Personal Care Assistant

Welburn Hall School, York, North Yorkshire, YO62 7HQ

51 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  29 January 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  20 November 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: No, visa sponsorship not available
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern:
  • Part time - 35 hours per week, Mon-Fri, term-time only
• Contract type: Permanent
• Actual salary: 18,645.19 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

Do you enjoy the challenge of working with children and young people who have special educational needs? Do you have passion, enthusiasm and expertise to work with children and young people to reach their potential?

Role Summary

You will work alongside all members of the staff team to secure a safe and caring environment for pupils before, during and after the midday break. You will manage the pupil’s personal care routines drawn up by teachers and speech and language therapist.

You will have the enthusiasm and resilience to work with children and young people who have a wide variety of needs including:

• Autism
• Moderate and severe learning difficulties
• Profound and multiple learning difficulties

What the school offers its staff

We are a nurturing school and need to expand our team of teaching assistants, to support our autistic and SEMH young people. Set in over 20 acres of stunning countryside, Welburn Hall School is situated in the market town of Kirkbymoorside; nestled on the edge of the North York Moors National Park. With dedicated staff, fantastic facilities and beautiful buildings, we create a calm and inspiring place to learn, live and work.

A North Yorkshire Council maintained special school, we have a strong reputation for excellence; offering a dynamic, innovative and unique learning journey for pupils aged 8 to 19 years, with a wide range of physical disabilities or learning difficulties. Welburn Hall also boasts a vibrant and successful residential 6th Form College, catering for young people between the ages of 16 and 19.

Our aim is to ensure all pupils and students have the opportunities they need to reach their full potential for academic achievement, independence and personal development. We pride ourselves in being a warm and friendly school; our staff are our greatest resource and are highly valued for the contribution and difference they make to the lives of our pupils. Our ethos and core values of respect, perseverance and excellence support this model and are lived out in the daily work of the school.

Applying for the job

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Skilled worker visa sponsorship is not available for this job.

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About Welburn Hall School

• School type: Special school, ages 8 to 19
• School size: 94 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 8 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Welburn Hall School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: chloe.bullen@northyorks.gov.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/welburn-hall-school (opens in new tab)

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