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Pupil Support Assistant

Greet Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B11 3ND

This job expired on 22 July 2024 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 September 2024

• Closing date

  22 July 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  19 July 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,119.00 - £31,364.00 Annually (FTE) Full-time salary (pro rata)

Pupil Support Assistant job summary

The successful candidate will be required to work as part of a team to support pupils with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP);

• Assist with the preparation, organisation and delivery of activities across the curriculum for pupils within or outside the classroom.
• Work with named pupils without direct supervision.
• Respond to pupils’ individual needs whether academic, personal, social or emotional.
• Give specific support to pupils with SEND, liaising with the class teacher and SENDCO and contributing to reports and reviews.
• Support pupils with EAL generally or individually, by giving them opportunities to develop skills in English through day-to-day activities and to use their home or community language as appropriate.
• Through guidance from teachers, have familiarity with the appropriate curriculum and the school’s schemes of work and planning.
• Provide activities and support pupils with additional needs within and outside the classroom, taking a child-centred approach.
• Take part in training opportunities for professional development.
• Maintain a consistent and positive approach to managing pupils’ behaviour in line with school policy.
• Ensure the safety and well-being of pupils – pro-actively managing safeguarding principles and practices.
• Maintain a safe, creative and stimulating environment for all pupils’ social, leisure, physical and recreational activities.
• Ensuring Health and Safety is observed at all times..

The role requires someone who is:

An excellent communicator.

Experienced at working with children with complex SEND needs, and within a team and can maintain good relationships.

Able to contribute to a happy, safe and supportive play environment.

Approachable, sympathetic, enthusiastic, patient and resourceful.

Committed to ensuring all children within Create Partnership Trust are safeguarde

About our school:

Greet is a large four-form entry primary school in the heart of Sparkhill, although you wouldn’t know that once on site as we have extensive grounds including a Forest School area, a wildlife garden and a kitchen garden. We also have four playgrounds and four buildings. We are passionate about creating a welcoming, safe and beautiful space for our children, staff and the community. We believe that the building and the grounds matter and are the foundation for creating a learning environment where our staff and children can thrive.

Our staff are very kind and welcoming, and our children are respectful and caring. We work as a team and go to great lengths to live out our values of Achieving Excellence, Social Intelligence and Ethical Lives. This means that we expect all who come in to our school to strive for greatness, be kind to themselves and others and value the world in which live.

What we will provide:

A culture of kindness

Opportunity to work across the Trust Schools

Competitive local Government Pension Scheme

Generous annual leave and statutory Bank Holidays

Market leading Personal Development and Training plans to further your career

Access to Mental Health First Aid Programme

24 hour access to Employee Assistance Programm

If you are interested, please contact Shirley Queenan, our School Business Manager, on 0121 464 3360. Apply via MyNewTerm.

N.B. This vacancy is being advertised internally in the first instance, external applicants need not apply.

Applications to be submitted by 9.00am, Monday 22nd July 2024.

CLOSING DATE: 22nd July 2024 at 9.00am

INTERVIEWS: week commencing Monday 22nd July 2024

Create Partnership Trust was formed in September 2016 by Greet Primary School and Conway Primary School. They were joined in January 2017 by Hodge Hill Primary School and November 2018 by Brookfields Primary School. All are supported by CREATE CENTRAL, a growing team of specialists building the MAT’s infrastructure.

The vision for Create Partnership Trust encompasses the growth of an inspirational family of schools, built on a peer support and challenge model, so that barriers to optimum achievement are removed and where effective practice is systematically shared.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

This post is covered by part 7 of the immigration act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement of this role.

Create Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.

CREATE PARTNERSHIP TRUST IS COMMITTED TO PROMOTING A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE WORKFORCE

Create Partnership Trust was formed in September 2016 by Greet Primary School and Conway Primary School. They were joined in January 2017 by Hodge Hill Primary School and November 2018 by Brookfields Primary School. All are supported by CREATE CENTRAL, a growing team of specialists building the MAT’s infrastructure.

The vision for Create Partnership Trust encompasses the growth of an inspirational family of schools, built on a peer support and challenge model, so that barriers to optimum achievement are removed and where effective practice is systematically shared.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

This post is covered by part 7 of the immigration act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement of this role.

Create Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.

CREATE PARTNERSHIP TRUST IS COMMITTED TO PROMOTING A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE WORKFORCE

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.

This job post has expired.

About Greet Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 824 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Greet Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/greet-primary-school-birmingham (opens in new tab)

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