Senior Support Assistant - Downley

Chiltern Wood School, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP12 3NE

5 days remaining to apply

Closing date
5 July 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
10 June 2024

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Full time
Contract type: Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary: £27,310.00 Annually (FTE) Actual pay - £22,535

Senior Support Assistant - Downley job summary

Senior Support Assistant

Location: Downley Site

36 hrs per week term time + INSET days (39 weeks per year)

Bucks Pay Range 3.16 FTE: £27,310 per annum - Actual pay £22,535 per annum

Woodland Department at Chiltern Wood School caters for pupils who have Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties or Severe Learning Difficulties with additional physical and sensory needs. We pride ourselves on building positive relationships with our pupils, their families and supporting professionals to enable communication, physical, social and emotional development for each individual.

We have extensive facilities on site to support this development and provide learning opportunities through a variety of experiences, lessons and routines.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Support Assistant to join our team in September 2024. You will be well supported by experienced and welcoming staff within a well-run, hard-working school which holds as its core value the wellbeing of its pupils, parents and staff.

We welcome applications from candidates who are interested in learning how to contribute purposefully to the educational and social development of our pupils.

Full training will be provided.

Closing date: Midday, 5th July 2024

Chiltern Wood School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory, Enhanced DBS, qualifications and reference checks.

We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications

For full details please visit www.chilternwood.bucks.sch.uk

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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.