Pupil Support Assistant (PSA)

Hodge Hill Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B36 8LD

2 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  29 November 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  22 November 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £26,409.00 - £32,654.00 Annually (FTE) Term time only, 32.5 hours a week, fixed term contract until 22nd July 2025.

Pupil Support Assistant (PSA) job summary

About the role:

To support teaching staff in the development and education of pupils including the provision of specialist skills and delivery of intervention as appropriate.

To support the school in the delivery of social and recreational activities in learning beyond the classroom.

To support the needs of pupils in overcoming barriers to learning over the lunchtime period, including behaviour, active play, social-interaction, teamwork and co-operation.

To follow and actively promote the Trust’s and the school’s values, policies and procedures including those for safeguarding, health and safety and care of pupils.

You will have a proven record of:

Working with a positive approach with pupils in a Primary setting.

Assisting with the preparation, organisation and delivery of activities across the curriculum for pupils within or outside the classroom, including during educational visits, supporting various aspects of teaching and learning and contributing directly to the raising of standards.

Working with named pupils without direct supervision.

Responding to pupils’ individual needs whether academic, personal, social or emotional.

Giving specific support to pupils with SEND, liaising with the class teacher and SENDCO and contributing to reports and reviews.

You will:

Be organised, pro-active and have a positive approach when working with all stakeholders.

Have the ability to consistently and effectively implement agreed behaviour management strategies

Have the ability to establish positive relationships with pupils and empathise with their needs

Have the ability to monitor the pupils’ response to the learning activities and, where appropriate, modify or adapt the activities as agreed with the teacher to achieve the intended learning outcomes.

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.

Online searches are carried out on all shortlisted candidates for positions at Create Partnership Trust. The searches are carried out to identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the Trust might want to explore with the candidate at interview. Please find a link to our safeguarding policy https://www.create.org.uk/policies-documents you are encouraged to read this policy prior to applying to work with us.

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.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Hodge Hill Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 679 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Hodge Hill Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hodge-hill-primary-school-birmingham (opens in new tab)

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