Personal Care Assistant

Redgate Primary Academy, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG19 6EL

24 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  October 2026

• Closing date

  6 September 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  13 August 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 20 Hours per week, Term Time Only
• Contract type: Fixed term - Ends July 2027
• Actual salary: £11,603.77 (PCA) £3,764.03 (MDSA)

What skills and experience we're looking for

The successful candidate will:

• Support children with personal hygiene and self-care programmes

• Have a knowledge of all roles and responsibilities related to the care and support of children.

• Prepare learning materials and resources, adapting the environment when necessary.

• Support play and leisure activities

• Support children with eating and drinking at break times and lunch times

Essential

• Good interpersonal and communication skills

• Good planning and organisational skills with the ability to manage conflicting demands

• Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all children and providing equality of opportunity

What the school offers its staff

At Diverse Academies, you’ll find yourself in a vibrant, inclusive and supportive environment, where everyone can grow, progress and achieve a fulfilling career. We offer a fantastic range of rewards and benefits, challenging and interesting work, and opportunities to achieve your potential.

In return you will benefit from:           

• Enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme with an employer contribution of at least 21.8%

• Excellent Continuous Professional Development (CPD) opportunities covering technical, leadership and coaching skills via the trust’s Diverse Association for Professional Learning 

• Employee Assistance Programme  

• GP helpline  

• Health and wellbeing advice and support  

• Eyecare vouchers  

• Salary sacrifice schemes – car scheme, cycle to work, home and electronics 

• Lifestyle savings - discounts and offers on gym memberships, holidays, days out, shopping, restaurants, etc  

• Health cash plan (personal or family) – where you pay monthly and can claim money back on private treatments such as dental, optical and therapies (e.g. physiotherapy, osteopathy etc)  

• Childcare – breakfast and after school provision  

• Take a look at our rewards and benefits online 

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Job Description and Person Specification - Personal Care Assistant (4).pdf - 175 KB (opens in new tab)

Be part of our team - Diverse Academies Trust (1) (5).pdf - 2.44 MB (opens in new tab)

Midday Supervisor - Job Description and Person Specification _ (2).pdf - 168 KB (opens in new tab)

About Redgate Primary Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Size: 58 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Redgate Primary Academy website
• Email address: lmaggio@yeomanpark-ac.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/redgate-primary-academy

We are a specialist academy based in Mansfield with over 50 children aged 3-11 with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). A large proportion of our children have autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and moderate or severe learning disabilities (MLD/SLD). In our latest Ofsted inspection, we were rated ‘good’ in all areas with comments that the ‘school is friendly and inclusive,’ and that ‘children enjoy their time in school’ with children’s personal development being a ‘high priority’.

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