SEND Support Assistant

Pensans Community Primary School, Penzance, Cornwall, TR20 8UH

7 days remaining to apply

Start date details
TBC
Closing date
11 October 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
1 October 2024

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern: Part time: 30 Hours (Mon-Fri 8.45am - 3.15pm)
Contract type: Fixed term - Until 31.08.2025
Actual salary: £15,681

What skills and experience we're looking for

As a member of the ARB team, you’ll have a passion for supporting pupils with special educational needs to access their full potential as part of a mainstream school.

All successful candidates will have high expectations and skills in positive behaviour management. They must also have previous experience of working in a primary classroom setting with children who have additional needs.

Candidates should have experience of working with children with communication and interaction needs. They must be strong team players and will need to be effective communicators as the role entails working closely with parents and outside agencies as well as other staff members and children. It is essential that they are able to follow and adapt planning to individual need, assess outcomes and acknowledge next steps in partnership with the class teacher.

What the school offers its staff

We have invested in providing a bespoke, exciting and creative curriculum which inspires and motivates children and supports high quality learning.

At Pensans we believe that children need to have a connection with their local community and the wider world. Staff plan learning opportunities within their projects to get children outside in our wonderful school grounds as well as our local environment and around Cornwall. Children get to experience a Forest School programme and experience camps and residentials to enrich their learning further.

We love to be involved in our local community and regularly link with neighbouring schools, churches, we perform at the annual St Piran’s celebrations and Mazey Day as well as many local sporting events.

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.