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Personal Welfare Support Assistant

Gorsemoor Primary School, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS12 3TG

This job expired on 17 May 2024 – see similar jobs

Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
17 May 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
2 May 2024

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1
Working pattern: Part time: 1 x 32.5 hours per week Monday - Friday hours 8.45am - 15.30pm 1 x 23 hours per week 10am - 2pm Monday Wednesday- Friday 8.45am 15.30pm
Contract type: Fixed term - funding dependent up until 31st August 2024
Full-time equivalent salary: £22,441
Pay scale: Grade 2 point 2-3

What skills and experience we're looking for

Your responsibilities will include:

Supporting a child on a 1:1 basis in either our Nursery or Reception classes.
Assist a child in matters of personal needs and their general health, and welfare matters with specific reference to medication or self-care as required.
Supervise and support pupils, ensuring their safety by complying with good H&S practice.
Encourage pupils to interact with others and engage in activities led by the teacher.
Undertake routine administrative tasks, e.g. pupil record-keeping as requested.
Appropriate liaison with parents on general pupil matters.

What the school offers its staff

This is a varied role where no two days are the same, it is essential therefore that the successful candidate must be able to work under pressure, have a high level of personal drive, energy and resilience together with relevant experience. The successful candidates will need to respond effectively to changing priorities, be able to use their initiative as well as having excellent organisation. Confidentiality and professionalism are key attributes for this role. Suitable training will be provided to develop specific qualities which will emerge as the successful candidates start the role. Successful candidates will possess good literacy and numeracy skills, the ability to work effectively with pupils and their parents/carers and have a good level of IT skills.

Where you will be required to support the administration of medication, full training will be provided.

Please take the time to read the Person Specification below. Informal visits to the school are positively encouraged and can be arranged by contacting the school office on 01543 274788.

Further details about the role

Should you wish to apply for this position, please return your completed application form, along with a cover letter, to office@gorsemoor.staffs.sch.uk by the closing date shown below. Successful applicants will be notified via email, if they have been selected for interview.

Closing Date: 09.11.23 at Midday

Shortlisting: 10.11.23

Interviews: 16.11.23

The position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure & Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose all criminal convictions. Further details regarding this check are available by visitingwww.gov.uk/dbs

Thisschool is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Commitment to safeguarding

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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