
Our personal care assistants work as a valued part of the class team to support the physical and emotional wellbeing of our pupils. The role is varied, active, and above all, rewarding.
Working at Fountaindale will suit anyone who is supportive, caring and nurturing, who takes pride in helping children take small but incredibly powerful steps towards a meaningful independent adulthood.
You will discover a huge range of training opportunities relating to educational, medical,
moving and handling and bespoke interventions that will develop you as a professional as well as a person.
If you like the idea of working in an aspiring environment within strong teams who share the common goal of making a difference for our young people then come and join the Fountaindale family.
What the school offers its staff
Fountaindale is a special school for young people from 3 – 18 with severe learning disabilities or profound and multiple learning disabilities. At Fountaindale we are passionate that every day matters for children and have our children and families at the heart of everything we do.
A beautiful modern building nestled in a stunning woodland setting, we have a range of facilities for children with physical and sensory needs inc a hydrotherapy pool, sensory room, woodland walk and outdoor play areas.
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Fountaindale School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 18
- School size
- 92 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Fountaindale School website
- Email address
- kredgate@nexusmat.org
- Phone number
- 01623792671
Arranging a visit to Fountaindale School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email kredgate@nexusmat.org.
School location
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