SEND Teaching Assistant
Yew Tree Community Junior and Infant School (NC), Birmingham, West Midlands, B6 6RXThis job expired on 29 April 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 June 2024
Closing date
29 April 2024 at 12:59am
Date listed
16 April 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £22,737.00 - £24,702.00 Annually (FTE) The SEND allowance is £1507.28 pro-rata. Salary details as per April 2023.
SEND Teaching Assistant job summary
Yew Tree Community School
(part of the Inspire Education Community Trust)
is seeking to appoint
a Teaching Assistant (with SEND allowance)
Monday to Friday 32.5 hours (term-time only)
Monday to Friday 8:30am to 3:45am
(45 minutes unpaid lunchbreak)
Are you passionate about supporting children with special educational needs and disabilities?
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic teaching assistant to work with children who have complex special educational needs in our early years or in our specialised provision groups.
Successful candidates will need to demonstrate:
the passion and commitment to supporting children with special educational needs and disabilities
flexibility
their ability to work using own initiative, and work effectively as part of a team
how they communicate clearly and effectively with pupils and colleagues
Applicants must hold as a minimum the Level 2 TA Qualification and possess good numeracy and literacy skills. Good ICT skills are also essential.
We offer a friendly and supportive working environment with a commitment to the professional development of all staff.
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
Inspire Education Community Trust is committed to treating all people equally and with respect irrespective of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
Any appointments will be subject to satisfactory medical checks, references and an enhanced DBS check.
Safeguarding Statement
Inspire Education Community Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all employees to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); online checks as part of KCSIE; medical fitness; identity and right to work in the UK. Applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. However, there are some exceptions to this when applicants must declare any relevant criminal record when asked to do so, even if it is regarded as spent in other circumstances. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
The Trust’s privacy policy can be found on the Trust or school pages of MyNewTerm.
Safeguarding Statement
Inspire Education Community Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all employees to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); online checks as part of KCSIE; medical fitness; identity and right to work in the UK. Applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. However, there are some exceptions to this when applicants must declare any relevant criminal record when asked to do so, even if it is regarded as spent in other circumstances. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
The Trust’s privacy policy can be found on the Trust or school pages of MyNewTerm.
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.
About Yew Tree Community Junior and Infant School (NC)
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 485 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
School location
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