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  • Start date details

    ASAP

  • Closing date

    2 October 2024 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    16 September 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£23,114.00 Annually (FTE) NJC England and Wales, SCP4 (£23,114 FTE) - Fixed term to 31/08/25 or sooner if funding is removed, 26.5 hours per week - Mon to Fri, 9am – 3pm, Term Time Only – 38 weeks per year

SEND Teaching Assistant job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed applicant who has experience of working with children with specific needs to join our team at White Meadows Primary Academy.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed applicant who:

  • has experience of working with children (essential) with specific needs in class, small groups and in 1:1 situations

  • has English and Maths Grade C GCSE or equivalent (essential)

  • has NVQ Level 2 (or above)

  • is firm, kind, patient, consistent and approachable

  • is friendly, ready to join in and engage with learning with the children

    We would welcome applications from people who have experience in the following, although training would be available for the right candidates:

    • Cognition & Learning

    • Language & Social Interaction

    • Autistic Spectrum Disorder

    • Social Communication Difficulties

    • Sensory Processing

      Visits to the school are warmly welcomed so you can have a chance to meet the students, staff and Senior Leadership.

      Why work with us:

      There are over 60 schools within the Trust which means we can offer opportunities including:

      ▶️Collaboration across other REAch2 schools, both locally and nationally.

      ▶️ Specialist curriculum support and training from our Trust experts - providing a flightpath for professional development

      ▶️ A support package for staff wellbeing

      You’ll be working for a Trust with big ambitions for all our schools to be 'great'. We want to be national leaders in sustainability; to transform our teaching and learning through digital transformation and to ensure social justice is at the heart of what we do.

      Safeguarding, Safer Recruitment and Data Protection 

      At REAch2 we recognise that those who work in an academy are in a unique position in their care of children. The responsibility for all staff to safeguard pupils and promote their welfare, as stated in Section 175 of the Education Act (2002) is one that is central to our ethos, our policies and our actions. All children are deserving of the highest levels of care and safeguarding, regardless of their individual characteristics or circumstances, and we are committed to applying our policies to ensure effective levels of safeguarding and care are afforded to all our pupils.  

      We will seek to recruit the best applicant for the job based on the abilities, qualifications, experience as measured against the job description and person specification. The recruitment and selection of staff will be conducted in a professional, timely and responsive manner and in compliance with current employment legislation, and relevant safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be requested for all successful candidates, including a Children's Barred List check if the role meets the criteria for regulated activity.

      For more information about our safer recruitment processes, please click here for our Safer Recruitment Policy.

      All information is stored securely, and any information supplied by unsuccessful candidates will be destroyed through a confidential waste system six months after the decision has been communicated, in accordance with our information and records retention policy. 

      The Trust ensures all applicant data is stored and processed appropriately. For further details on how your information will be managed during the recruitment process please refer to our Privacy Notice for Job Applications.

      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.

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      About White Meadows Primary Academy

      School type
      Academy, ages 2 to 11
      Education phase
      View all Primaryjobs
      School size
      632 pupils enrolled
      Age range
      2 to 11

      School location

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