School Health and Care Assistant
Ivel Valley School & College, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, SG18 0NL19 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP in the Autumn Term
Closing date
5 September 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
15 August 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Special Education Needs (SEN)
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £15,306.00 Annually (Actual) Based on working 5.5 hours per day / 5 days a week - term time only
School Health and Care Assistant job summary
Do you want a job that fits around your family, gives you school holidays off and allows you to be available at school drop off and pick up times?
Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of children?
Our dynamic special needs school is looking for Health & Care Assistants to support and nurture our incredible pupils across the secondary age part of our school.
This is a role supporting our class-based staff in the care of our young people, including completing medical and personal care tasks.
In our 2025 staff survey, 100% of staff said that they enjoy working at Ivel Valley. So, if you are looking for a new, rewarding job, come and join us!
Qualities we seek:
Compassionate, caring and patient nature
Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Empathy and understanding towards diverse needs
Eagerness to learn and grow in an inclusive educational setting
Dedication to fostering a positive and nurturing learning environment
Ivel Valley is a special needs school and college in Biggleswade, providing education for pupils aged 3-19 with a range of special educational needs and disabilities.
Our school site on Hitchmead Road supports pupils from Early Years to Key Stage 4 with the majority of students continuing on to post-16 education at our College site at The Baulk, Biggleswade.
The posts are permanent working term time only with a start time of between 8.30 – 9.30am and finish time of between 2.45 – 3.45pm. Part-time requests will also be considered for a reduced number of days. You will be provided with a full induction programme to give you the training you need to succeed. You are not required to have any school-based experience, just a great attitude! Experience in the social care sector would be an advantage (but isn’t essential). You will join an established team of supportive collegaues.
Pay Scale is NJC 1D Point 2 - 4. This is a term time only contract but you will be paid for 45.4 weeks per year to cover working INSET days, holiday pay and bank holidays. There is a national pay award pending, but not yet agreed.
In addition to working with our fabulous team of professionals and amazing pupils we also offer the following:
FREE Uniform
Specialist Training
On-site parking
Access to FREE Employee Assistance Programme offering Mental Health & Wellbeing Support
Cycle to Work Scheme, Techscheme, Shopping Scheme
FREE Tea & Coffee
Please visit our website https://www.ivelvalley.beds.sch.uk/ for more information about our school and college. Full details of the role are included in the attached person specification and job description. If you would like to come and see our school in action, please get in touch.
To find out more about the role, please contact our HR Manager - HR@ivelvalley.beds.sch.uk
Due to the summer holidays renquiries might not be answered until the begining of September.
Ivel Valley School & College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This appointment will be subject to enhanced DBS disclosure, medical clearance, proof of the right to work in the UK and satisfactory references from at least your last 2 employers. Following the acceptance of your interview, an online check will be carried out as detailed in the latest version of Keeping Children Safe in Education.
Ivel Valley School and Ivel Valley College are a disability confident committed employer and are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, communicating and promoting vacancies offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job and anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work.
Further information about the job
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 will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Ivel Valley School & College
- School type
- Special school, ages 3 to 19
- School size
- 259 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Ivel Valley School & College website
School location
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