Teaching Assistant (1-1 Support)
Streethay Primary School, Lichfield, WS13 8FT6 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
18 October 2024 at 9am
Date listed
7 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: 32.5
Contract type
- Fixed term - Fixed term contract until 18th July 2025
Full-time equivalent salary
- (Grade 4 13-16) £23,115-£23,893 FTE (Pay Award Pending)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated Teaching Assistant to join our committed and friendly team to work on a 1-1 basis with a child with additional health needs.
This role would include offering support with a child who has complex medical needs on a 1:1 basis.
The role may involve personal care and responsibility for health care equipment.
We welcome applications from individuals who care about people and can form strong relationships. They will nurture, support, and encourage our pupils to engage in active play and develop strong social skills.
We are looking for someone who is:
- Qualified with an NVQ Level 2 and have experience working in a Primary School.
- Has experience working with pupils with additional needs
- Nurturing and committed to working with students to help them achieve their potential
- Able to create a culture and ethos where all students can achieve success and become engaged in their own learning
- An excellent communicator and demonstrates openness and honesty
- An excellent team player who enjoys working collaboratively
What the school offers its staff
Shaw Education Trust offer the following employee benefits with your Teaching or Support Staff employment:
- An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff)
- Support Staff only based on working full time, all year - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days holiday rising to 39 days after 5 years’ service including Bank Holidays)
- Electric Car Scheme: Environmentally friendly vehicles with our electric car scheme.
- Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan: Enjoy health services designed to support your well-being.
- Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Support and Teaching), Exclusive discounts to save money with a wide selection of discounts and exclusive offers from hundreds of the biggest brands.
- Free Eye Tests
- Cycle to work scheme
- Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust.
We know our people are the key to our success and so we’re committed to ensuring the employment experience at Shaw Education Trust is a rewarding one.
Colleagues within the Trust benefit from: Access to a full range of courses both in-house and professionally accredited. These courses include all of the National Professional Qualifications – NPQH, NPQSL, NPQEYL, NPQLL, NPQLT, NPQLTD, NPQLBC are all delivered by the Shaw Education Trust as a delivery partner for Ambition Institute. In addition, we provide access to the NPQEL for Executive Leaders.
- Experienced leadership and subject-specific support.
- Guidance from former HMIs and serving Ofsted Inspectors within the Trust.
- Access to the Trust’s Institute of Education and SCITT.
- Opportunities to work with different schools within the Trust as a Professional Advocate.
- Participating in peer reviews.
- Access to a suite of online courses.
- Placement projects within our family of schools.
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
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About Streethay Primary School
- School type
- Free School, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 226 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Streethay Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- rosie.harrison@shaw-education.org.uk
A new free school in Lichfield which opened in September 2019 for Nursery, Reception and Years 1 and 2, with the aim of growing year-on-year up to Year 6.
As part of the Shaw Education Trust family, Streethay benefits from tried-and-tested ways of working, experience and expertise further enabling this new all-ability school to value diversity, innovation and excellence.
For more information or to register a place for your child, please visit the school website.
Arranging a visit to Streethay Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email rosie.harrison@shaw-education.org.uk.
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