SRP Learning Assistant

Bushey Meads School, Bushey, Hertfordshire, WD23 4PA

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  18 October 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  4 October 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: £20,099.00 Annually (FTE) APT&C point 5 + London Fringe

SRP Learning Assistant job summary

Are you a calm, confident, reliable person with a ‘can-do’ attitude?

Can you work as part of a dedicated team to support students with a range of learning needs?

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dedicated person to join our Specialist Resource Provision (SRP) within the SEND department as an SRP Learning Assistant. Bushey Meads School provides education for the full ability range of students, particularly students with communication disorder as a presenting need. We strive to ensure that individual student needs, interests and abilities are recognised and met and encourage all to be independent, resilient and able to make positive life choices.

What we are looking for:

• Someone with a confident understanding of working with young people
• A positive team player
• The ability to work well with teachers and students in the classroom

Why choose our school?

• We offer support and training based on individual needs
• Teacher training is available to eligible candidates
• Transport links are excellent with the M1, M25, A1 and A41 being close by
• Heavily subsidised childcare at our Little Gems Nursery
• Free gym membership for all staff across the Bushey St James Trust
• Employee Assistance Programme for support and guidance on health, legal and personal matters
• Eye Care Voucher Scheme
• Bike to Work Scheme

The post is for 37 hours per week (excluding unpaid breaks), term-time + 1 week to include 5 INSET days. In the first instance this is a fixed term post until 31st August 2025 with the possibility of extending. The salary is APT&C point 5 plus London Fringe, paid pro-rata. The actual pro-rata salary is £20,099 + £845pa.

Full details of the vacancy can be found on our website www.busheymeads.org.uk along with further information about the school. Alternatively, please contact the HR team on 020 8955 8800.

To apply for this post please send in a completed application form along with a covering letter, addressed to Mr J Turner, Executive Principal. Your completed application form and letter should be returned to Sheniece Fyffe, Trust HR Manager by post or by email to: recruitment@busheymeads.org.uk by the deadline. Please note that CVs and late applications will not be accepted and you must have the right to work in the UK.

Closing Date for applications: Friday 18th October 2024 (9am)

Interviews: TBC

Bushey St James Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. An offer of employment will be subject to a number of pe-employment checks including ID and Right to Work in the UK, satisfactory written references, occupational health check and a successful Enhanced DBS check.

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.

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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Bushey Meads School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1213 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Bushey Meads School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bushey-meads-school-bushey (opens in new tab)

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