Pupil Support Assistant
Arboretum Primary School, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 8GPThis job expired on 23 October 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
23 October 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
4 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hrs per week, Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,545
Pay scale
- Derby City Support Staff Grade E (points 10-14)
What skills and experience we're looking for
At Arboretum Primary School, we are committed to ensuring all our children fulfil their full potential. To support this, we are looking to appoint an experienced Pastoral Support Assistant to work with children to help them overcome barriers to learning. We are looking for an individual with experience of supporting children within a school, with training and experience in interventions such as Nurture, Thrive or play therapies. The successful candidate will be passionate about helping children to overcome their problems, with a caring manner that will enable them to build good relationships with children who may be upset or displaying challenging behaviour.
What the school offers its staff
In return, we can offer you:
- excellent CPD and a commitment to developing your skills,
- a committed and friendly staff team
- an experienced and supportive senior management team
- a comprehensive Wellbeing support package
Further details about the role
We warmly invite prospective candidates to visit the school to find out more about us and the role. To register your interest, call the school office on (01332) 291140 or email jobs@arboretum.derby.sch.uk . Please also take a few minutes to watch our school video on our Welcome page of our website www.arboretum.derby.sch.uk to get a true flavour of Arboretum Primary School.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare any cautions, convictions, reprimands and final warnings that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020).
For application details, please go to Join Our Team on the Main Menu of our website at: www.arboretum.derby.sch.uk where you will find job details and application forms.
Please complete both the DDAT Support Staff application form and the Monitoring form and email them to jobs@arboretum.derby.sch.uk. Please note that the correct forms must be completed, and CVs or other methods of application will not be accepted.
Commitment to safeguarding
DDAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory references, online checks, completion of a probationary period, pre-employment and Disclosure Barring Service checks. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided.
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About Arboretum Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 640 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Arboretum Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- jobs@arboretum.derby.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01332 291140
We are a large 625 place primary school, with two nursery units which cater for 32 two year olds and 60 in our 3-4 year olds. We have a rich ethnic mix of delightful and well-behaved children. Our modern school has been refurbished and extensively extended and sits in large attractive grounds. We pride ourselves on our caring ethos and the value we place in our dedicated and friendly staff teams. We are a popular school, and have a waiting list for most year groups.
Arranging a visit to Arboretum Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jobs@arboretum.derby.sch.uk.
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