Specialist Teaching Assistant
The Thomas Aveling School, Rochester, Kent, ME1 2UW8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2025
Closing date
5 December 2024 at 9am
Date listed
25 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subjects
- Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,404.00 - £27,269.00 Annually (FTE) Actual salary £15,166 - £16,946
Specialist Teaching Assistant job summary
A rewarding opportunity has arisen for a pro-active, organised and self-motivated applicant to join a successful and oversubscribed secondary school to provide teaching and learning support to students to in our provision for hearing impaired students.
“Pupils and students say that they are happy and they feel safe. They say that staff care about them and help them to do their best” -Ofsted, Sept 22
You will have a passion for supporting deaf children through high quality BSL ensuring they can fully access classroom learning. In addition, you will have excellent communication and IT skills together with a commitment to team working.
You will be joining a supportive and committed team, who share a passion for ensuring the needs of all our students are met, breaking down any barriers to learning, ensuring that all students make the progress they are capable of.
"Staff have confidence in their leaders. They feel their workload is manageable through sharing resources and working cooperatively. They are proud to be a member of staff” Ofsted, Sept 22.
In return, we will offer you:
- A small and vibrant team who offer a supportive induction
- Ongoing support through team meeting & professional development days
- High expectations for all members of the school community
- A healthy work-life balance and a committed leadership Team
- Care First employee assistance programme
- Private health care cover by Benenden
- Two-week half term in October
- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
For further details on this role and to apply please visit the school’s careers page Our Vacancies | The Thomas Aveling School
Visits to the school are strongly encouraged. For further information and to arrange a school visit, please contact Emma Elliott on 01634 844809 or via emaileelliott@thomasaveling.co.uk
We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date where interest and applications received are high, therefore we encourage early applications.
Safeguarding commitment
Beyond Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All post holders in a regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory "Disclosing and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced check".
Equality & Inclusivity Statement
At Beyond Schools Trust we strive to be a diverse and inclusive workplace where we can ALL be ourselves. We particularly encourage applications from under-represented communities, including but not limited to those who identify as Black, Asian or from a minority ethnic background.
Commitment to safeguarding
Beyond Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All post holders in a regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory "Disclosing and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced check".
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About The Thomas Aveling School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1234 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Thomas Aveling School website (opens in new tab)
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