SEND/ EHCP Teaching Assistant

Buckingham Primary Academy, Hull, HU8 8UG

24 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  3 September 2024

• Closing date

  20 August 2024 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  25 July 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1
• Working pattern: Term time: 32.5 hours per week, term time only
• Contract type: Fixed term - Fixed to EHCP funding. Named Teaching Assistant for children with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). If the named children were to leave the school, the contract would terminate as per the Enquire Learning Trust’s contractual notice period.
• Pay scale: NJC 3-7 dependent on experience

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint three enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and experienced Teaching Assistants to join our team from September 2024.

This will be the perfect role for individuals who are kind, caring and compassionate.

Working closely with the Principal, SENCo, Class teachers and other Teaching Assistants to support children who have complex medical and special educational needs.

Buckingham Primary Academy is committed to creating a diverse workforce. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, religion, belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, age, disability, marriage or civil partnership.

Please see the attached SEND EHCP TA Application Pack for more information, including job description and person specification.

What the school offers its staff

We recognise that the most important assets we have are our employees, and for our academies to succeed we need to ensure we employ the very best people in every single role. Our core values and beliefs are consistent throughout all of our academies, and our keys to success are at the heart of everything we do.

We offer:

CPD

Free tea and coffee

Employee Health and Wellbeing Package, including:

• a cash plan which allows you to claim money back towards the costs of essential health care, as well as providing access to valuable health and wellbeing services

• an employee assistance programme through Westfield Health;
• a mental health first-aid programme;
• access to formal supervision through Applied Psychologies;
• access to a wide range of training and development opportunities;
• a stress risk assessment;
• employee wellbeing support plan;
• special leave arrangements;
• support for workers with disabilities;
• counselling for all employees through Westfield Health;
• counselling through Education Mutual
• support from trade union representatives.

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.

Offers of employment will be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
Children's Barred List check
Childcare Disqualification
DBS
Medical Questionnaire
Online and Social Media
Prohibition from teaching
Section 128
Right to Work
Satisfactory References
Suitability to work with children

All posts advertised are exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. It is a criminal offence for anyone who is barred from working with children to apply.

Applying for the job

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Apply for the job by following the link below

Visas cannot be sponsored.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

ELT Application Pack - SEND EHCP TA.pdf - 468 KB (opens in new tab)

About Buckingham Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 252 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Buckingham Primary Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: admin@buckingham.hull.sch.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/buckingham-primary-academy (opens in new tab)

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