Pupil Support Assistant
Fox Hill Primary, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S6 1AZ8 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
11 July 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
27 June 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,294.00 - £26,421.00 Annually (Actual) Actual £21,967 - £23,891, Pay award pending
Pupil Support Assistant job summary
Thank you for your interest in a career at Steel City Schools Partnership. We are a growing Multi Academy Trust, and there are currently 10 primary academies in the Trust.
SCSP has a proven track record of securing transformational change and sustainable school improvement. Our vision is to provide high quality education and deliver the best outcomes for young people within an ethos based on our vision and underpinning aims:
To provide an excellent education for all.
Achieving Excellence Sustaining Excellence Sharing Excellence
Our success is due to our biggest and most valuable asset – our staff team. We have a Senior Learning Mentor position available at Fox Hill Primary and we are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated individual to work with us.
SCSP can offer you
- Guidance of a supportive and experienced leadership team who invest in the development of their teams and the Trust
- Free on-site parking
- Access to healthcare and wellbeing services
- Encouragement of further and continued professional development
- Local Government Pension Scheme
The Trustees of Steel City Schools Partnership are looking to recruit a permanent, full-time Pupil Support Assistant to start as soon as possible. The post is for 37 hrs / 41 weeks per year, Grade 4 £24,294 - £26, 421 (pro-rata), actual part time salary £21,967 - £23,891.
Fox Hill is a successful school (Ofsted Good - July 2019) in the north of Sheffield serving predominantly the Fox Hill estate. The school has approximately 55% of the cohort deemed disadvantaged pupils and also hosts an Integrated Resource base for 18 pupils with ‘complex and multiple’ special educational needs. We follow a Trauma Informed, Relational approach to supporting pupils.
Expectations:
- To care for all pupils, particularly those who need support to overcome barriers to learning such as behaviour and SEMH difficulties.
- To plan and deliver interventions to help pupils self-regulate.
- To engage children in purposeful activities in lessons and at break and lunch times.
- To build positive relationships with children and families to enable access to a high-quality education.
- To take a lead role in managing attendance strategies,.
- To play a central role in a successful pastoral team, liaising impactfully with the broader school team and contributing to the Trust pastoral network.
Relevant Qualifications:
- Good literacy/numeracy skills
- Relevant experience (e.g. use of trauma informed practice, de-escalation strategies)
The successful applicant must have the ability to work as an effective team member, be well organised, and have the ability to communicate with children and adults in a constructive and effective way.
We are looking for individuals who are lively and enthusiastic and who have the following philosophy:
Committed to excellence within their work in school and across the partnership.
Committed to child-centred education built on nurturing relationships.
We expect the successful candidate to work collaboratively, building on the successes of the individual schools and working in conjunction with other staff and families to raise standards and enhance outcomes for pupils.
Application Information:
For further information, or to arrange a visit to the school,
please contact Jamie Thompson, Deputy Headteacher, on 0114 231 3469
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.
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About Fox Hill Primary
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 313 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Fox Hill Primary website (opens in new tab)
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