Special Needs Teaching Assistant
Dover Christ Church Academy, Dover, Kent, CT16 2EGThis job expired on 9 December 2021 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
9 December 2021 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
25 November 2021
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
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- 34 hours a week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Kent Range 3
Additional allowances
Aspen2 Teaching Assistant Allowance pro-rata to £1,647 for a full time appointment)
Special Needs Teaching Assistant job summary
We have a full-time vacancy for a Teaching Assistant to work with students in Aspen 2 who have a range of profound, severe and complex learning needs. We are looking for someone with enthusiasm and team work skills to join our friendly and forward looking school. The successful candidate will be an experienced Teaching Assistant who has worked in a Special Needs school environment; alternatively, you may have a passion for supporting students with additional needs and be looking for your first opportunity to develop your skills. We have a varied and interesting professional development programme that shows the value we place in our support staff. We are looking for someone who will uphold our values of inclusivity and proactive response to communication and behaviour, as well as a commitment to safeguarding the welfare of young people. The working hours are 8.30-3.30, Monday-Friday (CPD runs on a Thursday and TAs are expected to stay until 5pm), term time only.
To get a sense of our Aspen 2 community please visit our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCIMuakR2sTbQYtFZdSmkhA (alternatively type Aspen 2 into the YouTube search bar).
We look forward to receiving your 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 Dover Christ Church Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
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- School size
- 808 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- coxj@dccacademy.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01304820126
Dover Christ Church Academy is an 11-18 mixed, non-selective Academy, located in semi-rural surroundings on the outskirts of Dover, conveniently situated near to motorway links and within easy reach of the continent.
Aspen2 at Dover Christ Church Academy is the designated provider for students with a wide range of profound, severe and complex special educational needs.
With support from our sponsor, Canterbury Christ Church University, we have developed an aspirational and successful Academy where we equip our students with the skills and knowledge they need for their future.
The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All posts will be subject to satisfactory references and successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS.
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