Residential Child Care Assistant
Vale of Evesham School, Evesham, Worcestershire, WR11 1BN2 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
26 November 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
13 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £19,033.00 - £20,285.00 Annually (Actual) £25,584 - £27,269 Full Time Eqyuivalent
Residential Child Care Assistant job summary
We are currently looking for a Care Assistant to join our committed residential staff team in supporting our pupils before and after school.
Normal working hours are Monday to Thursday evenings from 3.00pm to 10.00pm, depending on the day, and Tuesday to Friday mornings, from 7.30am to 9.00am.
The post benefits from set shift patterns, with no weekend or bank holiday working required. It is a term time only position, so you would not be required to work during school holidays. You would receive a paid annual leave entitlement of 26 days per annum (rising to 31 after 5 years service). Occasional sleep-in duties may be required, for which an additional payment is made.
As a school we promote professional development and will offer ongoing training to the successful applicant, including achieving a Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare.
To apply for the role, please complete the Associate application form which can be found on the Vacancies page of the school website.
For an application form, job description and person specification please visit the school website, or contact Victoria 01386 443367 or email victoria.jervis@valeofeveshamschool.org
Applications close: Ongoing
Interview date: TBC
Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advert at any point.
Vale of Evesham School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff to share this commitment (our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy is available on our website). This post is subject to a DBS check under the arrangements established by the Disclosure & Barring Service. You will also be required to prove you are eligible to work in the UK. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance, the trust may conduct online searches of any shortlisted applicants.
We are currently undergoing job evaluation and so changes to the role and / or remuneration are possible.
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.
About Vale of Evesham School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 19
- School size
- 180 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 19
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Vale of Evesham School website (opens in new tab)
Vale of Evesham School is part of Central Learning Partnership Trust. We cater for approx. 185 pupils with a range of cognition and learning difficulties, aged from 4-19. The pupils are ably supported at all levels by just over 140 staff. Vale of Evesham School also incorporates a residential provision, known as ‘Blossom House’ that has 15 spaces for pupils who board with us, four nights a week, from Monday to Friday.
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