Primary Teaching Assistant
North Cornwall Alternative Provision Academy, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL31 1LZThis job expired on 26 September 2022 – see similar jobs
Job start date
5 October 2022
Closing date
26 September 2022 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
14 September 2022
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: 32 hours per week, term time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- C12 £19,454 - C17 £20,240 pro rata
Primary Teaching Assistant job summary
We are looking to appoint an outstanding, dynamic
Teaching Assistant who embodies the Trust’s values; someone who has diverse
experience, as well as a passion for working with young people with additional needs.
Our ideal
candidate will have excellent teamwork and communication skills, boundless
patience and resilience and the ability and enthusiasm to make a difference with
pupils who have a range of social, emotional and mental health needs.
For a full list of duties, please see
the job description.
Wave is dedicated to the safeguarding of children and Safer
Recruitment Procedures will be followed. The position requires a satisfactory
enhanced DBS check.
Work with Wave: What’s in it for you?
- Pension Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Counselling
- Occupational Health Services
- Professional Development & Training
- Salary depending on experience
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Tech Scheme
- Free Will Writing Benefit
- Health & Wellbeing Champion
- Company sick pay dependent on service
- Free refreshments in workplaces
Wave Trust: What we believe and what we do
Who We Are
Wave are an established and successful Multi Academy Trust,
comprising of Alternative Provision Academies (APAs), Medical Academies
(including Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust’s child and adolescent
mental health unit ‘Sowenna’) all rated Good/Outstanding by OFSTED and 2
Special Academies (including one in pre-opening).
We provide education for vulnerable pupils aged 4 – 19
across Devon, Cornwall and we are expanding to Somerset with our special free
school. The Trust has a national reputation for the delivery of outstanding
pupil outcomes including enabling pupils to access the most appropriate
education setting and transition to employment, training and higher or further
education. The Trust educates over 1000 pupils and employs over 350 members of staff.
We Aim To
- Provide a balanced and broad curriculum that
promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of
pupils and prepares them for the opportunities, responsibilities and
experiences of adult life. - Give access to the National Curriculum; provide
opportunities for external accreditation, and, for those pupils with specific
learning difficulties, effective and personalised programmes. - Ensure all pupils are supported to develop
positive attitudes towards themselves and others. Promoting emotional
well-being and self-esteem; helping our pupils to recognise their potential and
work positively within their community. - We will respect all pupils and encourage them to
become active participants in their own learning, develop confidence,
independence, self-esteem and express their needs and desires. - Seek effective and positive working
relationships with pupils’ families, schools and other agencies. - Enable effective outcomes for our pupils.
Our Values
Evidence shows that the values we embody empower young
people to succeed; these are the values we are looking for when we recruit new
staff or work with new stakeholders.
BE
POSITIVE
We value positivity, no
matter what the circumstances. It is our intention to stay constructive,
optimistic and confident both for and with our young people and their families.
HAVE
EMPATHY
We are kind, we have empathy.
We consider the consequences of our decisions, large and small on those around
us.
SHOW
RESPECT
We conduct ourselves in ways that earn the trust of those around
us. We respect each other and those
we work with.
WORK
AS ONE TEAM
We depend on teamwork
and the relationships we have. When we work together we are stronger. Together
we will achieve more.
BE
INCLUSIVE
Everybody is treated fairly and equally; no-one is marginalised or
left behind. We are inclusive, we
embrace the human spirit. We value diversity of people and thought.
If you feel this role is of interest, we
would love to hear from you
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Wave is dedicated to the safeguarding of children and Safer Recruitment Procedures will be followed. The position requires a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and online check.
About North Cornwall Alternative Provision Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 16
- School size
- 46 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- North Cornwall Alternative Provision Academy website
- Email address
- recruitment@waveedu.org
North Cornwall Academy is located in Bodmin. We work closely with all of the secondary and primary schools within our partnership to ensure the needs of those most vulnerable pupils are met. Our curriculum is tailored to meet the needs of our pupils and staff work extremely hard to ensure pupils are given every opportunity to succeed and aspire. We work closely with a diverse range of outside agencies both statutory and voluntary so that our young people can access the support and guidance they need. The staff are very hardworking and creative and always go the extra mile with the young people on roll.
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