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Support Assistant - Level 2

Benfield School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE6 4NU

This job expired on 5 October 2023 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  5 October 2023 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  22 September 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: No, visa sponsorship not available
• Working pattern:
  • Full time - 37 hours per week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £21,189 - £21,575 per annum (Actual salary £18,194 - £18,525)

What skills and experience we're looking for

We’re looking for someone who is enthusiastic and skilled in providing classroom support. Your role will include providing academic and emotional support, to assist with the integration of all pupils within our school. Duties will include curriculum related tasks under the direction of the teacher and responding to pupils’ social, emotional and physical needs.

You will work alongside supportive colleagues who work as part of a team and in an environment where our values are central to everything we do.

We’re looking for someone who is:

• An effective communicator with pupils and adults.
• Able to empathise with the needs of children and establish positive relationships.
• Able to implement and agree behaviour management strategies.

What the school offers its staff

In return we offer:

• A positive and caring ethos.
• A team of hardworking, dedicated and friendly staff where everyone is valued.
• A commitment to continuing professional development
• The benefit of working in a highly collaborative multi academy trust

Further details about the role

Our school is one of six primary and secondary schools within the NEAT Academy Trust family of schools. At the heart of our trust is the aim to nurture, educate, achieve and transform the lives of all young people within the communities we serve across the North East. We have a national research school, which aims to build and strengthen networks of schools throughout the region and help them access effective education research and implement it in everyday practice.

Benfield School is a fully inclusive 11-16 school it has a distinct ethos with strong sense of support and loyalty. Excellent relationships between students and staff and a purposeful learning environment is evident in lessons and around the modernised site. With this foundation, students have a strong platform to be confident, happy and are able to achieve their aspiration.

If you would like to join us and feel you could thrive here then please read the accompanying job description and person specification then visit https://www.northeastjobs.org.uk/job/Support_Assistant_Level_2/251391 and click ‘apply now’ before midnight on 5th October 2023.

NEAT Academy Trust are committed to safer recruitment practice and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Commitment to safeguarding

As this vacancy involves working with children and young people, you must declare relevant criminal convictions when you apply for the job. A criminal record will not automatically stop you from getting the job but we will consider the nature of the offence when assessing how suitable you are for the job and discuss this with you at interview. If this job is in regulated activity we will also check if you are barred from working with children. If you are barred from working with children it is an offence for you to apply for a job.

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About Benfield School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 979 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Benfield School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: benfieldrecruitment@neatat.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/benfield-school (opens in new tab)

Our school is one of six primary and secondary schools within the NEAT Academy Trust family of schools. At the heart of our trust is the aim to nurture, educate, achieve and transform the lives of all young people within the communities we serve across the North East. We have a national research school, which aims to build and strengthen networks of schools throughout the region and help them access effective education research and implement it in everyday practice. Benfield School is a fully inclusive 11-18 school it has a distinct ethos with strong sense of support and loyalty. Excellent relationships between students and staff and a purposeful learning environment is evident in lessons and around the modernised site. With this foundation, students have a strong platform to be confident, happy and are able to achieve their aspiration.

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